Been riding a 2006 Bianchi Axis for all my cyclocross/off road needs. I probably put about 3k miles on it a year give or take. I wanted to upgrade and also get off aluminum. I really don't like the idea of banging around like I do on carbon. So, I decided to go titanium. I also wanted a good fork, Ultegra 6800 hydraulic discs and some solid training rims. Enter
Lynskey Pro Cross.
So, you go to the Lynskey site and select the parts/bits. My choices came to roughly $4700. Pretty steep! BTW, the
Moots Psychlo build I came up with was like $7700. Ouch! Then I saw Lynskey sold their frames on ebay at a big discount. I've never built a bike from scratch. Ok, here I go!
After a couple weeks of sniping, I finally scored a Med-Lg Pro Cross and their full cyclocross carbon (#4) fork. So, now I have to get all the parts to make this work. I came across a few problems right off the bat. There are a few specifications I'd never come across: thru-axle, press fit bottom bracket, discs, IS headset.
Wheels: You try to find thru axle/disc rims! I came up with Zipp 30 Courses and Stans Notubes, both pretty high at +$700, not exactly training rims to me at least. On a tip from a friend, I reached out to Ben Cole at Velomine.com in Springfield Il, kinda local to me. He came up with these beauties: HED Ardenne GP Plus Disc.
The price was really right and he gave me a break on the xt/deore discs.