Lynskey Cooper Custom

pinnacleroadie

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Frame: Lynskey Cooper customised to take full mudguards (increased chainstay and seatstay length plus mudguard eyes).
Forks: CSN Black Storm with mudguard eyes
Bars: Pro Vibe 7s
Stem: Pro Vibe 7s Puzzle-Clamp
Headset: Chris King NoThreadSet
Bar Tape: Fizik

Brake Calipers: Shimano Dura-ace 7900

Shifters: Shimano Ultegra Di2
Cables: Shimano Ultegra Di2 internal
Front Mech: Shimano Ultegra Di2
Rear Mech: Shimano Ultegra Di2

Seat: Fizik Arione
Seat Post: PMP Titanium 31.6mm
Seat Post Clamp: Lynskey supplied

Cranks: Dura-ace 7800 SRM Professional
Chainring(s): Dura-ace 53/39
Chain: KMC X10 SL gold
Cassette: Shimano Ultegra 11-27
Pedals: Speedplay Zero Ti
Bottom Bracket: Shimano Dura-ace 7900

Front Wheel:
Rim: DT Swiss RR 465
Spokes: DT Swiss Competition (32 radial)
Hub: Shimano Dura-ace 7900
Tyre: Schwalbe Durano

Back Wheel:
Rim: DT Swiss RR 465
Spokes: DT Swiss Competition (32 2X)
Hub: Shimano Dura-ace 7900
Tyre: Schwalbe Durano

Accessories: Specialized bottle cages, Garmin 800, SRM PC VI Powercontrol, Contour Roam camera with custom understem mount, tool bottle, Exposure Red-Eye rear light on custom mount. SRS Chromoplastic mudguards.

Weight: Currently unknown.

Other info: This bike was designed to be a training and commuting bike as I spend most of my time on this rather than best (non-mudguard) bike. The Di2 gives great reliability and consistent shifting regardless of the weather and crud buildup. The Di2 battery is currently mounted on the seatpost and will be moved internally once Shimano bring this option out next year. Contour camera is mounted to record commute in case of traffic accident. Red-Eye custom mount allows insertion of the light into the integral Fizik Saddle accessory holder.

Danny87

This is a very very well thought out bike. I find it impressive the attention to detail, by that I mean the layout of the cockpit etc. I bet you end up using this more than your 'good weather' bike

If I had the funds and was looking at building myself another bike for similar purposes I'd build this ^ and I'm not sure without having seen your bike first as reference I'd of got it as good.

Out of interest how long did you spend considering/planning this build?

ianbar

thats a very very nice bike! thinking of going for titanium myself

BR 1979

Nice.

Can you give more info on the saddle mount for light, please? I had thought of doing exactly the same with the Flare on my commuter - It's the most obvious place to have it.

LiamW

Nice looking bike there, but too much on and around the handlebars for me. Just looks cluttered imho.

pinnacleroadie

Hi BR1979, yes, all it is is a mount that the Red Eye inserts into and also clips into the saddle...just copied the design from a saddle bag clip.

The cable from the Red Eye runs into a switch box I mounted just behind it and then the cable from that goes to whereever I clip the battery.

See photo below.....



I hope that helps!

noiseboyfeetman

Very nice indeed, great build you've got there.

pinnacleroadie

Danny89, I thought about this build for a few years now although my ideas have changed over that time as new technologies have come out, e.g. Ultegra Di2. I was slightly unsure as to whether I would put disc brakes on it as these would be good for commuting, but I already had two sets of wheels that I had built to go on it and also road disc brake systems are still in the early stages of development.

LiamW, yes I agree it is maybe slightly cluttered around the bars, but I need all those items on there so have made it as clean as possible. This bike was built with functionality being the priority and aesthetics second.

One of the hardest things to decide on was which fork to use as there are not many on the market and I wanted to use standard drop brakes. Also, I wanted to ensure there was good clearance as I hate mudguards rubbing on tyres! The CSN Black Storm seems to be the short drop brake version versus the Black Rain that is for long drop brakes I believe.

Thanks for the comments folks!

dawebbo

How come you are using both a garmin and a pcvi - doesn't the garmin pick up power from the srm? Do you not find that the busy handlebars affects the steering? Assume you wanted everything on the bike rather than helmet mounting the camera?

That aside, this is a great looking bike with all the toys!

pinnacleroadie

Garmin for navigation and Strava, SRM for training data (I use SRMWin software which the Garmin cannot export into).

The steering is totally unaffected...all the add-ons are light and out of the way too.

I like the aspect of a stem mounted camera...footage is great with the effect of the bike leaning into corners which you don't get with a helmet cam. Also I have tried the Contour on my helmet but did not like the weight of it on my head.

dawebbo

Fair enough, I use gc3 for training data which will import either. I'd be tempted to mount the garmin on a barfly and shove the pcvi in my pocket. But if you don't notice any effects, then I guess it makes sense to have everything all in one place.
Didn't really think about the actual footage from the camera. I've seen a few people running them at the rear too, that looks quite cool - especially for training rides / races.

MattC59

Nice, but out of interest, can't you hang any more sh*te of the bars ?