Another Not-a-NBD Mid-life crisis Ti Gravel Bike.

A Lynskey Elysium (Large). I'd give the long explanation of why all the 40 somethings are buying Titanium gravel bikes, short is my dad had a Litespeed I coveted; he sold it. 20 years later I had this thing called disposable income, and apparent lack of kids… Roads suck or are in poor shape due to crumbling US infrastructure – enter the gravel craze!

Ordered in March, finally got the bike mid-July, got around to actually riding it Aug-Sept. Standard Lynskey shenanigans, apparently (2x12s GRX mechanical not available at the time, it actually was I checked around) . Not much of a shakedown but I've done about 1k miles on it, mostly between 20-50 mile rides with mostly elevation. Love the bike, I've actually been riding some and haven't done that in two years. Lynskey is about the only Ti available in the States under $5K class which is a good value. I think I paid an extra $1k for what amounts to internal cable routing, but I'm OK with that.

My phone is dying and screen is half cracked so apologizes for the fairly bad pictures, I can't see what I'm shooting. Badge in acid rain is hard to photo for some reason, best shot I have. Yes, the seatpost is that high, I'm all legs.