Lynskey Elysium Build + Experience w/ Lynskey

New build! Lynskey Elysium Ti Gravel bike.

Stoked with the build, not stoked about the process with Lynskey…

This is my first gravel bike after years on a Canyon Endurace carbon road bike and a Rivendell Platypus steel frame. The Elysium rides amazing so far. I’ve only had a handful of rides on the trails near LA here in CA, but it’s incredibly fun, quick, and stable.

Build details:

• Frame: Lynskey Ti XL Gravel w/ Adventure Carbon Fork
• Groupset: SRAM Force 1×13 XPLR AXS
• Wheels: Zipp 303 XPLR SW w/ 45c Goodyear tires
• Cockpit: Zipp SL Speed stem + XPLR carbon bars
• Saddle: Fizik Vento Argo R1 + Zipp carbon seatpost

The build process:

Originally, I was set on a Ribble gravel bike from the UK (complete)- great specs & aesthetics for the price, but import tariffs pushed me to look stateside. After checking out Moots, Litespeed, No.22, Bearclaw, Sage, and others, I landed on Lynskey!

I had read the Reddit posts about severe delays, so I called first to ask them about it straight up (August). Deacon in sales assured me that production was caught up and that a complete bike would ship in about 10 business days. I ordered, then got an email saying 18 days. Reasonable enough, until the weeks started to stack up.

Over the next two months, I went through rounds of polite follow-ups, shifting estimates, and long gaps with no clear info. When I finally reached Alex in late October, he was refreshingly honest: the delays had actually been ongoing all year, and my bike was still 1.5–2 months away.

That’s when I pivoted: canceled the complete build, ordered the frameset only, and got it a week later. Built it up myself, and honestly, I’m glad I did.

If you’re considering Lynskey, I’d just say this:

• Framesets seem to ship quickly.
• Complete bikes can face super long, unpredictable delays.
• The communication gap is the biggest frustration: honesty/transparency would go a long way.