Comments on: News And Rumors: Update on Haro and Lynskey 29″ers

By: tdspro29

tdspro29 — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 22:25:56 +0000

if you crash hard enough or jam a derailuer bad enough to bend a ti frame the bent hanger will be the least of your worries. ti is awesome not soft like steel. it will shift better also without an aluminum hanger,stiffer. ti hardtails ride incredible compaerd to any other material. go ti never look back.

By: Guitar Ted

Guitar Ted — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:53:52 +0000

Nichol: Hey, thanks for sharing that. It’s excellent information, and hopefully will quell the worries of many that had concerns over this issue. Thanks, and no- it doesn’t cause any issues with this site.

I can also tell you that one of these frames is on its way to Twenty Nine Inches for a test/review soon. Stay tuned!

By: Nichol

Nichol — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:24:02 +0000

I plan on picking up one of the new lynskey 29ers, and emailed Lynskey because I had concerns too about the non replaceable hanger. Mark Lynskey emailed me back the same day – a Sunday – with this :

We get the rear derailleur hangar question from time to time. It’s a fair question because as you state if a non-replaceable hangar becomes non-functional you’re pretty much hosed, at least in the short term. The long and short of it is that as long as the design is proper the odds of wrecking a titanium hangar are extremely slim. It’s actually pretty much an non-issue. We simply don’t have people calling up with bent derailleur problems. The material is not only very resilient it is extremely tough. In fact if you were to bend a ti derailleur hangar it will accept you bending it back in place much more than steel. Properly understood this becomes a benefit on the road or trail as should damage occur you can make adjustments and get on with your ride. In 25 yrs I can only remember 2 times where the hangar was so mangled that it needed to come back for factory repair. Both were covered under warranty.

hope this message doesn’t jam up the blog…

By: O.G. D-Wet

O.G. D-Wet — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:20:53 +0000

Yea, for sucha beast frame it shud def have a replaceable hanger… WTF LYNSKEY???

By: Griffin

Griffin — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:08:16 +0000

Yea Im with Matt. Love the frame. But would love to see a rear derailleur hanger that you can replace.

By: matt

matt — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:31:07 +0000

Looks nice. The only thing I don’t care for is the der. hanger. Not replaceable? Really? Charge an extra few buck and change that. I’d hate to bend/break that and then have to go through the process of getting it fixed from Lynskey or another frame welder.

By: Itchak

Itchak — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:33:53 +0000

Lets seeee, cost in production: 175$ profit , bla bla 285 dollarettes just right.

By: Dirt McGirt

Dirt McGirt — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 19:11:25 +0000

Lynskey…. droooooooooooool

By: GreenLightGo

GreenLightGo — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:58:39 +0000

The Masi graphics they have on the website are fantastic – Haro may have a banner year in 2010!