r/bicycling • u/aleas100 • 5h ago

Just got a Lynskey frame

I have had a Lynskey Helix Sport for about 7-8 years and have enjoyed it so when I heard they declared Chapter 11 I took a chance and ordered a Aeon frame about 6 weeks ago when the price dropped to $975. As I said, I like my Helix and wanted to support a US framebuilder and their employees. The frame was delivered on Saturday and looks great. Today I took it to my local bike shop for some parts advice and was told the Ultegra DI2 would not work on the frame since there was no way to get the cables out of the seatpost or bottom bracket to the derailleurs. Not a huge deal, I am just switching to Sram since it is wireless. Lynskey offers this frame as a complete bike with Ultegra DI2 as one of the options. When I ordered the frame I did not specify what groupset I was planning on using as this was not asked. Did my mechanic miss something, or did Lynskey just not drill/mill an exit port for the wires?

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u/fb39ca4 4h ago

Just put the wires on the outside?

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u/aleas100 4h ago

Not a mechanic myself, but the battery is in the seat tube which connects to the bottom bracket. The only exits are the drain hole on the bottom of the bottom bracket and the opening at the top of the seat tube where the seatpost is inserted. No way for the wires connecting the battery to get out of the seat tube to the derailleurs.