I visited the Lynskey booth the first day of the show, and I took some photos of this Helix road frame. But I couldn't really see how the tubes were twisted in the photos. So, I went back with the video camera. First, I am a sucker for old school chromed road frames. I know that chrome is heavy. I know that the chroming process makes metal brittle. Whatever. I love the simplicity and elegance.
The first time I saw this high-polish finish in the Lynskey booth at last year's show, I couldn't figure out why they had brought a chromed frame to the show. Silly me. It is a high-polish technique for titanium that takes 3 days and results in a mirror finish. Add that finish to the Helix tube set, and you have a frame that people from all over the world stopped by the booth to pet. This Helix road frame has more fingerprints than an FBI database.
