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Stolen Lynskey Bikes: UK Frame-Number Check (Free)
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Lynskey frame numbers are etched underneath the bottom bracket. Titanium is etched rather than punched, so the code is shallow and can vanish against a brushed finish unless you light it from the side. Run the code through Cyclesite's free lookup for an instant UK check against a stolen-bike registry and rider-filed theft reports.
Where Lynskey etches the frame number
Under the bottom bracket, etched into the titanium. This is the material-specific problem: titanium is not stamped the way steel is, and Lynskey's brushed and bead-blasted finishes scatter light in a way that hides a shallow etch almost completely under a torch held straight on. Hold the light at a shallow angle across the surface instead, and photograph what you find.
Lynskey on the UK used market
Titanium frames are bought to be kept, and Lynskeys circulate second hand as frames as often as complete bikes, sometimes decades after purchase. A frame that has passed through several builds will have no meaningful component history at all, which leaves the etched code as the only continuity between owners. Ask for a photograph of it taken in raking light rather than a flat-on shot.
FAQs
- Where is the frame number on a Lynskey?
- Etched underneath the bottom bracket, into the titanium.
- Why can I not see the code on my Lynskey?
- Titanium is etched rather than punched and the brushed finish scatters light. Hold a torch at a shallow angle across the surface rather than pointing it straight at the shell.
- The bike has been rebuilt several times. What identifies it?
- The etched frame code. Components on a long-lived titanium frame tell you nothing about its history.
Police datapolice.uk releases
Most stolen bikes are never traced back to anyone
Police recorded 28,531 bicycle thefts across 44 UK city centres over three years. A suspect was identified in 10.1% of closed cases, and 1 in 33 reached a charge. Pick an area for the local picture.
Jun 23Down 25% in three yearsMay 26
- 8,221
- thefts recorded in 12 months
- −12%
- change on the year before
- 10.1%
- of closed cases had a suspect identified
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