Then don’t buy one. Move on, and let that sh!+ go. Stop debbie-downing everything because you can’t wrap your brain around it’s intended use or because you choose to still rock DT shift levers. I’m 55 and have kept current while still appreciating where we all came from by maintaining some retro juju, too. Appreciate and allow the props to flow… Like it, appreciate the niche, or not… It’s a beautifully made rig. I’d be ever-grateful to ride something so fantastically made.
Keep it going Stinner folks!

Sorry you’ve had a bad experience, my experience with them was fine, about what I’d expect from a mass produced mail-order manufacturer. My GR300 had rack & fender mounts.

I added an externally routed GR300 complete to my cart and it rang up as $2343.25

Where do you see that price? I see them for $3,800 direct from Lynskey…but let’s face it, then you’d have a Lynskey…

It’s still a good deal, it’s just that the Lynskey is an exceptional one. And as someone with a couple of Lynskeys in his garage, I can say with first hand knowledge that they can be frustrating and incompetent to buy from, and their fit and finish isn’t great, but it’s generally acceptable. Additionally they make some weird choices at times: for instance I’m confused why they would have braze-ons for a rack but not fenders on this bike. If it has to be one or the other I’d think fitments for fenders make a ton more sense. They did the same thing on my wife’s bike, and there’s ways around it, but it would’ve been a cleaner install if they had done it right. That said, I’d still consider ignoring my bad experiences with the company to buy the GR300 at this price if I were in the market.

riding 45’s on the road is like showing up at a drag race in a Peel P50. LOL 🙂

“The geometry & spec compromises that need to be made… result in a bike that’s a bummer to ride outside of the worst surface conditions.”

This is a joke, right? Plenty of small builders are making seriously great high clearance bikes now. I’ve thrown 45c Schwalbe Marathons on my gravel bike (that clears 700×55) and ridden the entire California coast without thinking “Wow. I’m not riding absolute garbage conditions, this is a real bummer.”

That said, Stinner found a value proposition and a market for a road++ bike that they want a piece of, and more choices are better. Good for them.

Is it? A Lynskey GR 300 with a 1x Apex AXS group is running < $2500 right now.

40mm is plenty of tire for 90% of the riding most would do with a drop-bar bike. Most graven isn’t like Unbound 200 gravel. The geometry & spec compromises that need to be made to clear anything bigger than a 50 (safely..) result in a bike that’s a bummer to ride outside of the worst surface conditions.

For who? I have zero gravel roads within 100 miles of me.
And as an old head I still ride my old rig with down tube shifters once a week.
A comment like that tells me you do more time checking numbers than riding.
I’m on my last set of 23mm tires and while many will scoff, I’m not racing and churning out numbers better in my 50s than my 20s.
Enjoy the ride man before you find yourself yelling at a cloud.