My new Seven Axiom SL :)

Soooo beautiful!

Beautiful!!

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Originally Posted by nscrbug

@7rider - Actually the "decals" are blasted into the frame. It has a very stealth and understated look to it. "Axiom SL" is blasted onto the top tube, and "SEVEN" is blasted onto the downtube. At certain angles in the pics, you can barely see it. When my LBS presented this as an option to the regular decals, and then showed me his own bike (a Serotta) with this technique done on it...I was sold. I did have to pay an extra charge for it ($150), but I'm completely happy with how it turned out.

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I was wondering if that was the case. Sweet.

Someone on this forum (can't remember who) has it on a Lynsky and I thought it looked totally cool. I wish that were an option when I got my bike - especially my commuter. I really don't like have a big white "SEVEN" showing on that bike - and might even remove the decals.

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Originally Posted by nscrbug

And I do have the Ui2 cables internally wired. But the brake cables are not...which is what I was referencing to.

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Oh. Okay.

Looks great! From a fitter's perspective it also looks very neutral. Lots of room to tweak without doing anything extreme. Which is fantastic. You, your shop and Seven all did a nice job.
My Di2 shows up soon. Glad to hear another A report card.

Regarding comments about other Sevens with "freaky long headtubes" Remember that Seven was doing long headtubes long before the masses figured out that long head tubes work. They just don't have the ability with titanium to blend (read hide) in the headtube with wide carbon top tubes and downtubes...so they tend to look longer.

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Originally Posted by Seajay

Regarding comments about other Sevens with "freaky long headtubes" Remember that Seven was doing long headtubes long before the masses figured out that long head tubes work. They just don't have the ability with titanium to blend (read hide) in the headtube with wide carbon top tubes and downtubes...so they tend to look longer.

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In my MIL's case she just plain wanted to be REALLY upright, but still have drop bars (which I don't understand, since I have never once seen her ride in the drops). She has a wide, spongey saddle, too. To be honest, I think she would have been just as comfortable on a relaxed geometry hybrid for a lot less money, but she LOVES to name drop and tell everyone she owns a custom Seven...it's just how she is. She name drops about anything and everything she can. If she is 3-4 degrees away from someone with even the slightest bit of fame she will make sure to tell ya' all about it... :rolleyes:

@Seajay - Yes, the fitter/shop I worked with made sure that there was plenty of "tweaking" room...in case, something needed to be adjusted later on. ;) He really emphasized that because of the myriad of fit/pain issues I had on my previous bikes. I've only logged about 63 miles on it so far, so still too soon to tell if any tweaking is needed at this time. But I am loving the smoothness of Ti...it's a very different road feel than my full-carbon Cannondale.

Linda

Beautiful bike! Enjoy it!

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Originally Posted by nscrbug

But I am loving the smoothness of Ti...it's a very different road feel than my full-carbon Cannondale.

Linda

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Someday I'd love to ride a Ti bike. A friend of ours has a Ti Seven Mudhoney that she uses as a road bike, too (she's a major fan of Ti. When she bought her Mukluk she went all out for the Ti option, too). I think she simply swaps out a 2nd set of wheels to make it easy to go back and forth from road to CX. I think my dream bike would maybe be a CX bike with disc brakes that I could do something like that with. Cantilevers scare me trying to stop from any speed, especially once they get wet or icy.

How would you say it feels different? I was shocked by how smooth both steel and carbon feel vs. my aluminum bike on our chipsealed roads. That's where I'd really like to test Ti. My MIL's Seven is steel.

I missed this post the first time around. What a beautiful bike!

drooooooooooool. The orange is just perfect.

Beautiful... Congrats! :)

Orange Zest! Saaaaweeet! LOVE IT!