Help! I'm test-riding 2 Sevens

[bikerz]

Wow Deb - thanks for all of this great info - I wasn't sure what I should be looking for with the frame material differences - this has been very helpful! I'm going to print it out and keep it in my jersey pocket!

It sounds like moving my current front wheel to each test bike would be a good thing to help isolate frame vs. wheel stiffness, right? I think moving the back wheel also would be too much of a pain.

Again thanks! I'll definitely report back.

[DebW]

It sounds like moving my current front wheel to each test bike would be a good thing to help isolate frame vs. wheel stiffness, right? I think moving the back wheel also would be too much of a pain.

Yes, moving your front wheel is a good idea. Hopefully the shop can set you up with rear wheels that have the same number of spokes for each bike. Or maybe they can transfer wheels from bike A to bike B when you test them.

[CyclChyk]

...geez. You can tell I'm new to the world of biking.... my first thought was "DAMN! I wish I was skinny enough to fit in a pair of Seven Jeans (the designer jeans)....

[Trek420]

that's ok CyclChyk, she means these

www.sevencycles.com

[CyclChyk]

Oh geezz....... You had to go and show me the bikes! I'm drooling so badly rght now my dogs are CONVINCED that I have a bone and I'm not sharing. My hubby is wondering what I am up to and the word/number "7" has taken on a whole new meaning.................

Giant?? Giant who....?????

[Trek420]

sorry 'bout that.

[roguedog]

...geez. You can tell I'm new to the world of biking.... my first thought was "DAMN! I wish I was skinny enough to fit in a pair of Seven Jeans (the designer jeans)....

geez.. YOu can tell I'm new to the world of biking and a shopping geek... my first thought was "DAMN! She gets a Seven bike??" And then I read CyclChk's post, "What the hell are Seven jeans??"

[bikerz]

Sevens are lovely bikes. Oh, so lovely. That's why, my friends, the credit card stays at home tomorrow! No implulse buys. And I mean it!

I'll post my impressions after the rides, if I am at all coherent.

[CyclChyk]

Ok lets see if I get this right. A link to Seven jeans.......

http://www.active-sandals.com/seven-jeans.html

Much cheaper than the bike but VERY expensive for a pair of jeans.....

[7rider]

How did I miss this post???

I ride a Seven. I have a stock (not custom) 1999 Seven Axiom rebuilt in '05 with a compact crank and Dura Ace. I love it. Love it. LOVE it! It rides like silk on the road. It knows what I want to do before I do. It is super comfortable, stable, quick, climbs like a goat (when the old goat in the saddle is up to the task herself!) and descends like a demon!

It was major hard sell on the part of my LBS. My old bike was plainly not up to the task of hanging with the hammerheads on the shop ride (could the rack and the headlight that I forgot how to remove give it away??). He let me "borrow" this one (back in 2000) than accepted an offer when I got back to the shop and realized I HAD to have it. Talk about Eureka moments.

Incidently, the only bike I have ever ridden that comes CLOSE to the Seven was a steel Independent Fabrications Crown Jewel. If I didn't have the Seven already, I'd now be riding the IF. But how many wunder-bikes can a girl have?

So...
HOW did you your test rides go??? What do you think?? Will you be joining us in the Seven world???

P.S. When I rob a bank or otherwise have a bag o' money fall out of the sky into my lap, I'm going to get a custom ID8 or Elium. Yay!

[7rider]

Ok lets see if I get this right. A link to Seven jeans.......

http://www.active-sandals.com/seven-jeans.html

Much cheaper than the bike but VERY expensive for a pair of jeans.....

Do you have to always stick your hip jauntily outward like all their models when you're wearing them???? Oooo, my chiropractor would LOVE that!