I have a Seven Axiom Steel and it's a super bike -
5 handling
8 drive train rigidity
3 vertical compliance
9 weight to performance
I wanted something that would be comfortable on long rides, but also sprint well. It does this beautifully!
My two quibbles:
-to be honest, I just don't love having such a fancy bike - it took me 2.5 years to save up for it (and it has lower-end wheels, a lot of free parts, etc) and it just feels a bit excessive to me. Yes, I have a weird shape (very short with long torso) but I bet if I'd tried long enough I might have found something. I feel a little self-conscious, because the rest of my life is strongly crunchy and un-consumerist - no car, all farmers markets and farm share and veggie garden, no tv, no fancy clothes.
-when I did the bike pickup, the store was rushed and my final fitting was inconclusive. It took a long time to fiddle around with little things like seat height, fore-aft, etc to get that "perfect" Seven fit. I'm still fiddling, to be honest! I trust that slowly I'll find the jackpot fit - I'm pretty close - but you sort of expect that a custom bike will be perfect from the get-go!
That said, the frame and its performance are pretty awesome.



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