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Seven Axiom SL Di2

Cycling Plus Magazine

Seven's titanium frame builing skills are superb, but what sets the Axiom apart is not the attention to detail but the ride.

The Axiom SL is no comfort biased all-day mile-eater, this is a race bike through and through. The set-up is truly aggressive; this bike wants to go fast. The front end responds instantly to input both throught the pedals and in changes of direction. It's more at home in fast criterium-style racing than long climbs over big cols, although the frame does a superb job dulling vibrations and chatter from poor road surfaces.

The Di2 drivetrain is faultless and Seven does a superb job of routing the wiring internally through the chassis. Mavic's Cosmic Carbone clinchers may seem like a strange choice for a titanium bike, but their weight penalty overa standard wheel is easily offset by the aero advantage that comes into play once you are up to speed, and you can hold a high pace for much longer.

It's easy to heap praise on what is a superb bike, but in a world obsessed with carbon bikes, the Axiom proves it's possinble to make a full-fat, flat-out fast race machine from titanium, a material all to quickly dismissed as the choice for comfort