From Velo News

The Journal of Competitive Cycling - October 1999

Let 'em try and follow: What do you do when you're an American framebuilder with a road bike design so innovative that the Italians copy you? Keep moving, of course.

Seven Cycles' clever Odonata frame, introduced as a 1998 model, was the first to put a composite seat tube and seatstays into a titanium frame. The lighter weight and better ride brought plenty of believers into the Seven fold, and hit other builders with a bad case of frame envy—which they rectified by introducing copycat designs last year.

So Seven has made the logical move of adding the same composite bits to its Odonata Steel frame, reaping similar benefits. It weights less than an all-steel equivalent, it rides better, and it costs $780 less than the Ti original.