U.S. Built Bicycles in Titanium and Carbon-Titanium Mix
U.S. Built Custom Bicycles in Titanium and Titanium-Carbon Mix
We’re about to introduce our new PRO and CT carbon-titanium models.
The future is not what was expected. In this one instance, that’s a good thing.
Watch this space.
George checks the final details on the first customer frame of our new carbon series.
Seven’s founding team has been working with carbon fiber since 1988. Those 36 years have gone by fast. It’s good to stay busy.
Here are a few carbon-centric highlights and industry firsts we’ve been involved with. (We’ll post details about these projects at some point.)
There’s more to come. Stay tuned for the introduction of our new PRO and CT Carbon-Titanium Frame Series. This series will include lots of firsts and innovations.
Seven offers all the groupsets and wheelsets any rider might want. For example, our most popular gravel bikes (tires from 43 to 53 mm) have 9 SRAM groups and 6 Shimano groups available.
These charts are just a snapshot in time. As suppliers offer new and different parts kits, we’ll be offering more options. Things are always changing.
The charts display the base price for an Evergreen S titanium frameset with a complete groupset, available with either our base aluminum or carbon wheelset.
We also offer numerous specialty gravel kits, including drop-bar mountain groupsets, dropper seat posts, and sometimes, limited-edition designs.
Sometimes we offer A-Frame titanium frames, depending on the time of year. When we do have the A’s on offer, the bike base prices shown in the charts are $1,000 lower.
Choose your ideal kit and enjoy your ride!
Seven’s Rider-Ready gravel bikes cover all the dirt-centric bases, with 14 models. That number is just for frame types; it doesn’t include parts kits, cockpits, or wheelset options.
Fortunately, deciding which is right for you is simple.
Generally, riders define gravel bikes by a few attributes:
The two most commonly researched attributes are tire size (how big can the bike go?) and gearing (does the bike have the right range for how I ride?).
Seven Rider-Ready bikes have a greater maximum tire size selection than any stock bike brand. We also offer the most gear range options of any brand. For example, our Gravel 743 model has 15 kits to choose from, 19 wheelset options, and other options and upgrades. You’ll find the perfect parts combination for your riding.
Here’s Seven’s current gravel Rider-Ready bike lineup by tire size range and gearing range. We’ve also included wheel axle widths, an unusual focus for gravel bikes, but it’s becoming useful because of the recent interest in larger tires. Our Gravel 761 and 761s (Slang geometry) are designed with boost axle spacing for a stronger, stouter wheel that can handle rougher terrain. The 761 and 761s are true mountain bikes with drop bars.
We offer six maximum tire sizes across our 14 gravel Rider-Ready models.
Why so many tire sizes?
As the rear tire gets larger, the chainstays must get longer, and optimal gearing tends to get lower.
The more specifically we can offer your ideal maximum tire width and gearing, the shorter we can make the chainstays.
Chainstay Lengths
No one wants chainstays longer than necessary. [1] There’s no reason to have longer stays if you don’t want a larger tire. Choose your max tire from our six offerings, along with your preferred gearing, and you’ll have a bike with optimal handling geometry.
Max-Min Tire Width Range
Equally important, when the maximum tire size changes, so too does the minimum tire size. Most bike specs are silent regarding recommended minimum tire width.
We find that for many riders, the min-max range is as important as the maximum tire size. Many riders are dual-wheel riding these days – having a wheelset for gravel riding and a second wheelset for road riding. So, knowing the recommended minimum tire size may influence your purchase decision.
Having a balance of tire size range is often the ideal. For example, the Gravel 747 is currently Seven’s most popular bike for tire range. The 747 is an excellent 30 mm tire road bike, and at the wide tire end of the spectrum, the 47 mm tire is nearly a mountain bike tire. It’s a combination that’s difficult to beat.
Gearing
In another example, our popular Gravel 758 gets you to 29 x 2.3″ tires (700 x 58 mm). On paper, the 758 is similar to the Gravel 761. However, there are two important differences: 1) Hub spacing and 2) gearing. These might seem like minor distinctions, but for some riders, it’s the difference between perfection and just another gravel bike that missed the mark.
The 761 is a true mountain bike with drop bars (and frameset geometry designed for drops). The 758 is capable of the same trails but is also designed for gravel gearing and has gravel hub spacing. This gravel axle spacing provides more wheel options, but they are not as tough and stiff as mountain bike wheels. Of course, everything is relative. Our 758 is tougher than any other gravel bike on the market. It’ll hold up; don’t worry.
Each of our gravel models, including our current special edition 747 and our MantaRay 743, has specific purposes. One of which will be ideal for you.
Life is short. Choose your own adventure, bike, and ride.
Footnotes:
Patrick Brady & John Lewis Talk Seven Bikes on the Cycling Independent Podcast
It’s a good conversation. Check out the Paceline Podcast 409.
As is always the case with Robot and Padraig, they had a great conversation that covered a lot of ground. During one segment, they talked about the bike they’ve each spent the most time riding over the years. To both their surprise and Seven’s, both have ridden Sevens more than any other bike.
Here are some Seven selfish highlights.
Some of what Robot (John Lewis) said about his Axiom SL:
“It’s simply the best bike I’ve ever owned. It is a whisper over pavement. It is a telepathic extension of my body. Everything I want a bike to be and nothing I don’t.”
“I thought I understood what [Seven] did and why it was good. [Within the first] maybe 50 yards, everything was perfect. You feel that in your body.”
“Everything was more perfect with this bike, right out of the assembly stand, than any other bike I’d ever thrown a leg over before.”
“It is something else. I knew intellectually all the information, but to feel it in my body, I was gobsmacked. It’s all true.”
“It was my everything bike for a while. I rode D2R2 on it.”
“Getting a Seven was like going through the wardrobe into Narnia. Like moving from normal everyday life into another realm.”
“It was like Spiderman, the first time he’s clinging to the side of a building and looks down. It was that sort of like, oh, this is a new reality.”
Some of what Padraig (Patrick Brady) said about his Axiom SL:
“The best bike I’ve ever ridden.”
“The Seven was the yardstick by which I measured other bikes. No bike ever came close to measuring up.”
“A fair amount of stiffness for a Ti frame. Stiffness is often something that gets underdone with titanium.”
“Another thing the Axiom taught me was the value of a stiff top tube. Too flexible a top tube hurts the way the bike tracks and turns.”
“On occasions when someone would ask to check out my bike, what I heard repeatedly is they loved how calm the bike was at speed, and yet it always turned without hesitation.”
“I could race any crit against people on more aggressive bikes.”
They both have owned many bikes over the years. To have them both ride their Sevens the most means so much.
This is why we build bikes every day, all day.
Thank you both!
