U.S. Built Custom Bicycles in Titanium and Titanium-Carbon Mix
U.S. Built Custom Bicycles in Titanium and Titanium-Carbon Mix
We built this Mudhoney SLX as a race bike. It has a bare titanium and Superhero Blue, modified-panel paint scheme, and is optimized for a 1x drivetrain. Disc brakes complete the ultra-modern picture.
Will all CX bikes look like this in the future? They might.
By Nick Legan
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (VN) Maureen (Mo) Bruno-Roy is a three-time master’s national champion and represented the United States at UCI cyclocross world championships in 2009.
This year Bruno-Roy is racing for Bob’s Red Mill Grains. She and her husband, Matt, are a two-person team with big results.
Bruno-Roy doesn’t receive a new frame each season. Her Mudhoneys (she has two identical bikes) are in the middle of their third season of ‘cross. Seven will provide new frames if necessary, but with her bikes in such great shape the past two seasons, Seven instead helps with travel expenses. After each campaign her frames are sent back to Seven for a complete refurbishment. The frame’s alignment is checked, small parts are replaced, the frame is cleaned and new decals are applied.
For 2010 Seven introduced a full carbon fork to compliment their titanium and carbon bikes. Bruno-Roy previously rode Alpha Q forks, but loves the new fork from Seven.
Matt Roy’s attention to detail is clear. Shrink-wrapped cables help seal the shifting system. He drills the red-anodized ferrules to keep cables moving freely. Even taking time to cut down the Fizik handlebar finishing tape, Roy puts in a lot of time on his wife’s bike. Periodically he changes the inspirational stickers on her bike. The Angry Cupcake sticker on her handlebar is the latest.
By Jake Sisson
With a background in track and field, Maureen Bruno Roy made the transition to racing cyclocross in 2004 and quickly moved up the ranks with some big wins. Highlights include the overall win in the Verge New England Series, the overall win in the Verge Mid Atlantic Series, winning the Masters 30-34 Cyclocross National Championship, placing 3rd in the Elite Cyclocross National Championships and earning a spot on the US National Team to compete in the World Championships.
Last year, Mo made the switch to Seven Cycles, who became a title sponsor in the New Englander’s operation. This year, Bruno Roy has teamed up with Bob’s Red Mill and is tackling her first national cyclocross campaign, traveling across the country to some of America’s biggest races. Mo’s Seven Mudhoney SLX features an elegant set of titanium lugs with carbon fiber tubes, as well as a cyclocross specific titanium rear triangle. A full SRAM Red drivetrain provides the shifting for Bruno Roy, while a set of Mavic Cosmic Carbone Ultimates wrapped in Challenge tires keeps her connected to the ground. Mo prefers a 44 tooth Thorne Koksijde compact outer chainring and a 36 tooth compact inner chainring paired with her SRAM Force level cassette in a 12/27 configuration.
