Seven Racers – Seven Cycles

Introducing KellCruis SL

Well, it’s not really supposed to go like this, or maybe you hope it does, but you think you probably have more time than you end up having.
But we built a new race bike last week, and then before we could post about it being done, it won a race.

Kelly Catale did it again at Orchard Cross Cyclocross Race

Kelly Cataly grins after being drenched in mud after a cyclocross race

Introducing the KellCruis SL, a radical departure from your everyday cyclocross racer. What we’ve done here is take our Mudhoney CX platform and pushed it forward to its logical conclusion, something entirely new, akin to the way our Scrambler bikes took the gravel category forward.

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The Top Step

Happy Monday to us! The KellCross takes the top podium step (along with the super strong Kelly Catale) at Midnight Ride of Cyclocross in Lancaster, MA. Thanks, Kelly!

Kelly Catale on the top podium at the Midnight Ride of Cyclocross

Race cross one weekend (and maybe win). Race gravel another. Stay tuned for more of Kelly’s go-fast adventures.

Kelly Cataly leads a pack of colorfully clad cyclocross racers at night

The Connaught 600

First the photo, this one worth 2,000 words, we think.

Connaught 600

Even without any context, we found ourselves wondering, if you could ride a bike there (where?) why would you ever ride anywhere else? If you’re looking for the spot, it’sat the Ceide Fields a Neolithic field system in Mayo, Ireland.

We met Noel, the rider, through our friends at Cyclefit in London. Noel is an accomplished audax rider from Ireland, and we painted his Axiom SL to match his favorite place to ride, as well as to honor Audax Ireland. The photo was taken during the Connaught 600, a 600k event by the organiser of the Wild Atlantic Way Randonee.

The Long Story of the Introduction of the Balance Control System and the Mobius SL and KellCat SL Dual-Suspension Mountain Bikes

Seven in the mountains

The Seven TransAt in Bicycling Magazine

Brad and Matt ride through an Irish town

Last week a pair of Sevens showed up on Bicycling.com in a piece about the Trans Atlantic Way Race. It’s well worth a read just to find out more about riding along the Irish Coast, but there are also some good tips on riding fast over long distances, as well as some photos of a pair of handsome, purpose-built bikes. Brad and Matt looking detirmined to continue riding into the night Here are some brief excerpts:

The race kicked off at 11:30 a.m. on June 7, 2018. Brad and Matt had 200 miles planned that day, and they expected to be riding until about midnight. Halfway through their first long day, they dined curbside on pizza after the first checkpoint. They ate as much as possible because food options would close well before their planned finish. Being vegetarians, pizza was frequently on the menu. three cyclists take a rest at a storefront

Along with avoiding the normal hazards of exhaustion, fatigue, and other standard issues with long days in the saddle, the duo had to adjust to riding on the left side of the road.

Read a bit more about our involvement in this epic race.