Sola SL – Page 8 – Seven Cycles

Terri G’s Sola SL – Back Country Explorer

This is Terri’s Sola SL. When she called us, she was excited to build a new bike for this weekend’s Dirty Kanza, but also as a do-everything back country explorer. With a flat bar, disc brakes and a rigid fork, this bike is super versatile. We worked on it with our good friends at Richardson Bike Mart in Richardson, TX. After the inaugural 200 miles she’ll put on it in Kansas, she knows just what’s coming next.

Terri says:

My bigger plan is to put bigger tires and frame bags on it and head out to do some bike-packing. First up, Montana on the Great Divide route in July.

Best bike ever. Thanks so much!

The Friday Morning Local

Mark’s Axiom SL

Our good friend Mark at Sigma Sport in the UK treated himself to a new Axiom SL. He opted for an over-sized headtube (44mm) with an ENVE tapered road fork and a Shimano Dura Ace Di2 electronic shift set up. Race style decals complete the look.

Mark says:

Thanks to everyone at Seven! I finally have a road bike that I love as much as my Seven Sola SL mountain bike! As an American working in a British bike shop & Seven dealer, it’s so nice being able to sell such amazing examples of American craftsmanship.

Seven Cycles Shop Ride – Vermont’s Kingdom Trails

Who can say what summer was made for, but rolling out of the shop on Friday night and winding our way up to East Burke, VT, with an eye on a long Saturday trail ride in Vermont’s Kingdom Trails, we had a sense of the order of the universe. We were unmistakably doing the right thing.

The northern woods are cooler than the roads around our Watertown factory, so we had the perfect escape from the heat. Some trails. Some beer. Lots of good food. More reminders of how lucky we are to do what we do, building and selling bikes all week, riding them on the weekends.

It never fails to amaze how good it is to ride trail you’ve not ridden before. While some of us were intimately familiar with the treasures on offer at the Kingdom Trails, others were discovering them for the first time. It’s like learning to ride again in all the best ways. It makes it easy to show up for work on Monday morning, inspired to do it all again, maybe even better this time.

Team Seven Cycles: Scott L.’s Sola 29er

Team Seven Cycles member and long time Seven ambassador, Scott Livingston, picked up two new Sevens last week. Scott was really fun to work with on these builds because he knew what he wanted the bikes to do, but was open to collaborating on a lot of the details.

We designed a Sola 29 SL belt drive single speed for Scott to ride in the single track of his home state of Connecticut. The bike would also see action at the Vermont 50, which Scott has done something like 12 times. Scott knew the bike would be single speed, 29″ wheeled, rigid, and light. Together we arrived at Rocker drops, Gates carbon belt drive, 44 mm head tube, tubeless wheels, and tapered carbon fork.

I was blown away with how well the bike came out, and I think Scott was too. The only time I have been to the Vermont 50, it was a terrifically muddy affair. Should that be the case this year, Scott will be pedaling away on a mud-proof belt drive train, or when the climbs get too steep, portaging an ultra light 19 lb hard tail. It’s the perfect bike to challenge and excite him at a race that he knows so well.

Stay tuned for a post about Scott’s Axiom SL Commuter!

-Dan V.