{"id":6471,"date":"2018-01-24T12:29:41","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T17:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sevencycles.com\/blog\/?p=6471"},"modified":"2025-11-05T18:04:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T23:04:46","slug":"cols-axiom-sl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/cols-axiom-sl\/","title":{"rendered":"Col&#8217;s Axiom SL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is Col&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/bikes\/axiom-sl.php\">Axiom SL<\/a>, delivered by our good friend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stevehoggbikefitting.com\/\">Steve Hogg at Pedal Pushers<\/a> in Australia:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6472\" src=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ColinSmithAxiomSL.png\" alt=\"Col's Axiom SL\" width=\"639\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ColinSmithAxiomSL.png 639w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ColinSmithAxiomSL-400x300.png 400w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ColinSmithAxiomSL-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6473 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ColinSmithAxiomSL2.png\" alt=\"Colin proudly poses with his Axiom SL on a sunny day\" width=\"639\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ColinSmithAxiomSL2.png 639w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ColinSmithAxiomSL2-400x300.png 400w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ColinSmithAxiomSL2-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Col wrote us this nice note:<\/p>\n<p><em>Dear Seven Artisans,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I had dreamed about a Titanium Seven for years and was able to realize that dream late in 2017. I have now had sufficient time on the bike to fully appreciate it and love it more every time I climb aboard.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Aesthetically, it is the epitome of style &#8211; a bit industrial, a bit old school and cool as hell!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Dynamically, the ride is like nothing I have ridden before! It is deceptively quick, stiff enough to be responsive, yet comfortable. It handles like it is on rails and I have so much more confidence descending as a result.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I wanted to thank you for the bike, let you know how much joy it is bringing me and assure you that I will recommend your frames to anyone looking for something far better than the \u201crun of the mill\u201d carbon junk!!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Kindest Regards,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Col Smith<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6474 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ColinSmithAxiomSL3.png\" alt=\"Col's Axiom SL on the desert roadside\" width=\"639\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ColinSmithAxiomSL3.png 639w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ColinSmithAxiomSL3-400x300.png 400w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ColinSmithAxiomSL3-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is Col&#8217;s Axiom SL, delivered by our good friend Steve Hogg at Pedal Pushers in Australia: Col wrote us this nice note: Dear Seven Artisans, I had dreamed about a Titanium Seven for years and was able to realize that dream late in 2017. I have now had sufficient time on the bike to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/cols-axiom-sl\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Col&#8217;s Axiom SL&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[889,748,24,714,799,6,21,22],"class_list":{"0":"post-6471","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-articles","7":"tag-australia","8":"tag-axiom-sl","10":"tag-pedal-pushers","11":"tag-road-bikes","12":"tag-seven-customers","13":"tag-seven-distributors","14":"tag-seven-retailers"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6471"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12032,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6471\/revisions\/12032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}