Seven Cycles Alaris

Price Paid:  $1995.00 at S&W Sport Concord NH

Favorite Ride:
Early in the morning-- any morning

Bike Setup:
Ultegra triple, Mavic KSYRIUM ELITE ,Seven wound up fork, Seven carbon fiber seat post

Summary:
Finally had to get a custom. Everyone has to sooner or later---yes you do. The ride is great. After I convinced had to convince Seven that I did not want a compact frame ( it took a bit of convincing that bothered me a bit. ). They finally built me exactly what I wanted. The welds are beautiful . It has all the braise on I wanted, where I wanted them. The alaris will be great for light touring. I went with the seven fork and seat post, a little pricey but the ride is great. The fork has the snap I am us to and cuts down vibration. It gives the bike a different look from everyone else's. This frame will be at home in a pace line with the local club or loaded for a trip 3 day trip.
Make sure you go to a good shop to get fitted . It is pretty scary spending this much with out riding it first. Would I do it again... You Bet She sure is pretty

Strengths:
Custome fit, Beautiful finish, Stiff or flexy what ever you want. Tell them they will build it.

Weaknesses:
2000 bucks for a bare frame is alot But hey you can't take it with you, enjoy it now... you never know

Similar Products Used:
C-dale crit 3 Seven ask for all the measurments of your old ride and wants to know what you like about it and what you don't like about it to help them use the right tubes for your new one.

Price Paid:  $0.00 at Bike Empire, Poway,

Bike Setup:
Campy Chorus double; Campy Zonda wheels; Campy Chorus Pro-Fit pedals; 3T Zepp stem, Prima 199 Bar &

Summary:
Holy cow... Incredible craftsmanship... Delivered as specified with stiff bottom end and supple ride... Very classy... Custom tube selection and frame geometry are worth the price!

Strengths:
Craftsmanship, ride quality

Weaknesses:
A little heavy at ~19lb with aerobars

Similar Products Used:
Cannondale
Sampson Ciao!

Price Paid:  $4000.00 at Open Road Bicycles

Favorite Ride:
anywhere

Bike Setup:
Ultegra, with Wound-up fork, Seven cycles carbon seat-post, Mavic cosmic elite wheels.

Summary:
Smoooooth as Buttah!
What a wonderful experience to wind up with the best bike on the planet. I'm big, 6'6" 218 pounds. I wanted a bike that had no flex for sprints and comfortable on centuries. Seven did it and did it right.

Strengths:
A real custom 63.5cm
stiff as a train rail
smooth ride
worth every penny

Weaknesses:
The wait, the temptation of knowing where your bike is in the building process, the wait.

Similar Products Used:
nothing close to it, a CAAD 2 R300 Cannondale with RSX

Price Paid:  $1995.00 at Pig Iron Bike

Favorite Ride:
Riding the hills in West Hampton, MA

Bike Setup:
I went top notch with the Seven Titanium Stem and Seven Carbon Seatpot & Fork. All accessories are w

Summary:
Going custom at least once in your life has to happen! This bike has the most outstanding handling and ride quality! I am a tad over 200 lbs so the recommended Alaris was a great tubeset for me. Ordering was easy and I know that going to a good bike shop will make a difference. The shop owner took great detail in every single measurement to get me the right fit this first time (measure twice, cut once!).

Custom was also nice because I already owned a seat, wheelset, tires, so I didn't have to "get something that came with the bike that I didn't like or feel the need to upgrade". Every single part was hand selected by me, and that was awesome. Every little part/accessory on that bike is EXACTLY what I wanted.

Strengths:
Ride quality...absorbs the chatter bumps, but is as stiff as a jet fighter. Bike fit is outstanding. No sore spots anywhere (back/wrists/knees) because this bike fits "me" so well.

Weaknesses:
Only thing that bugged me was that because I had a Compact Frame, the second bottle cage required some washers to rest it over the clamp style Front Derailluer. Looks a bit odd, but functionally is no problem at all.

Similar Products Used:
LeMond Chambery (nice bike, not as nice as the Alaris), Cannondale R600 (way tooooooo stiff).