Seven Cycles IMX: a Titan in Titanium
Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos
I am grateful to the aerospace industry for so many things: Airbus, NASA, SkyMall magazine ...But I am especially grateful to the aerospace industry for its use of titanium, the space-age metal that used in airplane construction. Simultaneously unbreakable, indefatigable, corrosion-proof and ultralight, titanium is also totally dope.
Equally dope is Seven Cycles of Watertown, Massachusetts, which has been making bicycle frames from titanium since 1997.
With summer around the bend, I've got a jones for the IMX, Seven's flagship titanium/carbon mountain bike. The frame alone is $3,395. Steep, yes. But think of it like the two-wheeled equivalent of a tailor-made suit.
That $3,395 includes custom sizing, yes, but it also includes dialed-in custom handling and ride characteristics (do you want Cadillac comfortable? Formula-1fast?). Decal choice is also part of the deal, as is making sure the frame is compatible with the exact components you choose.
In other words, the aerospace-quality bike frame you get is an honest-to-god one-of-a-kind.
Can you say that for a Boeing 747? I didn't think so.
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