Oversized downtubes

[AngryScientist]

Just scoped this one out on the 'bay.

yikes Seven, this is an interesting one. I wonder what the back story is on this bike??

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Seven-Cycle...16.m2518.l4276

[Ozz]

Litespeed had similar "back in the day"....although, not to that extreme: 2004 Litespeed Ultimate

[Clean39T]

Seven did an aero/tri model around that time but I had only seen it in full titanium until this one..

Funny to think how long ago 2009 was when it comes to bike design.

[duff_duffy]

I owned one of these before. Beautifully crafted bike, light as anything, but frankly the ugliest looking bike I’ve ever owned. Took me forever to sell. This was the only angle it looked good from!

[duff_duffy]

Also, here is shot showing how deep that tube is….for what it’s worth I bought mine complete as shown in photo for about $1250 (used) from a bike shop. I think they were happy to see it go even at that ridiculous low price because nobody could get by the look of it. It was ugly but really did ride nice! I don’t think that person has a chance to get the asking price but you never know. If you want unique this might be for you.

[tomato coupe]

Originally Posted by duff_duffy

I owned one of these before. Beautifully crafted bike, light as anything, but frankly the ugliest looking bike I’ve ever owned. Took me forever to sell. This was the only angle it looked good from!

I don't think a 2 kg frame qualifies as "light as anything."

[jamesdak]

Man I like odd bikes but that one is just too much even for me

At least my Y-Foil has a real reason for a beefy section of frame.

[davidb]

Sheet. A sheet of Titanium. That is what I see. Rolled then welded and ground down. The ride quality? Maybe as mentioned above it was a long time ago...

[Fivethumbs]

That's weird.

[merckxman]

This is currently on ebay.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-RARE-PI...-127632-2357-0

[wallymann]

Originally Posted by davidb

Sheet. A sheet of Titanium. That is what I see. Rolled then welded and ground down. The ride quality? Maybe as mentioned above it was a long time ago...

thats how colnago's supplier formed the ovalmaster's DT out of 6/4 Ti and lynskey does the DT on my Ti pro-cross.

[.RJ]

mmm hmmm

[tv_vt]

I think since the 6/4 titanium basically started out as a sheet rather than a tube, going with these 'airfoil' downtubes made some sense. I think Merckx also had one like that back in the day - the Millenium model.

[duff_duffy]

I had this one for a bit, did not care for the ride but also did not fit me well.

Originally Posted by tv_vt

I think since the 6/4 titanium basically started out as a sheet rather than a tube, going with these 'airfoil' downtubes made some sense. I think Merckx also had one like that back in the day - the Millenium model.

[Dave]

I had a polished Litespeed ultimate. Rode like $hit. Sold it after one season.