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1000km on the Seven RedSky S

We delivered Woody’s RedSky S in February of this year, via Adam and Saj at Get-a-Grip in Chicago. We received this photo, just this morning, which suggests Woody and his Seven are getting along pretty well.

Woody and his new Seven Evergreen S, alongside Adam and Saj, all smiles

He wrote:

Rode my Seven for the Great Lakes Randonneurs 1000k last weekend. We were allowed 75 hours, completed it in 65. Had decent weather, just one huge storm on Day 1 to contend with. Great roads, terrific variety of terrain, and great support from the GLR volunteers. My bike handled great. Bombing hills, cornering with speed, bouncing across gravel sections—all good.

Thanks,

Woody

Bikes and Art

People sometimes say our bikes are worthy of hanging on walls, that they are art, which is a nice thing to say, but makes us feel a little uncomfortable. In our minds bikes are tools, transportation, toys, etc. They should look great, if you can manage it, but we want people, first and foremost, to ride them. A lot. Which is rather hard to do when they’re hanging on a wall.

Imagine our surprise when Rhys W sent us this photo. It’s of his wife and her Seven Mudhoney SL, which she rides a lot, but also hangs on the wall.

A huge painting of a cyclist hangs behind a real-life version of the bike

He also wrote:

Seven. BEST investment ever for me.

Buy a Seven, ride it, and then you will understand.

Rhys

The Kind of Email We Love to Get

We wrote to Putter to find out how he liked his new Evergreen PRO, and here’s what we got back:

a pristine Seven Evergreen PRO leans against a very greem shrub on a nice lawm

Thanks for reaching out.

Yes, the bike is great. Did my first gravel race 2 days after it was built. Was hoping to have a bit more time to train and tweak the bike but that’s life and small world problems.

Very forgiving ride but stiff to my liking for climbing. The race was 81 miles and 7300 feet so the Evergreen Pro was put to the test.

Attaching a picture/s of it fresh out of the womb and then 2 days later.

Putter

Bike are, after all, for riding, and this one, built with our friends at Cascade Bicycle Studio in Seattle, came out really well.

a muddy Seven Evergreen PRO hangs on the back rack of a car

Yoon, KR’s 622 SLX

When we set out to build bikes, part of the reason we called ourselves Seven was that we wanted to sell our work the world over, on the 7 continents (Antarctica remaining a challenge). Over time, we’ve had pretty good success with our original vision, and our friends at ES Korea are a big part of that, introducing Watertown’s finest bikes to the Korean peninsula nearly two decades ago.

This is one of their very best customers, Yoon, Kwang Ryul, and his new 622 SLX. At just a shade over 14.5lbs, this build makes us so, so proud and happy to have such great partners, the world over.

See more (in Korean) here.

a pristine Seven 622 SLX parked on a clean cuty sidewalk

A scale that reads 6.66 kg holds a Seven ti/carbon bicycle

a Dura Ace rear derailler installation on a Seven ti/carbon frame's dropout

A perfect Seven 622 SLX leans against a wall with Bicycle One Bike Shop graphics

Rik’s Sola 29S Monster Cross

This is Rik’s Sola S 29er, built monster cross style. We partnered with our good friends at Cyclefit in London for this one.

Seven Monster cross Rik says:

Picked up Tuesday. Built Weds/Thurs. Ridden Saturday!!

Proper good. Def. not gravel, or road-plus, this is proper monster cross!! Very happy man!!

Cheers

Rik

Rik shreds some rough singletrack