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The Ever Changing Evergreen

The Evergreen is a bit of a chameleon by nature, adapting and changing to best suit the terrain it’s tackling. Day or night, loaded or unloaded, technical or rolling, with a few pre-ride modifications the Evergreen can be perfectly suited to handle it all. Below is a photo essay that demonstrates how a few modifications can transform the bike from a road worthy rig, to a loaded expedition bike.

Exhibit A:

Model

: Seven Cycles Evergreen SL
Purpose: Fast road rides. Keep up with any pure road bike and still be able to roll in the woods
How: Schwalbe One tires. Full on road performance – and I’d still ride these on any mountain trail.

Evergreen Schwalbe One

Exhibit B:

Model

: Seven Cycles Evergreen SL
Purpose: Mostly paved conditions with some dirt road sections.
How: Ruffy Tuffy 28c slick tire. As an aside, this tire and the Roll-y Pol-y are some of our favorite off road tires.

Evergreen Ruffy Tuffy 28c slick

Exhibit C:

Model

: Seven Cycles Evergreen SL
Purpose: Fast wet or dry conditions in mixed terrain; more paved than dirt. Cyclocross style; fast handling for tight terrain. Works great with 45mm fenders for those fun wet rides.
How: Clement MSO 32 knobby with center ridge

Evergreen Clement MSO 32 knobby

 

Exhibit D:

Model

: Seven Cycles Evergreen SL
Purpose: Fast dry conditions in mixed terrain; equal parts paved and dirt
How: Clement LAS 33c filetread tires

Evergreen Clement LAS 33c filetread

Exhibit E:

Model

: Seven Cycles Evergreen SL
Purpose: Mixed terrain exploration; wet conditions; more dirt than paved
How: Clement MSO 40c tires

Evergreen Clement MSO 40c

Exhibit F:

Model

: Seven Cycles Evergreen SL
Purpose: Night riding mixed terrain exploration; wet conditions; more dirt than paved
How: Son28 generator hub, Edelux II headlight, Clement MSO 40c tires

Evergreen generator hub and light

Exhibit G:

Model

: Seven Cycles Evergreen SL
Purpose: All day – and night – riding in all conditions and all terrain; worldwide travel.
How: BTC couplers, PDX City fenders, Revelate Viscacha saddle bag, Revelate Mountain Feedbag, Ortlieb Ultimate 6 handlebar bag, Son28 generator hub, Edelux II headlight, Clement MSO 40c tires

Evergreen worldwide travel

This photo essay might make for a fun flip book.

Some Deserved Time Off

When Seven began, back in 1997, Rob Vandermark‘s vacation days started to accrue at the rate of about a day a month. When the first year of operation came to a close, he had twelve days saved up. Seven had a busy year in 1998, including a move from Topsfield to Watertown, so there was no time for a vacation, and those twelve vacation days were added to the original twelve to make twenty four. The company was growing steadily, in numbers and in employees. There was so much to do.

Twenty four became thirty six, and this pattern continued, year after year. The vacation days kept adding up. No one knows for sure, but a reasonable estimate to the number of days accrued would be one hundred ninety six.

A few weeks ago, for the first time in Rob’s seventeen years at Seven Cycles, he asked for time off. We were puzzled. Was there an event we didn’t know about? A presentation somewhere? Was he off to work on a secret new project? No one was sure, though as it turns out, the answer was quite simple. Rob wanted to take a vacation.

When you take one vacation in seventeen years, everyone wants to know where you are going? In Rob’s case, the answer was a cycling trip to New Zealand. As the trip grew near, Rob became almost giddy. He outfitted his coupled Evergreen SL specifically for the journey with: a generator front hub and powerful headlight, full fender coverage in case the going gets wet, reflective decals for high visibility, wide tires with some tread in case the pavement came to an end. We won’t know all of the details of the trip until he gets back, but we know his bike is ready for anything, and that his vacation is well deserved.

Loaded adventure bike
RV’s RV

Have fun Rob. We’ll hold down the fort.