Seven Customers – Page 3

A Study in Contrast

It was 13F at ride time this morning. Small flakes darted around on the wind. As the morning progressed, they got fatter, drifting and chasing each other into small cottony piles. We rode, and it was nice. We like pushing ourselves through the falling snow, and there are usually fewer cars on the road.

It’s hard not to think of warmer days too, though.

Here’s a photo from FOS (Friend of Seven) Mike Bybee who was kind of us to put us in his new Sights of the Southwest 2018 calendar. Mike is an ardent explorer, bikepacker, and photographer. We built him this Sola SL 29er adventure rig a few years ago, and so he’s taken us on some incredible adventures.

A Seven mountain bike leans against a desert dirt ridge

Mike I’s Evergreen SL

This is Mike’s Evergreen SL, out in the Rockies. We built him this bike as a collaboration with our good friends at Bike Doctor, Waldorf in Maryland. Bead blasted decals keep this one low-profile. We think it came out great.

Seven Evegreen rest on a high mountain pass

Mike says:

Thank you Seven Cycles! My new Evergreen has been nothing short of perfect. Colorado just might be its natural habitat.

Mike I.

Mike hammers his Evegreen SL down a wide dirt road

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