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RAAM – Racing Blind

We build a lot of tandems. A custom builder is a natural fit for tandems, because the challenge of fitting a tandem is doubled. Both the captain and stoker need to be comfortable for the bike to work at all, and making two people comfortable is much harder than making one comfortable.

We’ve been building tandems for 20+ years, and we’re one of the few (if not the only) custom builder to offer road, gravel, and mountain bike tandems. That explains why so many pairs come to us for a new bike.

What we didn’t expect to happen is to be contacted by so many blind riders, looking for tandems they could stoke. And even though, over the years, we’ve built a fair few bikes for blind riders, we certainly didn’t expect Team Sea to See, the first visually impaired team to take on the Race Across America (RAAM).

A blind cyclist stokes a seven Resolute in the Race Across America

We built a tandem for Dan Berlin with our friend Rick at The Phoenix Cyclery in Fort Collins, CO back in 2013. This year, he and his captain raced RAAM with Team Sea to See. These guys are demonstrating that visual impairment doesn’t mean life impairment. They are also, we would add, demonstrating that they’re amazing cyclists.

Dramatic image of a backlit sunrise shines on two hard-working tandem riders

There was an excellent news story on them recently, and something from the Today Show, too. We’re proud to be involved, if only as a  (literal)  vehicle for the message.

Roger and Lori’s Axiom 007 SL

This is Lori and Roger and their new  Axiom 007 SL tandem on a trip to the Smoky Mountains. We delivered this one with our buddy Chris, the Bicycle Fit Guru.

They were kind enough to send this photo and a brief note.

Seven Axiom SL tandem and its riders

Dear Seven:

It is an amazing bike. We just love it!! Back, neck, shoulder and hip pain all gone. Minimal hand numbness now and no foot numbness. Good grief why did we wait so long to get a new bike? The feel of this bike is unbelievable. We are so very pleased.

We really love our new bike. Thank your working so hard on it for us.

Sincerely,

Lori and Roger

Summer’s Options

It isn’t summer yet, just April’s end, but there are buds on the trees, the sun rises higher in the sky every day, and we can begin to see all the riding options summer will give us. Our New England trails are drying out. The sunrise is early enough to get out on the road on a Saturday before the cars have woken up. The options are nice to have, though they sometimes necessitate more than one bike.

Flat bars or drop? Skinny tires or fat? One seat or two? In summer, it almost doesn’t matter what you choose.

Joe rides up a dirt path in a sunny meadow

Bike laying on a long straight dirt road in the forest

Canary yellow Seven Axiom SL titanium road bike

Karl moutain biking New England singletrack

Seven Axiom 007 SL titanium tandem with S and S couplers

Tandem Touring – Doing It Right

Tandem riding on a dirt road along a river

We built this Ti Axiom 007 SL tandem for Joe and Diana a few years ago, and we’re happy to see they’re putting it to good use. These stunning black and whites are from their most recent exploits.

The quick report:

We just got back from a tour of the Erie Canal on the tandem you made for us in 2011.  As always it performed great. We take two to three long tours each year as well as ride it 4-5 times a week.

Diana aboard her Seven Axiom 007 tandem