{"id":1514,"date":"2012-06-11T14:07:17","date_gmt":"2012-06-11T19:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sevencycles.com\/blog\/?p=1514"},"modified":"2025-12-13T10:00:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T15:00:14","slug":"seven-cycles-at-the-lets-talk-about-bikes-event-at-the-bsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/seven-cycles-at-the-lets-talk-about-bikes-event-at-the-bsa\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven Cycles in the &#8220;Let&#8217;s Talk About Bikes&#8221; Exhibit at the BSA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Berlin-Bike.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1516 size-full\" title=\"Berlin Bike\" src=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Berlin-Bike.jpg\" alt=\"Chain guard with Berlin skyline\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Berlin-Bike.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Berlin-Bike-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Berlin-Bike-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We are excited to participate in the &#8220;Let&#8217;s Talk About Bikes&#8221; exhibit at the Boston Society of Architects.\u00a0 The exhibit opens on Tuesday, June 12, with a party at the BSA from 6-8pm.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let&#8217;s Talk About Bikes&#8221; was conceived by the folks at the design firm, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.overcommaunder.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">over, under<\/a> to celebrate the history of framebuilding in Boston, and to explore the role of the bicycle in an urban environment:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<em>The expansion of urban biking raises broader transit-related questions about the relationship of bicycles to urban and environmental public policy.\u00a0 The exhibition examines this theme, from the Complete Streets movement to advocacy activism to concerns raised in Boston&#8217;s larger community about roadway use. <\/em>Let&#8217;s Talk About Bikes<em> presents many stories and outlooks in order to raise awareness and questions about the role of the bicycle in cities today<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Seven Cycles was asked to loan The Berlin Bike and Seveneer Mike Salvatore&#8217;s Elium to the exhibit.\u00a0 Each bike represents a specific type of riding: the Berlin Bike is a commuter bike and Mike&#8217;s Elium was build specifically for track racing.\u00a0 Parlee Cycles and Friefly Bicycles also have bikes in the exhibit.\u00a0 In addition, <a href=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/people\/rob-vandermark.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rob V<\/a>. conceptualized and edited a family tree of Boston bike building for the exhibit.\u00a0 Many Seveneers are included in various aspects of the show: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/31408987@N04\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt O&#8217;Keefe<\/a>\u2019s and Jonathan Henig&#8217;s photographs will be displayed, and bikes built by Saila, <a href=\"https:\/\/royalhcycles.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Royal H.<\/a>, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scul.org\/skynet\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SCUL<\/a> gang will also be part of the show.<\/p>\n<p>We hope that if you&#8217;re in or around Boston over the summer, you&#8217;ll stop by the BSA to have a look at the craftsmanship on display.\u00a0 &#8220;Let&#8217;s Talk About Bikes&#8221; runs from June 12-August 31, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are excited to participate in the &#8220;Let&#8217;s Talk About Bikes&#8221; exhibit at the Boston Society of Architects.\u00a0 The exhibit opens on Tuesday, June 12, with a party at the BSA from 6-8pm. &#8220;Let&#8217;s Talk About Bikes&#8221; was conceived by the folks at the design firm, over, under to celebrate the history of framebuilding in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/seven-cycles-at-the-lets-talk-about-bikes-event-at-the-bsa\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Seven Cycles in the &#8220;Let&#8217;s Talk About Bikes&#8221; Exhibit at the BSA&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3,41,17,38,1185],"class_list":["post-1514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-events","tag-friends-of-seven","tag-history","tag-project-bike","tag-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1514"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18050,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514\/revisions\/18050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}