{"id":17453,"date":"2025-03-19T15:57:17","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T20:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/?p=17453"},"modified":"2025-03-20T10:05:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T15:05:58","slug":"seven-in-the-news-the-n-1-substack-by-james-huang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/seven-in-the-news-the-n-1-substack-by-james-huang\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven In The News: The\u00a0N-1 Substack by James Huang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>James, a long-time industry veteran, just posted some good words about <a href=\"https:\/\/nminus1bikes.substack.com\/i\/158535706\/seven-cycles-announces-an-intriguing-semi-custom-frame-program\">Seven&#8217;s Rider-Ready updates<\/a>.\u00a0 His take on the program is interesting and worth a read.<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>&#8220;what&#8217;s more shocking about its program is its massive scope. Its new Rider-Ready range comprise 16 models, up to 36 sizes (per model, not total), three different titanium tubesets, three different stiffness levels, as much or as little tire clearance as you could want, and a ton of finish and build kit options \u2013 all from a \u201cstock\u201d build.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div>Rob Vandermark, Seven&#8217;s founder, said this about the project&#8217;s development:\u00a0<i>&#8220;A year ago, we launched a few Rider-Ready bike models to see if it would be something riders wanted. They did. The project has been so successful that we&#8217;ve expanded it to include most bike categories while maintaining streamlined build times.&#8221;<\/i><\/div>\n<div>Stay tuned for more words from James.\u00a0 Or, better yet, <a href=\"https:\/\/nminus1bikes.substack.com\/p\/welcome-to-n-1\">subscribe to N-1<\/a> if you haven&#8217;t already.\u00a0\u00a0James is probably the industry&#8217;s most thoughtful technical writer and product tester.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7r505416.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-17456\" src=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7r505416-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7r505416-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7r505416-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7r505416-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7r505416-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7r505416-1200x674.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7r505416-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7r505416.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>Rider-Ready <a href=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/category\/gravel\/g-743.php\">Gravel 743<\/a>, going on a long ride.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7r508680-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-17458\" src=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7r508680-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7r508680-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7r508680-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7r508680-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7r508680-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7r508680-1-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7r508680-1-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7r508680-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>Rider-Ready <a href=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/category\/road\/r-732.php\">Road 732<\/a>, looking fast.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7r508720-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-17455\" src=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7r508720-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7r508720-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7r508720-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7r508720-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7r508720-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7r508720-1-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7r508720-1-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7r508720-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>Rider-Ready <a href=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/category\/hardtail\/m-130-2924.php\">Mountain 924-130<\/a>, out on a fast and fun ride!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James, a long-time industry veteran, just posted some good words about Seven&#8217;s Rider-Ready updates.\u00a0 His take on the program is interesting and worth a read. &#8220;what&#8217;s more shocking about its program is its massive scope. Its new Rider-Ready range comprise 16 models, up to 36 sizes (per model, not total), three different titanium tubesets, three &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/seven-in-the-news-the-n-1-substack-by-james-huang\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Seven In The News: The\u00a0N-1 Substack by James Huang&#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":[],"class_list":["post-17453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17453","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=17453"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17464,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17453\/revisions\/17464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}