{"id":2521,"date":"2013-08-13T11:10:52","date_gmt":"2013-08-13T16:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sevencycles.com\/blog\/?p=2521"},"modified":"2025-11-07T10:49:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T15:49:03","slug":"mark-ss-cafe-racer-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/mark-ss-cafe-racer-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark S&#8217;s Cafe Racer S"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Strath3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2522 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Strath3.jpg\" alt=\"Marc's Cafe Racer S\" width=\"562\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Strath3.jpg 562w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Strath3-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Strath3-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 562px) 85vw, 562px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is the Cafe Racer S we built for Mark, our friend from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bowcycle.com\/\">Calgary&#8217;s Bow Cycle<\/a>. Though conceived as a simple machine, a fixed-gear with a stripped down look, he took the time to personalize it in a way that makes it one of our favorite bikes of the season. And he also sent us these awesome pictures of it on the streets of Calgary (courtesy of Kevin Kwan), including this one of him getting just a little bit rad.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Strath1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2523 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Strath5.jpg\" alt=\"Marc gets rad on his Cafe Racer S\" width=\"562\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Strath5.jpg 562w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Strath5-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Strath5-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 562px) 85vw, 562px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2526\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2526\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/strath4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2526 \" src=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/strath4-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Seven Cycles USA head badge\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/strath4-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/strath4-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/strath4.jpg 562w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2526\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Head Badge Closeup<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2524\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2524\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Strath1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2524 \" src=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Strath1-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"ornately decorated crit handlebar\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Strath1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Strath1-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Strath1.jpg 562w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2524\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ornate Drop Bar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2525\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2525\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Strath2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2525 \" src=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Strath2-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"top tube reading 'bikeaholic's anonymous'\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Strath2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Strath2-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Strath2.jpg 562w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2525\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mark&#8217;s Custom, Blasted Name &#8220;Decal&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2527\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2527\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/strath6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2527\" src=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/strath6-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Drive train with pilsner\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/strath6-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/strath6-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/strath6.jpg 562w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2527\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Drive-train with Pilsner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the Cafe Racer S we built for Mark, our friend from Calgary&#8217;s Bow Cycle. Though conceived as a simple machine, a fixed-gear with a stripped down look, he took the time to personalize it in a way that makes it one of our favorite bikes of the season. And he also sent us &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/mark-ss-cafe-racer-s\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mark S&#8217;s Cafe Racer S&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[44,223,220,221,222,6],"class_list":["post-2521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-bike-build","tag-bow-cycle","tag-cafe-racer-s","tag-fixed","tag-rad","tag-seven-customers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2521","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=2521"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18010,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2521\/revisions\/18010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}