{"id":5608,"date":"2015-11-13T13:56:17","date_gmt":"2015-11-13T18:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sevencycles.com\/blog\/?p=5608"},"modified":"2020-09-14T15:06:16","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T20:06:16","slug":"changing-lives-the-update-on-pauls-axiom-sl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/changing-lives-the-update-on-pauls-axiom-sl\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing Lives &#8211; The Update on Paul&#8217;s Axiom SL"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5609\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5609\" style=\"width: 229px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/MT6_17mileDrive.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5609\" src=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/MT6_17mileDrive.jpg\" alt=\"Paul on the front\" width=\"229\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/MT6_17mileDrive.jpg 540w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/MT6_17mileDrive-400x711.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/MT6_17mileDrive-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 85vw, 229px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5609\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul, on the Front<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Paul wrote to us just after he got his Axiom SL. It was <a href=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/paul-fs-super-hero-blue-axiom-sl\/\">a nice note<\/a>. He liked his bike. We are fortunate to receive messages like this. It means we are doing what we set out to do.<\/p>\n<p>Paul&#8217;s follow up note was something special though.<\/p>\n<p>He says:<\/p>\n<p><em>Hey Seven,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I just wanted to check in and let you know how my Seven has affected my life. Since taking delivery of my Seven I have ridden more miles than I could ever have anticipated. \u00a0I have lost over 70 lbs and I have had experiences I would not have imagined in my wildest dreams. \u00a0I recently completed a 500 mile ride from San Jose CA. to Redondo Beach CA in 5 days. \u00a0The Seven performed as designed and it was an experience I will never forget. \u00a0Thank you for your dedication to creating my bike which has changed my life.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Regards,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Paul<\/em><\/p>\n<p>To be clear, Paul did the hard work. He pedaled. We only gave him a bike that fit him, that looked the way he wanted it to look, that rode the way he wanted it to ride. We played a small part, but even that small part is extremely gratifying. More important, in many ways, than building bikes, is just simply helping people love cycling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul wrote to us just after he got his Axiom SL. It was a nice note. He liked his bike. We are fortunate to receive messages like this. It means we are doing what we set out to do. Paul&#8217;s follow up note was something special though. He says: Hey Seven, I just wanted to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/changing-lives-the-update-on-pauls-axiom-sl\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Changing Lives &#8211; The Update on Paul&#8217;s Axiom SL&#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":[],"tags":[748,24,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-5608","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"tag-axiom-sl","8":"tag-seven-customers"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5608","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=5608"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11927,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5608\/revisions\/11927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}