{"id":6087,"date":"2016-11-02T13:00:20","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T18:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sevencycles.com\/blog\/?p=6087"},"modified":"2021-07-07T09:25:19","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T14:25:19","slug":"joes-expat-sl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/joes-expat-sl\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe&#8217;s Expat SL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a do-everything touring machine we built for Joe with our friends at <a href=\"http:\/\/spokesetc.com\/\">Spokes, Etc.<\/a> in Alexandria, VA. This <a href=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/bikes\/expat-sl.php\" class=\"broken_link\">Expat SL<\/a> incorporate <a href=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/options\/s-and-s-couplings.php\">S&amp;S couplings<\/a>, front and rear rack &amp; fender mounts, a kickstand, <a href=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/options\/belt-drive.php\">belt drive<\/a>, generator hub, extra water bottle mount and a pump peg. We like this build because it really demonstrates the extent to which a rider can personalize a Seven to produce what is, for them, the ultimate bike for the purpose (or many purposes).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6088\" src=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/28706162705_0227f1b3ed_z.jpg\" alt=\"Seven Expat painted lime green trace with painted matching frame pump\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/28706162705_0227f1b3ed_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/28706162705_0227f1b3ed_z-400x268.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/28706162705_0227f1b3ed_z-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6089\" src=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/28421419020_51cc1f5df0_z.jpg\" alt=\"front headlamp mounred to front fork\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/28421419020_51cc1f5df0_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/28421419020_51cc1f5df0_z-400x268.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/28421419020_51cc1f5df0_z-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6090\" src=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/28090216503_590167246a_z.jpg\" alt=\"Seven Expat SL in bright green trace scheme\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/28090216503_590167246a_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/28090216503_590167246a_z-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/28090216503_590167246a_z-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Photos by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/136006806@N06\/with\/28088506394\/\">Mike Gregerson<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a do-everything touring machine we built for Joe with our friends at Spokes, Etc. in Alexandria, VA. This Expat SL incorporate S&amp;S couplings, front and rear rack &amp; fender mounts, a kickstand, belt drive, generator hub, extra water bottle mount and a pump peg. We like this build because it really demonstrates the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/joes-expat-sl\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Joe&#8217;s Expat 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":[1],"tags":[527,44,373,276,786,20,847,51,145,846,6,22,849,495],"class_list":["post-6087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-belt-drive","tag-bike-build","tag-bike-packing","tag-expat","tag-expat-sl","tag-featured-option","tag-generator","tag-paint","tag-randonneuring","tag-ss-couplings","tag-seven-customers","tag-seven-retailers","tag-spokes-etc","tag-travel-bikes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6087","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=6087"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12782,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6087\/revisions\/12782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}