{"id":6212,"date":"2016-12-22T14:11:08","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T19:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sevencycles.com\/blog\/?p=6212"},"modified":"2020-09-14T15:07:06","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T20:07:06","slug":"like-elves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/like-elves\/","title":{"rendered":"Like Elves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you make things (like elves), you find very quickly that there is never a time when someone doesn&#8217;t want you to make something. And so, we have had a very busy December here at Seven. Rather than wax rhapsodic about the spirit of the season, let us just say how grateful we are to be able to make things people want (like elves do), and wish you all a happy holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some brief scenes from shop this week:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6216\" src=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_4604-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"A painter sprays a bicycle frame inside a booth\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_4604-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_4604-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_4604-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_4604-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_4604-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_4604.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6213\" src=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_4653-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"A Seven paint template invoving Matt Ranger, Gloss Hot Pink, and brushed titanium\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_4653-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_4653-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_4653-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_4653-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_4653-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_4653.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6214\" src=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_4602-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"The front third of a Seven Evergreen SL tandem with S and S couplers\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_4602-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_4602-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_4602-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_4602-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_4602-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_4602.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6215\" src=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_4570-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Dozens of short coped pieces TIG welded together on a work bench\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_4570-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_4570-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_4570-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_4570-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6217\" src=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_4657-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Four images of bicycle frames being painted in stands\" width=\"840\" height=\"840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_4657-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_4657-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_4657-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_4657-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_4657-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_4657-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_4657-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_4657-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_4657.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you make things (like elves), you find very quickly that there is never a time when someone doesn&#8217;t want you to make something. And so, we have had a very busy December here at Seven. Rather than wax rhapsodic about the spirit of the season, let us just say how grateful we are to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/like-elves\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Like Elves&#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":[44,857,277,364,535,51,285,174],"class_list":["post-6212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-bike-build","tag-elves","tag-evergreen","tag-evergreening","tag-paint-2","tag-paint","tag-production-process","tag-welding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6212","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=6212"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12002,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6212\/revisions\/12002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}