{"id":6972,"date":"2018-03-08T15:10:47","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T20:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sevencycles.com\/blog\/?p=6972"},"modified":"2020-09-14T15:07:43","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T20:07:43","slug":"the-sevenduro-2x2-scrambler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/the-sevenduro-2x2-scrambler\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sevenduro 2&#215;2 Scrambler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6973 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/evergreen-2x2-sevenduro-side-1024x631.jpg\" alt=\"The Sevenduro 2x2 at night\" width=\"840\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/evergreen-2x2-sevenduro-side-1024x631.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/evergreen-2x2-sevenduro-side-400x246.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/evergreen-2x2-sevenduro-side-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/evergreen-2x2-sevenduro-side-768x473.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/evergreen-2x2-sevenduro-side-1200x739.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/evergreen-2x2-sevenduro-side.jpg 1700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Well, that&#8217;s a mouthful, but it&#8217;s a bike with a LOT going on. The basic idea with this project was to build a massively versatile machine that can maximize performance across a range of ride types. The knock on some multi-purpose bikes is that they&#8217;re not great at any one thing. The <a href=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/bikes\/sevenduro-2x2-scrambler.php\">2&#215;2 Scrambler<\/a> aims to be great at many types of riding.<\/p>\n<p>Here is what it&#8217;s for and how we optimize for each thing.<\/p>\n<p>For this specific design project we optimized for these two distinct ride functions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A bike ideally suited for fast gravel and dirt road riding in hilly terrain (Sevenduro mode)<\/li>\n<li>A bike optimized for New England mixed terrain riding: sections of singletrack with equal sections of paved roads \u2014 and a bit of everything else thrown in (Scrambler mode)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These two bikes are very different in function, and therefore design. How do you get this to work? Beginning with tire choice and wheel diameter decisions, the optimal design produces a frame geometry that allows for versatile rider position, fine tuning for each type of riding.<\/p>\n<p>With this Evergreen 2&#215;2 we have two hot-swappable modes. The first configuration is a pure gravel riding setup for the 700c wheels, we call it the <strong>Sevenduro Mode<\/strong> &#8212; because it&#8217;s designed for endurance gravel rides. It&#8217;s lightweight and provides a perfect gravel balanced rider position.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6975 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GordianNot-1024x680.png\" alt=\"night shot of a bike's drive train with a dropped chainstay\" width=\"301\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GordianNot-1024x680.png 1024w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GordianNot-400x266.png 400w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GordianNot-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GordianNot-768x510.png 768w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GordianNot-1200x797.png 1200w, https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GordianNot.png 1700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 301px) 85vw, 301px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For the second hot-swap configuration we&#8217;ve optimized for 650b riding. We&#8217;ve tagged it the <strong>Scrambler Mode<\/strong> &#8212; named after a type of bandit off-road motorcycle race. The Scrambler Mode has a flared drop bar for better trail handling, wider grip stance for more control, a shorter stem for slighter reach and improved body language control, and slightly higher front end to facilitate rolling over logs and other adventure obstacles.<\/p>\n<p>There is a ton of new tech in this bike, features that make it a great travel bike, a worthy race bike, an all-weather commuter and adventure rig. Read more on the specifics <a href=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/bikes\/sevenduro-2x2-scrambler.php\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, that&#8217;s a mouthful, but it&#8217;s a bike with a LOT going on. The basic idea with this project was to build a massively versatile machine that can maximize performance across a range of ride types. The knock on some multi-purpose bikes is that they&#8217;re not great at any one thing. The 2&#215;2 Scrambler aims &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/the-sevenduro-2x2-scrambler\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Sevenduro 2&#215;2 Scrambler&#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":[904,46,755,44,582,364,18,313,906,612,38,15,905,495],"class_list":{"0":"post-6972","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"tag-2x2","7":"tag-650b","9":"tag-bike-build","10":"tag-bike-design","11":"tag-evergreening","12":"tag-featured-product","13":"tag-gravel","14":"tag-hot-swap","15":"tag-mixed-terrain","16":"tag-project-bike","17":"tag-rd-prototypes","18":"tag-scrambler","19":"tag-travel-bikes"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6972","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=6972"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12036,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6972\/revisions\/12036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}