Natalie Reed

Biography

I grew up in Vermont just three miles down the road from Smugglers Notch Ski Resort. Here I spent much of my youth running around in a mascot costume entertaining guests in the summer and skiing or snowboarding every chance I could get in the winter. Needless to say I was a kid with a lot of energy.

When I moved to Boston to attend Massachusetts College of Art and Design I quickly realized something was missing. I needed an activity. So I bought my first road bike. It was a cute, vintage Columbia painted the most beautiful sky blue. In terms of quality, it wasn't the greatest but I didn't know much at the time and it looked great. I road that bike every day. Eventually, I convinced one of my friends to buy a bike and together we started a tradition of night rides. No matter what the weather, we would go out into the city and try to find new streets and paths to ride.

I've always been a tinkerer so it's no surprise that eventually I wanted to know how my bike worked and how to fix it. Halfway through college, I started working for Back Bay Bicycles where I learned about Seven Cycles through one of my coworkers. At the end of my college career I found out that Seven was looking to hire a new painter for their team. Lucky for me I had just graduated college, and Seven just happened to be looking for someone to combine two of my favorite things, art and bikes.

I look forward to one day designing and painting my very own Seven.

My role at Seven

Painter

Why I Work With Seven

I'm always game for hands on problem solving.