Honey Bikes 2014 Ride List - photo - Rob Vandermark

A fun Speed Project for the Honey Bikes 2014 Bike Launch.  Chip, Lily, Kirk, and I put this calendar together.  It’s a list of some of the rides – 35 in all – I’d like to do this year.  I think it’s going to expand quickly.  We wanted to keep it to one double-sided page.  Just barely made it work.

Download the PDF:  Honey 2014 Events Calendar

So many rides, so little time.

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John's Seven Evergreen paint detail

John Bayley, one of the Ride Studio Cafe Endurance Team members, had a great conversation with Kirk Pacenti about John’s experience building wheels and riding Pacenti rims on the Evergreen.  Read about it on Pacetnti’s site.

John's Seven Evergreen with Pacenti CL25 Rim

More awesome photo’s of John’s bike.  More about John:  Fear Rothar.

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The Seven Cycles Evergreen PRO just got mentioned on two websites during the London Bike Show.

First, Road Cycling UK considers Seven’s Evergreen PRO one of, “the best of the London Bike Show

Seven Cycles Evergreen Toptube - photo - roadcyclinguk

Next, Road.cc considers the Seven Evergreen PRO to be a highlight of the show.

That’s actually Matt Roy‘s personal 2014 race bike.  He was kind enough to part with it for a few weeks so it could make the journey to London.  It’ll be home soon.

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Super nice words from velovoice today:

“[…] for me, [the Evergreen PRO] was definitely the stand-out stunner of the entire show.”

Matt Roy's 622 SLX - photo - velovoice

Thanks Rebecca!

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Winter alley - photo - Rob Vandermark

Snowy back alleys, too.

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A few months ago Zac Daab of Cascade Bicycle Studio invited me to give a talk at the Seattle Bike Expo.  I couldn’t resist a chance to visit him so I enthusiastically agreed.  Also, I haven’t spoken at the SBE in about a decade so I look forward to see how it’s evolved.

Seattle Bike Expo 2014

Here’s the scoop:

What:  Seattle Bike Expo talk:  Customization Beyond Fit
When:  Saturday, March 1 from 12:30-1:15pm
Where:  Seattle Bike Expo
Why:  Better Bikes! And visiting Cascade Bicycle Studio!

I’ll also be at the Cascade Bicycle Studio booth – if they let me in – for a lot of Saturday and Sunday so I hope some people stop by to say hi.

My talk will have nothing to do with bike fitting; it’ll be all about the other facets of making riding better.  It’s a conversation I have a lot so I look forward to talking about it in the expo setting.  A few of the topics will include:

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Bicycle Retailer and Industry News 50 Influential Women cover

Bicycle Retailer and Industry News profiled Jennifer Miller this month, along with forty-nine other influential women in the bike industry.

Jennifer is on the first page of the article.  She is a lot more than influential.  Her modesty is present in her quotes; she, “helped launch the custom bike brand […]”  I was there, she did a lot more than help.

Jennifer Miller in Bicycle Retailer and Industry News

I also noticed that in the short time since BRAIN interviewed Jennifer for the article we’ve added three more people to our team.  And we have two more on the way.  It’s going to be a busy year.

I’m thankful Jennifer is here to manage Seven through another season!

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Sunday Spaceman

February 2, 2014

in Semiotics of a Ride

Letting one of the many Boston area spacemen test ride my bike.

Spaceman 42.3669 -71.0891 - photo - Rob Vandermark

Night ride city.

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Paper cutout process design - photo - Rob Vandermark

I noticed that Matt O’Keefe had Seven Cycles’ paper machinery markers out this week.  We use these pieces when we’re evaluating process flow.  We’re working on the finishing area this week because we’re adding three people to the team and that means rethinking the entire process and layout.

Teamwork:  We get the entire team together to work on how to optimize the process for the present situation.

Flow planning is one of my favorite things.

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Doing some late night product testing.  My new fat bike tires?

Fat bike research - photo - Rob Vandermark

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