Seven Cycles’ partner, ES Korea, is visiting this week. Today we’re discussing some new bike design concepts for which I don’t have any of the Korean words needed to express nuance. Drawings and diagrams are the universal. So many drawings.

Custom fenders for a Honey Bike.

Kirk and I customized some beautiful stainless steel mugs for Seven Cycles’ number one distributor in the world – ES Korea. They are the best. Really, the best.
And all they get from Seven in return is a mug.

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Got to do a very rare ride on Sunday! With Roger!
Wet roads; 35 – 60 degrees; deep over my head. What could be better? Can’t wait to do it again!

Yep, that’s rust.
Servicing a commuter bike at the Studio. For some reason the rider was having shifting trouble.

Each week, in one of Seven Cycles’ standard meetings, we end the gathering with, “the good thing.” One person shares one awesome ‘thing’ that happened in the previous week.
It’s a pretty easy task. There’s so much good.
Each week, for me – even though I don’t tell anyone this – the good things are the people with which I work. At Seven Cycles. At Ride Studio Cafe. At Honey Bikes. At Alternate Space. At some other work I do.
I have the most amazing life. I was reminded again today, in many ways.
Here’s the latest rack from Seven Cycles. Every rack too custom. Every rack too many hours. If you get one, you better use it a lot.
This one had rear generator light mounts included – for the 50 mm B&M tail light. Seven’s newest generation.
We plan on riding all night – pretty much from 4 pm to 7 am at this time of year.

Honey is in Philly this weekend. Chip and Nick are being the bees. It’s going to be a blast. Great bikes from lots of builders.

Here’s one of the 2014 color systems for Honey: Amethyst Metallic! It’ll be unveiled at the Expo.
I was building bikes last night and this morning – sort of one and the same.
Thanks to Lily, Roger, and Patria for helping make this happen!
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