Total Gratification – Bed of Roses Update #2
One way I might be accused of showing my age is my nostalgia for delayed gratification. Remember when you had to collect a certain amount of UPC symbols to either receive or be allowed to pay for the Emperor Star Wars action figure? You couldn’t just head over to the local Child World or Toy […]
Project – Bed of Roses Update #1
We’re plodding along, and have made a few big decisions on the project already, even in its infancy: Tubeset – Ordered! Using both Jan Heine and Bryan Hollingsworth’s wisdom, we opted for oversized, thin wall tubing and a 1” steerer. These are butted steel Kaisei tubes with a wall thickness of .7/.4/.7 , which should […]
Project Bike
A hundred years ago, when there were no more hand-me-down bikes to give me, I was gifted a dream bike, the Trek 1000. Black with blue outlined red decals, all the best colors, nothing more. There has never been a faster bike. Equipped with Suntour Edge components and Trek’s own Matrix hard anodized grey rims, […]
A Tale of Two All City Super Professionals
When All-City Cycles released the Super Professional a few months ago, the shop was aflutter with chatter. “What dis?” we said. The ad copy was luscious, it read: ELEGANT SUPER COMMUTER Informed by our famed cross geometry to be fast, responsive, agile, and capable on mixed terrain, the Super Professional is a full-on everyday destroyer loaded […]
John Martin’s Evergreen SL – Review
John Martin, friend, cyclist, founder of the Bradley Street Bicycle Co-Op recently took delivery of his Seven Cycles Evergreen SL, and was kind enough to write a review complete with photos: I am 30 years old with the bank account of an 18 year old. I work on bikes for a living, and have had […]
Royal H Custom All Roads
I have more than twelve years of experience working with Seven Cycles, who just summarized why they are, in my opinion, the best custom builder in the world namely, because they listen, then proceed as a team, working side by side with the rider and the bike shop to ensure the very best bike gets fabricated. […]
A Big and Elegant Seven Cycles Axiom SL
Rob C., gave me a call in late February when he decided he couldn’t research his next bike any longer and the time had come to make a move. According to him, it was the end of a five year search that had him pouring over review after review while he logged miles on his […]
Birthday Bike
Fat white-walls, swept back bars, and massive sprung saddles provided all the luxury of a 70’s Cadillac as they rode down 1st avenue and gazed at the waves crashing on the beach. The bikes were rentals, used and abused, poorly fitting and absolutely perfect for the flat, slow roads of the Jersey Shore. They’d been […]
Delivered.
With a few days to go before Christmas, the final components for Ben’s Cafe Racer S had arrived. I wrote about his bike before, but in a nutshell it’s the ultimate family bike. Designed for heavy kid and toddler use his bike will be subjected to trailers, kid seats, rack and panniers, picnics, play-scapes, accidental […]
Winter is Here: Take Advantage!
Sunlight poured through our windows this morning and, from where I sat, looked like every other glorious “winter” day we have had thus far. But, stepping outside, it was clear today was different. In fact, with each passing hour, the temperatures actually went down all morning and well into the afternoon. Actual winter, quite possibly, […]