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Rob Vandermark
Watertown, MA USA
Full disclosure: I'm the founder and president of Seven Cycles, Inc.
Interests: Work, and some work.
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If you're interested in what I'm up to, my current internet project is called Tomorrow is Already Yesterday. 25Seven was a one year project that went on a bit too long. Thanks for visiting. - Rob Vandermark Photo: The Polaroid... Continue reading
Posted Oct 24, 2012 at 25Seven
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What's new is old. Flattered that Specialized mentioned a Seven as inspiration for their Roubaix. From a recent piece in Bicycle Retailer and Industry News: "Sean Sullivan, a former product manager and executive vice president at Specialized... was asked about... Continue reading
Posted Jan 13, 2012 at 25Seven
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Okay, a day late and a Euro short; as always. Here is the final installment about the Berlin bike. Basically, studio photos. Thanks to everyone that's been following and commenting on the project. It has been gratifying and maybe it'll... Continue reading
Posted Mar 8, 2011 at 25Seven
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First day of the two day show. It's been great. The bike arrived; no major damage to the many bike parts; and I was able to assemble it in my extra-small hotel room: had to assemble it standing on it's... Continue reading
Posted Mar 5, 2011 at 25Seven
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In Berlin now. The bike is suppose to show up today. Show starts tomorrow--Saturday. We wrapped up the documentation for the bike; packed it up--took a couple hours because of the internal wiring, the endless extraneous parts, and the large... Continue reading
Posted Mar 4, 2011 at 25Seven
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The Berlin show begins on Saturday--I'll post complete bike photos then. In the meantime, here are a few more shots of the process--primarily paint work now. I don't want to share some of the design aspects until the bike is... Continue reading
Posted Mar 3, 2011 at 25Seven
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The first two posts showed concept and component. Now, the Berlin Bike is starting to look sort of like an actual bike. This next step in the process is to build the frame. This is the "easy" part for Seven.... Continue reading
Posted Mar 2, 2011 at 25Seven
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The first two posts showed concept and component. Now, the Berlin Bike is starting to look sort of like an actual bike. This next step in the process is to build the frame. This is the "easy" part for Seven.... Continue reading
Posted Mar 2, 2011 at 25Seven
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In the last post I showed some of the conceptual and colorways studies. Now we move onto choosing the frame design. For the show bike we decided on a frame that is a mix of titanium and carbon fiber. We... Continue reading
Posted Mar 1, 2011 at 25Seven
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About six months ago I was invited to a design show in Berlin. Seven was asked to design a limited edition bike that represented the Spirit of Berlin. I was also asked to give a presentation on design. How could I and Seven refuse such a great opportunity. Continue reading
Posted Feb 28, 2011 at 25Seven
I keep coming back to this video. I transcribed it a couple weeks ago. I have to put it somewhere so I'm posting it here. We were hunters and foragers. The frontier was everywhere. We were bounded only by the... Continue reading
Posted Feb 8, 2011 at 25Seven
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Mar 15, 2010
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Everyone in the Seven Cycles Collaborative has specific reasons for participating—some personal, some professional, and all of them worthwhile. One of the reasons I’m participating in the Colab is to improve my teambuilding and collaborative work. Hmmm, maybe it’s not... Continue reading
Posted Dec 3, 2009 at 25Seven
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In my experience, research is not a particularly fun job for most people. Oddly, I really enjoy research of all kinds. For most, the product design stage is a lot more fun, even the testing phase can be a lot... Continue reading
Posted Nov 27, 2009 at 25Seven
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During the past couple months, 25Seven has been fairly quiet, to say the least. I have lots of reasons—as always. Fortunately, the primary reason for this radio silence is a positive one; recently I’ve been focused on another blog. That... Continue reading
Posted Nov 21, 2009 at 25Seven
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Just a quick note that I’ll be speaking—along side Bob Parlee—at the Aldrich Museum on Sunday, November 15. The museum writes: “Join cutting-edge American bicycle designers Bob Parlee of Parlee Cycles and Rob Vandermark of Seven Cycles as Aldrich curator... Continue reading
Posted Nov 14, 2009 at 25Seven
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Just a quick note that I’ll be speaking—along side Bob Parlee—at the Aldrich Museum on Sunday, November 15. The museum writes: “Join cutting-edge American bicycle designers Bob Parlee of Parlee Cycles and Rob Vandermark of Seven Cycles as Aldrich curator... Continue reading
Posted Nov 14, 2009 at 25Seven
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Yesterday I had the pleasure of speaking to a class at Wentworth Institute of Technology. Mark Pasnik, one of the teachers, invited me to talk with a group of 60 architectural students about Seven Cycles. The group is working on... Continue reading
Posted Oct 9, 2009 at 25Seven
Rob Vandermark has shared their blog 25Seven
Sep 28, 2009
Alex: Thanks for the heads up. I fixed the links. Those Rapha folks keep updating and improving their site--I can't keep up. I agree that it's a good looking bike!
Toggle Commented Sep 13, 2009 on Rapha Continental with Seven at 25Seven
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