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Ciao Road

Complete FERN Bicycles Ciao Road beside a vintage cycling kit

Three-quarter view of the Ciao Road steel bicycle

White and red Ciao Road in the workshop

Ciao Road beside the workshop wall

Road bicycle with matching red-white paint

Side view of Ciao Road in sunlight

FERN road bicycle with Campagnolo components

White steel road bicycle in profile

Campagnolo brake lever and black handlebar

White custom stem and headset

Stem and drop handlebar viewed from above

Side view of the white steel stem

Handlebar clamp and white top tube

Stem top cap and wrapped handlebar

FERN logo on the handlebar clamp

White seat cluster and yellow FERN lettering

Seatpost and white top tube

Front rim brake beneath the white head tube

Rear rim brake between the seat stays

Rear brake and cable routing

Tan-wall tyre and rear brake

Campagnolo rear derailleur and cassette

Rear drivetrain beside the red chainstays

Rear dropout and gear cable

Front derailleur and double chainring

Campagnolo Chorus crankset

Front wheel and red-white fork

Yellow FERN lettering and matching bottle

Front dropout and tan-wall tyre

Columbus decal beside the bottom bracket

Internal cable entry beside the head tube

White stem and black headset

Custom steel stem viewed from above

Campagnolo wheel rim and tan-wall tyre

Rear hub and silver cassette

Seatpost clamp viewed from behind

Headset and white frame junctions

Seat cluster and rear brake cable

Seatpost collar and white seat stays

White head tube and yellow down-tube lettering

Front brake cable entry

Front rim brake viewed between the fork blades

Rear rim brake viewed from behind

Cable stop on the red-white frame

Rear derailleur cable routing

Head-tube cable guide

Cable entry on the white frame

Complete Ciao Road steel bicycle in the workshop

Yes we can,... make road bikes! This stunning beauty Paul and I created for one of our best friends Alex. Alex is a keen cyclist, custom bicycle collector, multiple PBP finisher and owner of the Pedalage bike shop in Berlin Friedrichshain. The bike is equipped with the superbe Campagnolo 12sp Chorus groupset, spinning superfast on 28mm Rene Herse Chinook Pass tires mounted to a razorblade sharp Campagnolo Shamal Mille wheelset. The frame is made only from finest italien steel made by our friends at Columbus Tubi. Contact points by Deda and Fiziks for maximum control and comfort.
The amazing paint job was made as usual by our godfather Roberto aka Velociao.com
The paint sheme was inspired by Alexes favourite vintage Campagnolo racekit.
I hope you will have a lot of fun with this bike, I'm so happy we could finally make a Fern bike for you and no one deserved it more than you,... ;)

Photography: Florian Haeussler / FERN Bicycles.