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Performance Rando

Loaded FERN Bicycles Performance Rando in neon orange

Side view of the orange Performance Rando

Loaded orange randonneur in the workshop

Performance Rando beside the workshop wall

Three-quarter view of the loaded FERN bicycle

Orange steel bicycle with GRAMM touring bags

Unloaded Performance Rando in profile

Unloaded orange steel randonneur

Front view of Performance Rando

Front rack and orange steel fork

ALLYGN rack beneath the handlebar

Orange custom stem and drop handlebar

Stem viewed from the cockpit

Handlebar clamp and orange stem

Orange seat cluster and black seatpost

Front disc brake and orange fork dropout

Campagnolo Ekar crankset

Single chainring and orange chainstays

Rear cassette and Ekar derailleur

Wide-range rear drivetrain close-up

Rear light beside the seat tube

Front tyre and carbon mudguard

Rear wheel beneath the mudguard

Orange top tube and cockpit

Black saddle and seatpost

Custom stem and handlebar clamp

Wheel rim and valve detail

Rear cassette and spokes

Rear derailleur beneath the cassette

FERN lettering on the orange down tube

Orange seat cluster and top tube

Orange fork crown and frame lettering

ALLYGN rack beside the head tube

Head tube and rack mounting

Headset and front cable routing

FERN head-tube graphics

Stem and brake cables viewed from above

Orange stem beside the front rack

Rack platform and head-tube lettering

Rack attachment at the fork crown

Front view of the rack and cockpit

Rack platform above the front tyre

ALLYGN rack viewed from above

Rack beneath the wrapped drop handlebar

Head tube and internal cable entry

Front wheel and disc rotor

Rear hub and disc rotor

Rear brake caliper beside the cassette

Orange bottom bracket and bottle cage

Cockpit viewed from the saddle

Black saddle beside the top tube

Orange custom stem from above

Brake hood and stem

Handlebar clamp and matching paint

Front brake cables and stem

Front rack platform and headlight

Front view of the rack and light

Angled view of the rack above the tyre

Orange stem and wrapped handlebar

Side view of the custom steel stem

Cockpit and stem top cap

Frame decal on the orange tube

Black saddle with GRAMM saddle bag

Fork-mounted bag beside the front wheel

Handlebar bag above the front rack

Black fork bag on the orange fork

Front view of the GRAMM handlebar bag

Handlebar bag and drop bars

Side view of the loaded front bag

Saddle bag beneath the black saddle

Cockpit with loaded handlebar bag

Handlebar bag viewed from above

Julian is a "Wiederhohlungstäter" and now the proud owner of two full on custom Fern Bicycles! After his last Chacha BMW GS Dakar inspired bike he now ordered a more performance orientated modern randonneur bicycle.
This bike is is equipped with the fantastic 1 x 13sp Campagnolo Ekar Groupset, which is the perfect groupset, bringing together italien racing bike performance with modern offroad compatible gearing and excellent disc brakes.
It was a quite challenge to make all this work, a narrow chainline and q-factor with 650x48mm Rene Herse tires and the 60mm wide Veloduo Carbon Fenders, but in the end all came out very good, creating the perfect blend of modern bike technolgy mixed up with the best from the past, classic randonneur bicycles.
This bike will perform everywhere equally good, on the road, on rough gravel rides or on really serious long distance brevet rides!
That crazy neon orange paintjob was cerated by Velociao , aka Emergency Rob!
Fantastic bag setup as usual by Gramm Tourpacking !
Front rack available at Allygn Components.
Hope you have a lot of fun with your new machine Julian, looking already forward to the third bike we gonna create together ;)!  

Photography: Florian Haeussler / FERN Bicycles.