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CHICO 28

Loaded FERN Bicycles Chico 28 in metallic green

Side view of Chico 28 with grey GRAMM bags

Loaded steel randonneur beside the workshop wall

Three-quarter view of the loaded Chico 28

Unloaded metallic green bicycle in profile

Unloaded Chico 28 beside the workshop wall

Front view of the unloaded randonneur

Grey frame bag and top-tube bag

GRAMM handlebar bag above the rack

Top-tube bag on the green frame

Front view of the loaded handlebar bag

Front rack and dynamo headlight

Gevenalle shift lever on the brake hood

Leather saddle with brass rivets

Metal bar-end plug on the wrapped handlebar

Green custom stem and drop handlebar

FERN lettering at the seat cluster

Black crankset and single chainring

Wide-range cassette and derailleur

Rear cassette viewed from behind

Rear derailleur close-up

Black chainstay beside the chainring

White FERN down-tube lettering

Front rim brake and metal mudguard

Seat cluster and compact rear light

Rene Herse tyre beneath the mudguard

Red rear light between the seat stays

FERN logo on the handlebar clamp

Bar-end mirror on the drop handlebar

Custom green stem viewed from the side

Stem top cap and headset

Frame tubing decal on the green tube

Rear light beside the seat tube

Headset and metallic paint

Head tube and internal cable routing

Seatpost clamp and rear light

Seat cluster and rear brake cable

Headset viewed from above

ALLYGN front rack above the mudguard

Angled view of the rack platform

Front view of the rack and headlight

FERN logo on the matching handlebar clamp

Cockpit and brake cables

White head-tube band and FERN logo

Stem and wrapped drop handlebar

Front view of the metallic green head tube

Head-tube lettering and internal cables

Rack viewed from the cockpit

FERN down-tube logo beside the bottle cage

Columbus decal above the bottom bracket

Front dynamo hub and steel fork dropout

Dynamo headlight beneath the rack

Headlight bracket and rack tubing

Fork blades beside the front tyre

Custom stem and black handlebar

Rack platform viewed from above

This Icelandic green Chico 28 Randonneur bike will not be ridden in Iceland but through the beautiful Swiss alps. Completely equipped with bags made by my love Kristin Gramm-Tourpacking this bike is ready for any long distance task. The bike comes with our classic and well proven set up of components, featuring as usual super comfy riding on @Rene Herse 38mm Bon Jon Pass extralight tires, mounted tubeless on the unfortunately no longer available super sonic carbide coated CSS Ryde rims. In combination with V-brakes they offer the best braking power ever to be found on rim brakes, equal if not better to the best disc brakes. Simple and reliable 1x11 Shimano XT drive train in combination with Gevenalle shifters gives you all the gearing you would need for any kind mountain pass. Smooth spinning with super low Q-factor vintage and custom anodized Dura Ace 7400 crankset, pimped up with a Wolftooth Drop Stop chainring. Super nice saddle, barend mirror, fenders and mudflap made by our friends at Berthoud Cycles. Lights and power supply by SON , "Schmidt's Original Nabendynamo".
Handmade frontrack by Fern. Cannodale inspired paint by Velociao .
Hope you will have a good time rolling through the mountains Serge ;)

Photography: Florian Haeussler / FERN Bicycles.