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Chacha Rando

Loaded FERN Bicycles Chacha Rando with green crackle paint

Unloaded Chacha Rando in profile

Green and black steel randonneur with bags

Three-quarter view of the unloaded Chacha

Loaded Chacha Rando beside the workshop wall

Brown leather saddle

Seat cluster with green crackle paint

Matching crackle-painted stem

Black crankset and red-green bottom bracket

Front rim brake and black mudguard

Stem and handlebar viewed from above

Metal bar-end plug on the drop handlebar

Black handlebar tape and bar-end plug

Leather saddle with metal rivets

Rear light above the mudguard

Rear V-brake and green seat stays

Red rear light beside the frame

Crackle-painted stem and top tube

Green top-tube paint detail

FERN lettering on the crackle-painted down tube

Rear mudguard flap

Wide-range rear cassette and derailleur

ALLYGN front rack viewed from the cockpit

Black rack and dynamo headlight

Three-quarter view of the front rack

Brake hood and matching stem

Handlebar clamp with crackle paint

Cockpit viewed from above

Front dynamo hub and fork dropout

Head tube and frame junctions

Green crackle paint beside the headset

Front rack above the mudguard

ALLYGN rack beneath the drop handlebar

Head-tube paint and internal cable entry

Columbus decal and bottom bracket

Front rack viewed from above

Custom stem and brake cables

Stem top cap and wrapped handlebar

Front view of the rack platform

Rack and headlight beside the front tyre

Front rack and steel fork

Loaded front bag and green frame

GRAMM frame bag and top-tube bag

Fluorescent saddle bag behind the leather saddle

I know Andreas, who is a regular guest at our favourite Berlin Feierabend Bierchen Bicycle Hang Out Shops, for a long time now and I always knew one day I will make a bike for him. Finally his long time dream became reality and we made this super nice classic randonneur bicyle for him, with this fantastic and absolutely not so classic at all punk rock crackle paintsheme created by Velociao and a full set of matching bags made by my love Kristin @gramm-tourpacking .
What an amazing bike, featuring all you need for long rides off and on the road, perfect for gravel roads as well as for long distance brevet rides. English style reverse braking sheme with custom flip flopped Paul Component V-brakes. Super nice parts made by our friends @Gilles Berthoud, Rene Herse 650B x 48mm tires, Shifting by Gevenalle, energy and lights as usual by SON.

Hope to ride many miles together with you, see you on one of the next Berlin brevets or as usal next thursday at our all time favourite mechanic bike shop! ;)


Photography: Florian Haeussler / FERN Bicycles.