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Black Bird SR-71

Loaded FERN Bicycles Black Bird SR-71 in the workshop

Black Bird SR-71 with full black touring luggage

Three-quarter view of the loaded black steel bicycle

Loaded Black Bird beside the workshop wall

Side view of the all-black FERN touring bicycle

Front view of Black Bird with bags

Three-quarter view of the loaded Black Bird

Loaded bicycle with black GRAMM bags

Full black bag setup on the FERN bicycle

Unloaded Black Bird SR-71 in profile

Unloaded black steel touring bicycle

Three-quarter view without touring bags

Front fork with black micro pannier

Front wheel and GRAMM micro pannier

Rear micro pannier and carbon mudguard

Front micro pannier beside the wheel

Rear GRAMM micro pannier on the rack

Rear wheel with black micro pannier

Rear tyre beneath the black mudguard

Rear rack and micro pannier

Rear luggage viewed from the side

Rear micro pannier and chainstay

Rear view of the paired micro panniers

Front pannier beside the black fork

Black Bird with full touring luggage

Rear micro pannier beneath the saddle

Micro pannier attachment viewed from above

Rear micro pannier beside the drivetrain

Front micro pannier and fork

Rear rack with black GRAMM bag

Front rack beneath the handlebar bag

ALLYGN Micro Rack on the front fork

Front Micro Rack and axle

Black Micro Rack beside the front wheel

Campagnolo crankset and black frame

Rear cassette and derailleur

Close-up of the wide-range cassette

Rear derailleur beneath the cassette

Rear wheel and carbon mudguard

Black rear mudguard above the tyre

Front tyre and black mudguard

Unloaded ALLYGN Diamond Rack

Three-quarter view of the front rack

Front rack platform beneath the handlebar

Front wheel, fork and rack

Front wheel and rim detail

Rear mudguard flap with white graphic

Rear rack and mudguard mounting

Rear mudguard viewed from above

Seat cluster and black top tube

Rear light beside the frame bag

Small red rear light on the seat stay

Rear light mount on the matte black frame

Seat cluster and frame bag

Illuminated rear light

Tail light and rear brake cable

Frame bag beside the seatpost

Rear dropout and cassette

Rear disc brake rotor beside the cassette

Front Micro Rack on the black fork

Head tube beside the GRAMM frame bag

Front rack and micro pannier support

Matte black head tube and fork crown

Head tube and internal cable routing

Black steel frame joints and bag

Drop handlebar and frame bag

Head tube viewed from the cockpit

Cable routing beside the headset

Stem and handlebar clamp

ALLYGN Diamond Rack viewed from above

Columbus tubing decal on the black frame

Camouflage top-tube bag behind the handlebar

Black GRAMM handlebar bag and light

Front view of the loaded cockpit

Frame bag and cockpit viewed from above

GRAMM top-tube bag and full frame bag

Complete custom bag setup on Black Bird

Black saddle with GRAMM saddle bag

Camouflage top-tube bag beside the cockpit

Loaded cockpit viewed from the saddle

Rider standing with the completed Black Bird

Is it a bird, is it a plane,...no it is a Super-Fern!

This crazy bike we build for my man Mo, himself and avid skydiver and base jumper. Mo loves flying, he always seeks the thrill of high speed and his favorite color of all is black,... So we came up with the idea to build a bike like he SR-71 Black Bird, the iconic supersonic spy plane from back in the late 60ties and fastest plane ever been build by humankind! The bike features our brand new prototype Allygn Components Micro Racks which are already equipped with the all new Gramm Tourpacking Micro Panniers. The Micro Racks / Micro Panniers will be launched this spring '24, stay tuned for more info! The Diamond Front Fack and Diamond Bags are readily available now in our online shops! Other than that the bike is build up with only the very best parts and components available out there,... 13sp Ekar drivetrain by Campagnolo, lights by B&M, energy by SON, all other parts by Beast Components, 700c tires by Rene Herse and even a second wheel set with super wide 650B x 56mm Conti Speedkings for hardcore off road riding. Tine created especially for this bike a full custom black bag setup with literally every bag you could only want have, all made from the amazing super light Ultra Sailcloth made by Challenge fabrics. Every part which could be custom painted was coated with mattest black color rubber paint, as usual done by our vampire painter man Robert. Even the Velo Duo carbon fenders (available in our online shop) and racks are custom coated...
This is a real dream bike, "rien ne va plus" as the French would say!
Happy flying Mo, with your new amazing Fern-Bird!

 

Photography: Florian Haeussler / FERN Bicycles.