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Switchblade

Loaded FERN Bicycles Switchblade with grey GRAMM bags

Blue Switchblade steel bicycle beside the workshop wall

Side view of the loaded Switchblade

Unloaded blue FERN bicycle in profile

Three-quarter view of the blue steel bicycle

Front view of the unloaded Switchblade

Switchblade with top-tube and handlebar bags

Loaded Switchblade viewed from the side

Loaded blue frame and front bag

Silver FERN lettering on the blue down tube

Chico lettering beside the red rear light

Black crankset and single chainring

Wide-range cassette and rear derailleur

Rear drivetrain close-up

Seatpost and compact red rear light

Side view of the rear light mount

Seat stays viewed from behind

Blue stem and loaded cockpit

Front tyre beneath the black mudguard

Rear wheel and carbon mudguard

Rear disc brake beneath the mudguard

Rear mudguard flap with white FERN graphic

Rear hub and cassette

Front disc brake and blue fork

ALLYGN front rack and dynamo headlight

Headlight beneath the rack platform

Rack viewed from the drop handlebar

ALLYGN rack platform viewed from above

Three-quarter view of the rack and light

Front view of the rack

Black front rack on the blue fork

Grey GRAMM handlebar bag

Front view of the loaded handlebar bag

Reflective detail on the front bag

Handlebar bag and top-tube bag

Side view of the GRAMM handlebar bag

Loaded cockpit and grey top-tube bag

Black saddle on the blue frame

Top-tube bag beside the custom stem

Front bag above the mudguard

Stem and handlebar clamp

Cockpit viewed from above

Drop handlebar and cable routing

GPS computer on the handlebar

Black saddle and carbon seatpost

This fantastic machine I build for Xaver, who wasn't really sure if wants a race bike, a gravel bike, a randonneur and he also likes riding mountain bikes and he really loves bike touring,...
In the end I build a bike which can do almost everything. I runs on two different wheelsets, one is 700C x 38mm Rene Herse Barlow Pass tires but fits up to 44mm and the other wheel set is equipped with 650Bx48mm Switchback Hill tires and the frame has perfect clearance for our handmade Veloduo carbon fenders. If you run the bike without fenders you can fit monster truck MTB tires up to 60mm! Super nice parts made by our friends at Ingrid, Beast, Campagnolo making this bike a true dream machine! Deep blue Ferrari paint and matching Silca pump by @velociao.
Allygn Diamond rack and matching Gramm Tourpacking Diamond Bag are readily available in our online shops! 

Photography: Florian Haeussler / FERN Bicycles.