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Chico 28

Unloaded FERN Bicycles Chico 28 with blue-violet paint

Loaded Chico 28 with grey touring bags

Side view of the unloaded randonneur

Loaded Chico 28 beside the workshop wall

Front view of the unloaded bicycle

Three-quarter view of Chico 28 with bags

Black saddle with GRAMM saddle bag

Grey GRAMM handlebar bag

Front view of the loaded handlebar bag

Front rack above the mudguard

Seat cluster and subtle FERN lettering

Matching blue stem and black handlebar

Head tube and frame graphics

Front rim brake and curved fork crown

Red rear light above the mudguard

Rear light beside the blue seat tube

Black crankset and single chainring

Wide-range cassette and derailleur

Vintage crank arm and violet chainstay

Front tyre beneath the metal mudguard

Seatpost and compact rear light

Side view of the rear light

Internal cable guide beside the head tube

Custom blue stem in profile

Stem viewed from above

FERN lettering on the gradient down tube

Front rack and dynamo headlight

Matching stem clamp and black handlebar

Head-tube logo and brake cables

Rack viewed from the cockpit

Blue stem above the front rack

Seatpost clamp and blue paint

Front dynamo hub and violet fork dropout

Columbus decal above the bottom bracket

Frame tubing decal on the violet tube

Split cable stop near the head tube

Cable guide on the violet steel fork

Blue seat cluster and rear triangle

FERN top-tube lettering

Front rack beneath the drop handlebar

Seatpost clamp viewed from above

Headset and blue frame junctions

Head-tube paint and front brake cable

Dynamo headlight beneath the rack platform

Cockpit and matching handlebar clamp

Gevenalle shift lever on the brake hood

Wrapped handlebar and custom stem

Stem and black headset

Rear view of the seatpost clamp

And yet another classic Chico 28 Randonneur bike goes out to Andi! 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 44mm Snoqualmie 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 of brevet riding. Smoth spinning with super low Q-factor vintage and custom anodized Dura Ace 7400 crankset, pimped up with a Wolftooth Drop Stop chainring. Fenders and Mudflap made by our friends at Berthoud Cycles. Lights and power supply by SON , "Schmidt's Original Nabendynamo". Comfy contac points made by Brooks and ESI . Handmade frontrack by Fern.
Hope you two will share many happy miles toghther Andi!

Photography: Florian Haeussler / FERN Bicycles.