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CHICO

Loaded FERN Bicycles Chico with multicoloured frame

Three-quarter view of the loaded Chico

White FERN Chico with bright pink-blue-yellow details

Unloaded Chico in side profile

Loaded Chico with black touring bags

Unloaded white steel randonneur

Front rack and colourful steel fork

ALLYGN front rack above the mudguard

Black GRAMM handlebar bag

Rack platform and dynamo headlight

Front view of the loaded handlebar bag

Angled view of the ALLYGN rack

Front rack and head-tube graphics

Rack platform viewed from the cockpit

White custom stem and black handlebar

Matching stem viewed from above

Stem and drop handlebar

Seat cluster and small rear light

Wrapped drop handlebar beside the head tube

Rack attachment at the fork crown

Head tube and internal cable routing

Rear cassette and Ekar derailleur

Rear wheel and colourful chainstays

Campagnolo Ekar crankset

Single chainring and blue chainstay

Rear derailleur beneath the cassette

Tyre beneath the carbon mudguard

Rear mudguard and brake

Rear wheel beneath the black mudguard

Rear mudguard flap with FERN graphic

Compact rear light on the white frame

Black saddle and seatpost

Blue FERN lettering on the down tube

Stem beside the white top tube

Custom white stem from the side

Handlebar clamp viewed from above

Cockpit and stem top cap

Front rack beneath the blue head-tube graphic

Front dynamo hub and colourful fork

Rear cassette and blue-pink chainstays

White stem and handlebar

Head tube and front rack mounting

Cable entry beside the headset

FERN down-tube lettering beside the head tube

Rear disc brake and dropout

Rear brake caliper and axle

Rear hub and disc rotor

Front disc brake and pink-yellow fork

Seat cluster and compact tail light

Handlebar bag beside the wrapped drop bars

Front view of the GRAMM bag

Reflective details on the front bag

Black handlebar bag above the rack

GRAMM label on the handlebar bag

Loaded front bag and headlight

Front bag viewed from above

Side view of the handlebar bag

Black GRAMM saddle bag beneath the saddle

This bike ist the first allroad / modern rando bike we created with the fantastic 1 x 13sp Campagnolo Ekar Groupset. This is the perfect groupset, bringing together italien racing bike performance with modern offroad compatible gearing and excellent disc brakes.
It was a little challenge to make all this work, a narrow chainline and q-factor with 650x48mm Rene Herse tires and the 60mm wide Veloduo Carbon Fenders, but in the end all came out very good, creating the perfect blend of modern bike technolgy mixed up with the best from the past, classic randonneur bicycles.
This bike will perform everywhere equally good, on the road, on rough gravel rides or on really serious long distance brevet rides!
Hope you have a lot of fun with your new machine Nico!

Photography: Florian Haeussler / FERN Bicycles.