via @fern_bicycles:

“OFF THE WALL“ This is a special bike for me as I built it for my long time buddy Daniel, aka „Bauer’s Jaust“ @bauersjaust . Daniel and I met at the local Skatepark being somewhat 16 years old and became friends ever since. When Daniel knew that I was making custom bikes he was one of my first early customers back in 2015 to buy a Chacha travel bike. The year after we took him on his first brevet in Berlin and he was hooked immediately by this form of fun long distance cycling. In 2019 I build for him his 2nd Fern bike just in time for Paris-Brest-Paris, a light weight randonneur machine which he successfully raced on this first big event, completing the 1200km in a stunningly good time. Boosted by his success Daniel kept on going riding more and harder Brevets the years after, until that horrible accident happened last year…
Daniel rode the Flèche 380k Brevet ride and at some point late at night, drafting behind his peers at high speed, he must have fallen asleep and lost control of his bike. That moment they were just under passing a narrowing railway bridge when Daniel hit the curb and crashed frontally into a concrete wall with somewhat of 30+ km h. His helmet was totally destroyed and he suffered serious head and neck injuries. Daniel send me a selfie that morning of his smashed face and I was shocked to see him like that. Despite being injured so badly his so much loved Fern bike No.2 was totally destroyed too. I immediately told him not to worry and he should recover first, I would make a new bike for him as soon as possible…
And here it is, his brand new Brevet machine, his Fern #3 „OFF THE WALL“. Daniel came up with the topic for this bike for obvious reasons and also the theme includes a part of our past and friendship when we were skating together back then. Tine of Gramm Tourpacking jumped on that train and she created these amazing checkered bags, reminding us all on our beloved old @vans Skateshoes we used to wear. We are super happy that Daniel recovered so well and now his new bike is ready to roll for the new Brevet riding season! Happy riding Daniel and stay off all walls in the future…. 😉