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Ahearne Rohloff Commuter Bicycle

I’ve always enjoyed the work of Joseph Ahearne, especially when I see bicycles like this one. This commuter bike is dressed to the nines and capable of crushing your daily commute, and then some.

Built using stainless steel lugs, a stainless split plate fork crown, and a bi-laminate stem lug, this bike’s got beauty for days. It’s also ready for anything. A Rohloff will help you ascend even the largest hill in town while carrying a load up front on the chrome porteur rack. Also, check out the custom etched chain guard and striped fenders…I told you this bike’s got style. More photos here.

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Posted on 01/18/2013 by Brian • 0 Comments Filed Under: Beautiful Bicycles Tags: Ahearne Cycles, Commuter Bike, Frame Builders, Ghisallo Wooden Rims, Hand Built Bicycle, Porter Rack, Portland, Rohloff

Ahearne Cycles Stainless Road Bike

This beautiful stainless steel road bike by Ahearne Cycles belongs to a very lucky man named Emre. The geometry is slightly more relaxed than a traditional race bike and outfitted for longer rides with a custom rear rack and fenders. The rear rack is one of my many favorite details of this bike, it will also soon be hanging some custom panniers by Philosophy Bags. Another neat detail is the Pacenti Artisan lug set Joseph used for the build. These lugs are no longer being produced so he’s been holding out for the perfect bike to use them on, and what a beauty they’ve helped construct. I can only imagine how long this thing took to polish…

More shots below as always. See more bicycles from Ahearne here.

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Posted on 08/28/2012 by Brian • 0 Comments Filed Under: Beautiful Bicycles, Bicycle Frame Builders, Photos Tags: Ahearne Cycles, Beauties, Frame Builders, Hand Built Bicycle, lugged steel road bikes, Photosets, Road Bicycles

Ahearne Cycles 26″ Touring Bike

Thing Ahearne 26″ Touring Bike is really getting me excited to get some proper racks & fenders for my own touring rig. This Ahearne is gorgeous; and features a fillet brazed frame and superb components (and is currently for sale). The custom low rider racks are just as impressive and built to fit the front-roller Ortlieb panniers.

More shots below.

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Posted on 05/04/2012 by Brian • 0 Comments Filed Under: Beautiful Bicycles, Bicycle Frame Builders, Photos Tags: 26" Touring Bike, Ahearne Cycles, Beauties, Bicycle Touring, Frame Builders, Photosets, Touring Bikes

Ahearne Fat Bike Cruising

Joseph Ahearne of Ahearne Cycles built this amazing fat bike for the 2012 NAHBS and he recently took it on a ride down the Oregon coast. I gotta agree with him too, fat bikes scream versatility. What other bike is as capable of trekking such deep sand or snow? And loaded for that matter. Fat bikes are made to take you where other bikes simply cannot.

Check out some more shots from his maiden voyage on the Ahearne Fat Bike on Joseph’s blog here.

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Posted on 03/28/2012 by Brian • 0 Comments Filed Under: Bicycle Frame Builders, Photos Tags: Ahearne Cycles, Fat Bike, Frame Builders, Hand Built Bicycle

Ahearne Cycles Custom Fat Bike

photos: Dirt Rag Magazine

This year’s 2012 NAHBS brought a record number of builders and of course, countless stunning bicycles of both form and function. One bike that caught my eye early on with a preview was builder Joseph Ahearne’s custom Fat Bike, fully equipped for the long haul with two custom-made Ahearne flasks. Those specially-fabricated fenders are amazing too…that’s accessory the fat bike category really lacking (cough cough Hunt and Dan).

Make sure to get a better look at this rig below and see some other great work from Ahearne Cycles here.

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Posted on 03/07/2012 by Brian • 0 Comments Filed Under: Beautiful Bicycles, Bicycle Frame Builders, Mountain Bike, Photos Tags: Ahearne Cycles, Beauties, Fat Bike, Frame Builders, NAHBS 2012, North American Handbuilt Bicycle Show

Ahearne Cycles Fat Bike

As a little preview for NAHBS, Ahearne Cycles posted a few photos of a fat bike recently completed. I really can’t wait to see this in all its glory.

Couple more below.

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Posted on 02/22/2012 by Brian • 2 Comments Filed Under: Beautiful Bicycles, Photos Tags: Ahearne Cycles, Beauties, Fat Bike, Frame Builders, Frame Building, Hand Built Bicycle, North American Handbuilt Bicycle Show

Ahearne Cycles: Custom Flask Engraving

Are you one of those folks who likes to ride around with a flask? With the temperatures dropping day by day, this would make a great gift for your bourbon-loving, winter-riding cyclist! Head over to Ahearne Cycles to read up on the details and how to get your custom engraved flask going.

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Posted on 11/18/2011 by Brian • 0 Comments Filed Under: Cycling Products Tags: Ahearne Cycles, Custom, cycling accessories, flask

Ahearne 650b Randonneur

Ahearne Cycles has been pumping out some amazing work over the last year, so whenever I see a new set of photos from them I get pretty excited to frimp. Here’s the latest build, a 650b Randonneur dressed-to-impress sporting some Campy, hammered fenders, a custom stem/rack, and a Inijirushi handlebar bag. See some more below and the whole set at Flickr.

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Posted on 08/09/2011 by Brian • 0 Comments Filed Under: Bicycle Frame Builders, Photos Tags: Ahearne Cycles, Beauties, Frame Builders, Hand Built Bicycle, Photosets, Randonneur, Randonneur Bikes

Ahearne Cycles: A typical afternoon

A typical afternoon in the shop with Mitch. from Joseph Ahearne on Vimeo.

Here’s a great time-lapse of a typical afternoon at Ahearne Cycles. Here’s Joseph’s description:

“This is what a very typical day in the shop looks like for Mitch of MAP Bicycles and myself. He is working on some front racks, and I’m working on a fork and racks. It’s really good to be able to talk through ideas with someone else, and I think we do a pretty good job of helping each other figure things out. We both have our stylistic differences, obviously, but there are often several ways to approach a problem, and to get insight into it, I think, makes each of us a little bit better at what we do. I’ve come to value that shared insight.” -Joseph Ahearne

Enjoy,

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Posted on 05/17/2011 by Brian • 0 Comments Filed Under: Bicycle Frame Builders, Videos Tags: Ahearne Cycles, Frame Builders, MAP Bicycles, Videos

Ahearne Cycles: Bill Klinger Touring Bike

Gorgeous light touring or commuting bike from Ahearne Cycles, this features everything you could wish for and gives you the best of both worlds. Bill’s bike come equipped nice and upright; a position I’ve been fond of lately on my commuter/scorcher. I also love the double chain-stays, custom racks, and of course the amount of bottle cage/flask bosses. See some detail below and more at the Ahearne Flickr.

edit: mis-linked the feature image last night, sorry!

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Posted on 05/01/2011 by Brian • 0 Comments Filed Under: Beautiful Bicycles, Bicycle Frame Builders, Bike Commuting, Photos, Touring Tags: Ahearne Cycles, Beauties, Commuter Bike, Commuting, Frame Builders, Hand Built Bicycle, Photosets, Touring Bikes

Beauties: Lee’s Stainless Ahearne

Since being back in the states, I figured I’d post one of my favorite Ahearne builds as a welcome back for Joseph: Lee R’s stainless road bike. The polished lugs and subtle gold pin-striping really speak to my taste in subtle details. More photos below and at the Ahearne Cycles Flickr.

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Posted on 04/19/2011 by Brian • 0 Comments Filed Under: Beautiful Bicycles, Bicycle Frame Builders, Photos, Road Bikes Tags: Ahearne Cycles, Beauties, Frame Builders, Hand Built Bicycle, Handbuilt bike stem, Road Bicycles

Ahearne: Back From Thailand

Joseph Ahearne just got back to the states from an extensive trip overseas to Thailand. Check out all his photos and his story at the Ahearne Cycles Blog.

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Posted on 04/18/2011 by Brian • 0 Comments Filed Under: Bicycle Frame Builders, Photos Tags: Ahearne Cycles, Bikes in Thailand, Photosets, Travel

Beauties: Ahearne Off Road Touring Mixite

This is one well thought out bike, from the construction of the frame to the odds and ends, nothing seems out of place. Check out the internal cable routing for the front brake, as well as a few other nice touches after the jump, or head over to Ahearne Cycles flickr to see what went into this build.