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Fairlight Secan. Dressed in Black

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Black Fairlight Secan steel gravel bike with SRAM Force 1x and purple Hope parts, front three-quarter view.

The Fairlight Secan quickly established itself as a cult classic in the halls of gravel bike stardom. Loved by owners as a versatile, do-it-all bicycle that can tackle everything from forest fireroads to full mudguard equipped winter road hack.

With such a successful design, Fairlight have been wise to leave the recipe well alone. But now a new black finish has joined the existing blue and grey colourways to give you even more opportunities to customise your Secan. Take a look at Mark’s Fairlight for some inspiration.

Fairlight Secan in the new black finish with SRAM Force 1x and Continental Race King tyres, side view.

Custom Comes First

And customisation is something that Fairlight have always been keen on. Their build kits have featured the full anodised rainbow of Hope components to allow customers to go for the full personal touch. Our favourite is the Hope purple headset and seatpost clamp, which complement the black/silver paint job very nicely.

Six Hope headset colours on the Fairlight Secan head tube: purple, blue, orange, red, silver and black.
Any colour you like… If Hope do it.

Prices start at £1,199 for a frame and fork and a £500 deposit will secure you a place on the order list for the European manufactured steel frame. Full builds come in at £2,199 for Shimano 105 to a still surprisingly affordable £3,499 for GRX 800 Di2. SRAM fans are not left out in the cold with Rival 1x and Force 1x at £2,299 to £2,799 respectively.

Black Fairlight Secan with SRAM Force 1x and a purple Hope hub, rear three-quarter view.

Order books are open

The black Fairlight Secan frames and bikes are ready to order now with many sizes arriving from February. Want to see more? Fairlight have created a photo gallery lookbook. It features lots of high resolution photos to show off the frameset details as well as some very nice full bike examples.

Black Fairlight Secan steel frame and carbon fork with purple Hope headset, front three-quarter view.
Top tube of the black Fairlight Secan with silver graphics and a purple Hope seatpost clamp.
Black Fairlight Secan frameset with purple Hope parts, side profile.
Fairlight Secan rear dropout with a gold Bentley flat-mount plate and Fairlight-branded thru-axle.
Grey CNC machined flat-mount brake bracket on the rear dropout of the Fairlight Secan frame.
Purple Hope headset and 3D printed cable guide on the downtube of the Fairlight Secan.
Threaded bottom bracket shell on the black Reynolds 853 steel Fairlight Secan frame.
Reynolds 853 butted main tubes decal and Secan lettering on the seat tube of the black Fairlight frame.
SRAM Force shifter lever and black bar tape on the Fairlight Secan, with a purple Hope headset behind.
Purple Hope front hub and disc rotor on the Fairlight Secan's carbon fork.
Silver Fairlight logo on the black downtube of the Secan, beside the knobbly front tyre.
Shimano GRX rear brake calliper and gold Bentley dropout plate on the Fairlight Secan.

Fairlight Secan

  • Custom butted and formed Reynolds 853/853-DZB front triangle.
  • Custom formed 4130 rear end.
  • All new Fairlight Cempa 100x12mm full carbon Fork with 1.1/2″-1.1/8″ tapered steerer.
  • Bentley x Fairlight 142x12mm flat-mount dropouts.
  • Front and rear Fairlight axles.
  • Fairlight 3D printed cable guide.
  • Di2 compatible.
  • Front and rear mudguard mounts.
  • Rear rack mounts 3 sets of bottle bosses
  • Tyre clearance with 1x – 650 x 57 or 700 x 45
  • Compatible with 50Tx34T max double or 44T max single. 28.6mm band on front derailleur. 27.2mm seatpost.

Think Pink

What better way to thank a long term collaborator to the Fairlight brand than with a very special one-off custom painted Secan. Bentley Components founder, Mark Bentley is the man who crafts the unique CNC machined components on Fairlight frames. So as you can understand, he deserves something a bit special.

One-off pink Fairlight Secan with Shimano GRX 800 1x and Hunt wheels, rear three-quarter view.
One of a kind. Mark Bentley’s custom Fairlight Secan in pink.

How special? This 54R GRX800 1x build in pink with graphite decals. That’s how special. If you ever see a pink blur whizzing across the North Yorkshire Moors, chances are it will be Mark!

Pink Fairlight Secan gravel bike with tan-wall tyres and a Shimano GRX 800 1x drivetrain, side view.
Shimano GRX 800 looks pretty in pink.

Visit www.fairlightcycles.com for further information.