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Lauf Cycling is an Icelandic bicycle brand based in Reykjavik, Iceland. They specialise in gravel bikes.

Lauf Cycling
TypePrivate Limited Company
IndustryBicycles
FoundedDecember 2010; 11 years ago (December 2010)
FoundersBenedikt Skulasson,
Gudberg Bjornsson
HeadquartersReykjavik, Iceland
ProductsBicycles, bicycle forks, handlebars
Website

The Lauf Forks idea was born over a cold bike-ride aprés beer in a cramped basement apartment in Reykjavik around Christmas-time 2010. Avid mountain biker and engineer Benedikt Skulason, at the time working as an R&D engineer for a high-end composite prosthetic feet company, pitched his idea of a super-light revolutionary bicycle suspension fork to his good friend and industrial designer Gudberg Bjornsson.

They are most commonly known for their invention of the Lauf Spring: a pivotless trailing link fork.[1] A set of glass fiber[2] springs are attached between the wheel set and the forks of a bike.[3] Manufacturing is done in Iceland, with subsidiary dealers found in both Europe and the United States.

The company gained media attention, when Canadian Cyclocross National Champion,[4] Michael Van Den Ham[5] used Lauf bikes for his successful competition wins in 2018.[6]

Lauf pivotless, trailing link fork
Lauf pivotless, trailing link fork

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References


  1. "Lauf Grit - Outline of Lauf Spring Design". www.laufcycling.com. Retrieved 2020-04-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Introducing Lauf". Epic Cycles. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  3. "Lauf Grit fork review". BikeRadar. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  4. "'cyclingcanada.ca' - 2018 Shimano Canadian Cyclocross Championships & PTBO CX UCI C2". Cycling Canada Cyclisme. Retrieved 2020-04-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. Schuster, Zachary (2018-07-18). "Pro Bike: Michael Van den Ham's 2018 DK 200 Lauf True Grit Gravel Bike". Cyclocross Magazine - Cyclocross and Gravel News, Races, Bikes, Media. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  6. Schuster, Zachary (2017-11-02). "Interview: Michael van den Ham on Winning 2017 Canadian Nationals". Cyclocross Magazine - Cyclocross and Gravel News, Races, Bikes, Media. Retrieved 2020-04-21.

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