Summary
Lauf Cycles is an Icelandic bicycle brand based in Reykjavik, Iceland. They specialise in gravel bikes.
| Company type | Private Limited Company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Bicycles |
| Founded | December 2010 |
| Founders | Benedikt Skulasson, Gudberg Bjornsson |
| Headquarters | Reykjavik, Iceland |
| Products | Bicycles, bicycle forks, handlebars |
| Website | [1] |
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]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Lauf Grit - Outline of Lauf Spring Design". www.laufcycling.com. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
- ^ "Introducing Lauf". Epic Cycles. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
- ^ "Lauf Grit fork review". BikeRadar. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
- ^ "'cyclingcanada.ca' - 2018 Shimano Canadian Cyclocross Championships & PTBO CX UCI C2". Cycling Canada Cyclisme. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.