Borealis, Lauf Forks spring into a partnership for sprung fat bikes

Bad move Borealis

Better give me the weight before I go to bed.

@me….. Its a Fat bike…. Its effen heavy.

Testing a Lauf on a HT 29er was the single most sketchy experience I’ve ever had on a bike. It’s a glorified lightweight K-Mart spring fork that eats the initial force of a bump, but then pushes the bike back up at you.

Any time the terrain became consistently bumpy or brake rutted, the bike started with small bobbles and then got worse until the bike was bucking up and down. A rigid fork would be a better option if you are looking to scrub weight. Especially with the added supple feel that fat tires offer.

This is one of those products that deserves to be chuckled at 10 years from now in some small bike museum in some random small town.

Tech advances? Your kidding right? Its a leaf spring.

The Lauf fork weighs just under 1,400 grams while the Bluto weighs 1,750 for a considerable weight savings. After riding the fork for the last few months as well as last week in Iceland, the performance is truly amazing. This is a fork designed for a long winter race or adventure riding where the pounding of a rigid fork is less than ideal and the potential for maintenance (Lower than -10F) issues with suspension forks is not an option! This fits a specific need and is not for the hard core downhill rider. If you get the opportunity, take one out and give it a try. We think you will be convinced.

It’s amazing how people just want a new product in this industry based on weight. SUCKERS!
Most likely you’re not a professional racer, so the extra 200 grams won’t make you any faster, only if you drink the koolaid.

I’ve been using a lauf fork for a couple months now. Simply put if you marry the tire pressure to your conditions and know how this fork works there’s very little to worry about. If your pressure is too high or you are riding some seriously technical shit, and aggressively, then maybe you won’t feel as confident as you’d like. Lauf has never claimed this fork to be THAT type of fork anyways.

@Borealis you are right this bike with a Lauf is perfect for one thing. Straight line snow racing. The normal lauf is a flexy nightmare in the turns, can you imagine railing a turn (even a snow berm, see this years fat bike nationals) with those massive fat tire meat? Yes your bikes are silly light but the Lauf can’t handle that rotating mass, it cant even handle a 29er wheel unless you weigh 80 lbs. The bluto is heavy and flexy too, I am stoked to see the new Fat Bike Lefty from Cannondale. They teased a photo on their instagram and if its as good as their normal Lefty, its going to be light and crazy stiff. You should look into spec-ing those on your bike. I know Open was selling Lefty on their XC rig.

@Stephen, I hope you were kidding with your above statement. Research? Maybe they should have researched the Yampa, which has had more catastrophic frame failures than any other bike brand I’ve dealt with in the last 18 years. But hey, they are light, right?

Party time can you link or grab a shot of the cannondale fat lefty teaser. I don’t see it anywhere. I think if people have not tried one of these not really a reason to bash it. Explain thoughts sure but how can you trash something you haven’t used. I don’t think borealis even without Adam Miller would jump into something if it was crap or gimmick.

If you don’t like it, don’t buy it. A fat bike with a Lauf fork is another option for riders to consider.