Nick Posted May 18, 2015 Posted May 18, 2015 Meet the Lauf Trail Racer 29. A lightweight, ruthless and futuristic mountain bike fork.Click here to view the article
Rocket-Boy Posted May 19, 2015 Posted May 19, 2015 At that price Im not sure its worth it. Unless you are looking to win less technical stage races of course. Hairy 1
rock Posted May 19, 2015 Posted May 19, 2015 if you're the carbon hardtail 29er type rider with a flat carbon bar and races marathons its the fork you want to build up a light bike. half the price of a RS-1 arendoog and Hairy 2
LONE TWO Posted May 19, 2015 Posted May 19, 2015 saw one of these on the spruit about 2 weeks ago on a swift carbon hardtail, It looks super weird tho
DJ84 Posted May 19, 2015 Posted May 19, 2015 I reckon i might get one,loved the rigid but was just a tad rough at times. This will be a good compromise for me i think. IH8MUD 1
Marius Posted May 19, 2015 Posted May 19, 2015 Weight saving of about 600 grams over a normal light weight fork. I'm also not sure a one trick pony is worth R12k Odinson, Captain Fastbastard Mayhem, Lance Roberts and 1 other 4
Tubehunter Posted May 19, 2015 Posted May 19, 2015 Sounds like the perfect fork for that new BMC pseudo hardtail frame! IH8MUD and Fisan 2
Nick Posted May 19, 2015 Author Posted May 19, 2015 Lock out? No lock out. Wasn't a concern for me though. There was very little movement when out the saddle and the high spring rate keeps things relatively stiff.
Tubehunter Posted May 19, 2015 Posted May 19, 2015 Here you go. Pair the fork to this and do a review! http://www.marathonmtb.com/2015/05/11/bmc-release-new-teamelite-01-a-racing-evolution/
Fisan Posted May 19, 2015 Posted May 19, 2015 Weight saving of about 600 grams over a normal light weight fork. I'm also not sure a one trick pony is worth R12k 600 grams is a lot if your current bike is already at 9kg. And considering what people would pay for the advantages of the RS1 above the SID (for example)... or the amount people spend on a Single-speed rigid MTB, it becomes less ridiculous. That said, I won't buy it myself. But just imagine the mean marathon machines pro-teams (or people who have enough money) could create with this... IH8MUD 1
Heel Drop Posted May 19, 2015 Posted May 19, 2015 what makes it so expensive ? No maintenance it should be half the price Meerkat82, Marius and Long Wheel Base 3
Hairy Posted May 19, 2015 Posted May 19, 2015 what makes it so expensive ? No maintenance it should be half the price more than likely a time consuming construction process and labour (human labour, not some automated mechanism) is naturally a fair bit more costly........that or they have moerse markups Meerkat82 1
Monark Posted May 19, 2015 Posted May 19, 2015 Considering one on the cyclocross bike Underachiever 1
skipperw Posted May 19, 2015 Posted May 19, 2015 what makes it so expensive ? No maintenance it should be half the price No maintenance means it should be double the price...
Hairy Posted May 19, 2015 Posted May 19, 2015 No maintenance means it should be double the price.......mmm...no. Captain Fastbastard Mayhem and Marius 2
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