Lauf Carbonara – first look

Full carbon suspension fat bike fork

Lauf has incorporated its carbon leaf spring design into the Carbonara fat bike fork

Josh Patterson / Immediate Media

Josh Patterson

Published: February 24, 2015 at 5:49 pm
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For those not familiar with Lauf, this Icelandic company creates full carbon forks that use carbon leafs springs to provide suspension. The Carbonara is Lauf's first fat bike suspension fork.

The carbonara provides 60mm of travel: the carbonara provides 60mm of travel - Josh Patterson / Immediate Media

Carbon leaf springs provide the suspension travelThe Carbonara has a claimed weight of 1,050g and provides 60mm of undamped travel. Axle spacing is the same as the RockShox Bluto at 150mm, as is the rake, at 51mm.

While Lauf’s forks lack any sort of adjustment, there’s very little to malfunction. There are no seals to give out, or oil to leak — both problems that can plague the Bluto during extreme cold weather riding.

While the carbonara lacks any sort of adjustments, there's very little to malfunction. this could be a plus for cold-weather riding: while the carbonara lacks any sort of adjustments, there's very little to malfunction. this could be a plus for cold-weather riding - Courtesy

The Carbonara has less travel than RockShox Bluto, but there's very little to go wrong

Lauf expects to begin shipping the Carbonara by June. This bouncy carbon wunderfork will retail for US$990. (UK and Australian pricing has yet to be announced.)

Visit www.laufforks.com for more information.

Josh Patterson

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Josh Patterson is a BikeRadar contributor and former technical editor. He has spent most of his career working in the cycling industry as an athlete, mechanic and journalist. He holds a master's degree in journalism and has more than 20 years of experience as a cyclist and 12 years of experience riding and writing for BikeRadar, Cyclingnews, Cycling Weekly, Dirt Rag, RoadBikeReview and Outside Magazine. A native of the Flint Hills of Kansas, Josh was a pioneer in the gravel cycling movement, having raced the first Unbound 200 and many other gravel events around the globe. He considers himself a cycling generalist and enjoys road, gravel and mountain biking in equal measure. When not traveling for work, he can be found exploring the singletrack and lonely gravel roads that surround his home in Fort Collins, Colorado. In addition to his love of cycling, Josh is an enthusiastic supporter of brunch, voting rights and the right to repair movement.
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