London Bike Show 2016 – Vaaru

Vaaru was at the London Bike Show, glowing from our review of the Switch in Issue 103 of Our Glorious Tome – which was also on display:

Yes, this is the very bike we reviewed, fact fans – although I’m pretty sure it was slightly cleaner than that when we sent it back. It’s a piece of Ti trail bike loveliness which costs £1,699 (frame only) – Vaaru also do full builds.

But there was a bunch of other stuff of interest to mountain bikers on the Vaaru stand:This brand-spanking new Ti stem looked extremely pretty. It’s cast in 3Al 2.5V Titanium, and it’s available in 90, 100 and 110mm lengths. Roadies can also get their hands on a 120mm in they want, too. It costs a Ti-tastic £260.

There’s a Ti seatpost, which is available at the moment in 31.6 and 27.2 sizes right now (30.9 will be available to order) for £169.99, and the thing that made us most excited in the Vaaru stand was……this prototype cast Ti fork, to complete the none-more-Ti look of your Ti stemmed, seatposted and framed machine. There will be some minor changes to the finished version. This one comes with a QR axle; the plan is for a 15mm bolt-thru axle instead, and the brake mounts will be slightly refined. Estimated price is around the £500 mark, and the weight will be sub 800g. Pretty.

For more details, click on the Vaaru website here

Barney Marsh

Barney Marsh takes the word ‘career’ literally, veering wildly across the road of his life, as thoroughly in control as a goldfish on the dashboard of a motorhome. He’s been, with varying degrees of success, a scientist, teacher, shop assistant, binman and, for one memorable day, a hospital laundry worker. These days, he’s a dad, husband, guitarist, and writer, also with varying degrees of success. He sometimes takes photographs. Some of them are acceptable. Occasionally he rides bikes to cast the rest of his life into sharp relief. Or just to ride through puddles. Sometimes he writes about them. Bikes, not puddles. He is a writer of rongs, a stealer of souls and a polisher of turds. He isn’t nearly as clever or as funny as he thinks he is.

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