Lauf Announces ‘Direct To You’ Direct Bike Sales

Today, Lauf has announced that, going forward, all sales of its True Grit gravel bikes and Anywhere road/gravel bikes will be done direct from its home base in Iceland in a new ‘Direct to You’ campaign. It promises better pre-sales service and advice, even offering video chats with its designers to get you the best fitting bike from its range.

Lauf, certainly in the UK, is probably better known for its leaf-sprung suspension forks. These will still continue to be carried by Upgrade Bikes in the UK and available through shops. Seemingly to counter the tough price market out there at the moment, Lauf has decided to pull back from dealer sales of its bikes with its new ‘Direct to You’ plan.

That’s about it – apart from to say that the prices will be dropping in this new direct to you model. However, if you bought a bike from a dealer in the last 30 days, Lauf is offering a store credit for the difference.

The bikes will be shipped direct (to you – boom tish), with only handlebars, seatpost and front wheel to fit.

And now, here’s a smoothly spoken Icelander with a cool name, Lauf founder Benedikt Skúlason, to explain Direct To You, er, to you. Don’t you just love that accent?

For more details, see laufforks.com

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Singletrackworld's ex-Editor At Large

With 25 years as Editor of Singletrack World Magazine, Chipps holds the record for the longest-running mountain bike magazine editor in the world. He started in the bike trade in 1990 and became a full time mountain bike journalist at the start of 1994. Chipps stepped down as Editor in April 2026 after 25 years at the helm. He's now wondering what to do next, while riding his bike in the French Pyrenees, where he also runs some gites.

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