I love them, No Greg I won’t post a photo on here for your gnome 😉

I’ve an original trail racer which is too flex compared with my others and I’ll be upgrading to the boost version as soon as I can.

I’ve 2 Carbonara’s one on my Fat Bike and another on my 29er+ and for me they are absolutely perfect for everything that I ride.

I’ve a Grit on my CX bike and after 2 normal CX bikes in the past this takes it to another level.

Mileage according to Strava
29er Trail Racer (original) 1,876.9 miles
Fat Carbonara 2,405.9 miles
29er+ Carbonara around 1500 miles swapped on frame from a rigid
Grit CX fork 789.6 miles

I’m no mtb journalist and I’m no downhiller who loves the “gnar” I’m an xc rider and bike packer and I’ve never had a thought while riding them thinking I wish I had a traditional fork for this trail

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I was lucky enough to get a pair of the TR29s.

As a Designer I was more interested in the gorgeous aesthetic

😯

Shurely shome mishtake ?

There’s was no mention of being a designer with taste

being a designer with taste

*Smugface*

Had one (borrowed) on my touring bike for a month. Used for commuting to work on gravel path and old railway line. Really nice, liked it, saving up to buy one.

Thanks for all the feedback from people who have used the fork both good and bad views . I suspect i will probably give some a try, especially after cleaning my 2 month old reba of 12 hour use and already marks on uppers! Reason intetested in this fork is i only ride xc, unlikly to get more than 1 foot of the ground (unless something goes wrong!) And planning to ride bike about 6 to 8 hours a week in all weather. As amazing are normal suspension forks thats a lot of potential required maintenance so it seems this fork for the my intended use could be quite good.

Good call dis40

By it from Lauf and you get a 4 week return policy
https://lauf.myshopify.com/

Enter the Dirty Reivers ride and you get 25% off as well

I think the material has some inherent damping.

Carbon fibre does, but nothing that would be of use for damping a pair of small springs like these.

Basically it will do what a bigger tyre, a very skinny springy fork or an undamped short travel sus fork would do. Over very high frequency low amplitude bumps it could be effective, pros/cons as ever.

Over very high frequency low amplitude bumps it could be effective

Which is pretty much what you get in a lot of Iceland.

I think they look fine on some bikes and wrong on others. I’ve had a very short play around on one of John Climber’s bikes but there was a lot else going on as well: Plus tyres and Jones Loop bars, so a little difficult to isolate things. I have seen one pair break at the crown race, not sure if it was a faulty unit or it had been fitted incorrectly.

JonClimber, are you sponsored by Lauf? I get that impression from your blog.