When Icelandic brand Lauf was working on its new model, the Úthald, founder and CEO Benedikt Skúlason says the plan was to create a sensible road bike. ‘Not sensible in the sense of pannier rack mounts and all that kind of stuff,’ he explains, ‘but a sensible approach to fast.’
The idea for the Úthald initially came from the design process of the brand’s first gravel bike, the True Grit, back in 2016, when the company was making prototypes for many different geometries: ‘We figured out the formula to have a fast fit for the rider while the bike underneath you remains stable,’ Skúlason says.
Lauf claims the level of compliance offered by the curved seat tube is ‘pretty much spot on the same as’ Trek’s IsoSpeed
The result aims to balance speed and comfort, while also making the bike easy to
