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2022 Lauf Seigla

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2022 Lauf Seigla

Hosted by Eric

Elite Host

 • 3 trips completed

San Francisco

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Size M

$75 day

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$300 week

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$900 month

The Seigla is Lauf's 'racing' gravel bike, but in reality, it is one of the most versatile and engaging bikes out there today. The bike features the leaf-spring suspension fork that Lauf is famous for, with 30mm of travel, and I've paired that with the Cane Creek eeSilk+ seatpost for 30mm of travel on the rear seatpost, effectively giving you the comfort of a full suspension race bike with the efficiency you'd expect from a nice sprightly racing oriented gravel frame. Best of all is the absolutely enormous tire clearance, easily fitting the 57c Schwable G-One tires I've specced (equivalent to 29x2.25"). Combined you get the fastest rolling magic carpet ride you could imagine.

If a more 'traditional' gravel feel is what you're looking for, I also have racing wheels with 40mm tires – Maxis Rambler on the front, and Conti Terra Speed on the rear. Just let me know which wheels you want when booking (or you can have both sets if you're renting multiple days).

If you're worried the suspension is a gimmick, let me tell you, I've set some excellent PRs (and a KOM or two) both uphill and downhill on this – smoothing out enough of the terrain to help you keep the power down while seated, but still so efficient that I've done a number of road century rides on this with some 32c tires when my road bike was out of commission.

The rest of the spec really puts the cherry on top – Rimpact tire inserts in both wheel sets so you can run nice low pressures without tire squirm, a Force Etap XPLR drivetrain with quarq power meter (your choice of 40T or 46T chainring depending on what terrain you plan on tackling), hot-melt waxed chain, all maintained with a perfectionist home-mechanic's care.

I'm 5'10" and this bike fits me just perfectly; pretty sure Lauf recommends this size to 5'7" to 6'0" ish.

Let me know if you need routes too – I'll spin you up some custom routes depending on your preferred adventure, distance, terrain, etc.

Full specs -
Siegla, size M frame (fits like a 54-55), Grit suspension fork (30mm)
42cm Lauf Smoothie carbon bars
165mm Quarq cranks
eeSilk carbon seatpost, Power Arc saddle
Hunt 4-season wide wheels w/ Schwalbe G One 57c tires (or) e-Thirteen gravel carbon race wheels w/ 40mm Maxxis Rambler/Conti Terra Speed tires (both wheels have Rimpact tire inserts)
Force Etap XPLR (10-44 cassette, 46T or 40T chainring)
Farr top tube bag, Silca large saddle bag, bell, swat multitool