After four years of planning and development, sales of the unique Vyro two-speed gearbox, which could revolutionize the bike market, will start on 5 April 2016. With a production volume of 1000 units per month, the young company from Baden in Austria wants to offer passionate mountain bikers a special kind of shifting experience.

"It all started with a vague idea 22 years ago and the desire to significantly optimize the shifting process," says Vyro Managing Director Gregor Schuster, himself a passionate mountain biker, about the beginnings of his company. With the support of a local partner and a crowdfunding campaign, he was ultimately able to develop a product that combines the advantages of existing products and is unique in its function.

The first product from Vyro is a two-speed drivetrain on the crankshaft with chainrings in sizes 24 and 36 teeth. In contrast to front derailleurs, in which the chain is shifted by the front derailleur and forced to move sideways under full tension, the Vyro principle feeds the chainring to the chain, thus enabling a "natural" shifting process. "The shifting performance is significantly improved compared to conventional technologies and mountain biking is much more comfortable," Gregor Schuster is convinced.The Vyro system is surprisingly light. Schuster claims just 558 grams for the shifting unit and crank with 24 millimeter aluminium axle. The Cromo version is only 86 grams heavier. The optional bolt-on bashguard also weighs just 65 grams. The crank is available in a standard length, but is supplied with flip-flop inlays that allow the pedals to be mounted at 170 or 175 millimetres. The visible plastic parts on the crank are available in white, green and black. Vyro is not only affordable in terms of weight, but also in terms of price. Even if the sales price is due to direct sales, the 395 euros is a very fair price for such an innovative product.

Sales start online from April 5
The first 1000 cranks can be purchased or pre-ordered on www.vyro.com at the same time as the direct sales company's website goes live on April 5. Gregor Schuster advises interested parties to hurry: "The demand is definitely there, we've been receiving a steady stream of inquiries for months now. That's why we are naturally delighted to finally be able to start production". For organizational reasons, no pre-orders will be accepted before the start of sales. "However, we would like to increase production figures as quickly as possible," adds Schuster.

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