Lapierre Moves to an Entirely New Suspension Design 13
Spicy and Zesty models receive a suspension tweak and an e-bike you may not even notice.
Lapierre’s booth was full of redesigned bikes for 2019, many of which featured a major modification to their suspension linkage. Both the Spicy enduro and the Zesty all-mountain bike now feature a design where the shock is secured at the top with a trunnion mount, goes through the seat tube, and is actuated at the bottom end by a lower shock mount connected to the chainstay. While it can’t be good for seat post insertion depth, with a guy like Nico Vouilloz giving Lapierre input, you know it will result in better suspension performance.
The Spicy and Zesty are both offered in 27.5 and 29-inch options where the 27.5 bikes have 10mm of additional travel front and rear. Spicy slots in at 160/170mm and the Zesty at 140/150mm.
We spotted an interesting box on the underside of the downtube which is a flexible storage solution that also offers downtube protection. Both bikes come with a 0.5-degree angleset and are spec'd with short 35/45mm stems.
It wouldn’t be Eurobike if a company didn’t have an e-bike on display as well, and Lapeirre will offer the new eZesty AM with its carbon frame and relatively sleek design. If you're not looking closely, you may not even notice it's an e-bike.
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Micalet
7/13/2018 6:15 AM
Waw !! Ultra-new...jajaja...another n-iteration. Good as a joke...but plenty of ultra-carbon...nothing else
sspomer
7/13/2018 6:18 AM
new for their bikes, obviously.
That-Norco-Dude
7/11/2018 5:54 AM
hey they got rid of the humpback zesty
hbelly13
7/10/2018 11:06 AM
Another Horst-link bike, Yay.
Volta55
7/10/2018 5:11 PM
It's not. Its a "floater" like the Trek 9.9s couple years back.
"and is actuated at the bottom end by a lower shock mount connected to the chainstay."
JulioValiente
7/10/2018 8:24 PM
The "floaty" bit hardly matters as far as kinematics go. And the trek was a linkage driven single pivot. This is indeed just another horst-link bike.
onenerdykid*
7/10/2018 11:56 PM
Reminds me of a Mondraker with a horst link. Could actually be pretty cool.
bizutch
7/10/2018 10:08 AM
Good idea to use the storage area underneath as bash protection as well. Two purpose with one piece of material.
That-Norco-Dude
7/11/2018 5:53 AM
I concur. in bike storage has been a great achievement in recent years.
LLLLL
7/10/2018 9:26 AM
Looks like the main pivot location on the ebike looks very different?
Mudmandh
7/10/2018 9:17 AM
Nice new bikes. The e-bike looks very nice but a ramped rear tire High Roller 2 for traction don't looks very good.
grinch
7/10/2018 9:42 PM
Yes, only 39lbs with the fazua motor. Can pop the motor and battery out and just use a cover for huge storage compartment and lose 9lbs. Extra battery is only about 2 lbs. never tried an e bike but curious. Pita shuttling and beating on my truck
jason.west.750
7/10/2018 8:55 AM
Well, they at least look better.