Sure, you learn that proper, this new carbon Lapierre Spicy CF enduro bike is each a high-pivot and a low-pivot mountain bike in a single. It’s a race-ready enduro bike. We already Isabeau Courdurier win the Bielsko-Biała Enduro World Cup on the bike earlier this summer season. However by with the ability to shift the swingarm mount and swap one hyperlink, you may remodel it right into a bikepark shredder, too – whether or not you favor a full 29er or mullet wheel setup.
2024 Lapierre Spicy CF carbon transformer enduro bike
Critically, one bike that’s each a high-pivot and a low-pivot is a fairly wild idea, to not point out a flip-chip to swap wheelsizes too!
We first noticed Courdurier on the brand new 2024 Lapierre Spicy CF carbon enduro bike again on the new Bielsko-Biała UCI World Cup venue in Could.
She gained on the brand new bike, arrange within the extra conventional-looking low-pivot place and with a mullet 29″ entrance/27.5″ rear wheel combo.
So frankly, I merely neglected that additional unused high-pivot mounting gap once we had been snapping sneak peek photographs of the brand new bike out and in of the rain.
However there’s some fairly cool innovation tucked inside this reworking carbon enduro bike!
What’s new?
Nicely, just about every part is new. The earlier enduro Spicy had been a shared Horst-link platform with the all-mountain Zesty. However the Zesty obtained its personal improve initially of the summer season, and now it’s time for an even bigger replace to the Spicy! The final 4-bar idea is just about the one factor that is still.
The all-new Lapierre Spicy CF has been reshaped from the bottom as much as be extra versatile for the kind of using & racing fashionable enduro bikes truly see. Now with longer 180mm forks, and both 170mm journey out again with a 29″ rear wheel or 174mm with a 27.5″ rear wheel.
Lapierre needed to create a motorbike that was equally at house doing bike park runs because it was throughout enduro races and pedaling again to the highest. They usually additionally needed to fulfill each riders on the lookout for the soundness of a full 29er setup or the agility of a mullet wheel combo. The time got here to determine whether or not to stay with a principal low-pivot (LP) or shift to a high-pivot (HP), and Lapierre mentioned, “Why not each?”
Excessive-Pivot vs. Low-Pivot
“What enduro rider hasn’t needed to personal a high-pivot mountain bike, however anxious about with the ability to use it every day? With its distinctive HP/LP idea, the brand new Spicy CF is the answer! …There are such a lot of methods to journey enduro that we needed no limits on this new Spicy! From rolling terrain to the steepest slopes there’s certain to be a configuration to swimsuit, with 4 potential variations with out compromise.”
– Nicolas Vouilloz
Lapierre calls this the bike that may revolutionize the enduro market. By retaining the identical rear triangle, however altering the peak of the primary pivot, the brand new Spicy CF modifications the trail of the rear wheel below compression, and the general kinematics of the suspension. “Within the Excessive Pivot place, the rear wheel recoils additional than within the Low Pivot place, offering higher absorption of huge impacts.“
Suspension development stays fairly fixed in each potential mode – and air or coil shocks – for an opulent begin and extra help as you journey via the journey. However the brand new high-pivot is inherently a bit extra linear.
Swapping between the two modes… and wheelsizes
Altering between the 2 positions requires simply 4 comparatively easy steps:
- Unbolt and rebolt the primary pivot location – excessive or low
- Set up the loafer pulley & chain information on the swingarm in HP mode, or simply the chain information on the body in LP mode
- Swap within the applicable higher rocker hyperlink – HP or LP, which differ in general size, and size from the seatstay to downtube connections
- Put the 3-position flip-chip within the right place – LP mullet, LP 29er/HP mullet, or HP 29er
Enduro Geometry for each event
Every of the 4 completely different suspension modes and wheel measurement settings barely alters geometry. However Lapierre says it has advanced and tweaked the brand new Spicy CF geometry to be extra succesful in each path scenario.
In comparison with the previous bike, seat angle has been dramatically steepened to 78° for higher climbing, and body Attain has grown to match a extra ahead place with higher weight steadiness over the entrance wheel. Head tube angle can also be slacker to 63.5° to accommodate a 10mm longer journey fork, and provides the bikes a extra steady really feel on the steepest, roughest tracks. Lastly, BB peak is 3mm larger due to the upper entrance finish, however is successfully unchanged on the beneficial 30% sag.
One massive geometry shift is the addition of a brand new fifth measurement (XS-XL). That smaller XS was made potential by the ahead shift and usually longer Attain figures – letting Lapierre maintain the previous small Attain for an additional small bike. That’s an enormous bonus for self-described “Tiny Enduro MTB rider” Isabeau Courdurier who’s already gained on the bike, but additionally for younger enduro racers and bikepark groms.
Tech particulars
In addition to the brand new transformer suspension tech, the brand new Lapierre Spicy CF additionally will get some practical carbon tech upgrades. Aiming for improved stiffness the place it counts – largely within the rear triangle – the bike strikes absolutely to Lapierre’s light-weight hi-mod UD SLI carbon development with a claimed body weight of three.2kg (M in HP configuration).
Protecting their gentle really feel and low heart of gravity idea, the brand new Spicy CF will get in-frame storage contained in the downtube, with a toolkit bag and place to stuff spares and/or a jacket.
The body options inside cable routing via the Zero Stack Acros Lock Block headset for mechanical or digital drivetrains, a PressFit backside bracket, Increase rear finish, metric trunnion shock, UDH compatibility with SRAM T-type derailleurs, ISCG tabs, a mini rear shock fender, headtube bumpers (for double crown forks) that double as exterior routing ports, and built-in higher & decrease downtube & chainstay protectors.
Lapierre Spicy CF – Pricing, choices & availability
The all-new 2024 Lapierre Spicy CF enduro bike is available in 4 full mullet bike builds and 1 body package. All come pre-configured within the Excessive-Pivot (HP) setting and embrace the Low-Pivot (LP) rocker. Plus, all 5 sizes (XS-XL) may be run with 29er or mullet wheel setups by flipping the included flip-chips.
The Journey blue Lapierre Spicy CF 6.9 is the entry value level at 5500€ and 16.5kg full, with a RockShox Zeb Choose fork, Vivid Air shock, and a Shimano Deore mechanical construct package.
The 6500€ & 16.1kg Sequoia inexperienced Spicy CF 7.9 upgrades to Fox 38 Efficiency Elite & Float X2 Efficiency suspension and in addition a combined Deore/SLX/XT construct package.
For 7000€ at 16kg, the Olive inexperienced Spicy CF 8.9 goes for Fox Manufacturing unit suspension and a largely XT construct, additionally upgrading from house-branded wheels to DT Swiss EX1700 alloy enduro wheels with a 36T SL star ratchet.
Lastly, at 10,000€ in Cosmic orange, the Lapierre Spicy CF Crew bumps as much as a RockShox Zeb & Vivid Air Final setup with a SRAM X01 Eagle construct package, however nonetheless mechanical so it’ll be cheaper to interchange whenever you finally crash into the rocks. Plus, you get new carbon DT EXC1501 wheels with a Ratchet EXP freehub, all including as much as 15.8kg full.
If you wish to construct up your personal tremendous enduro bike, then go for the 3700€ Spicy CF Crew body package in Racing blue which comes with the RockShox Vivid Air 2 Final shock, your headset, thru-axle with a bottle opener on the lever, and the package for switching to the Low-Pivot configuration, too.
2024 Lapierre Spicy CF Availability
The brand new bike is formally this 12 months’s mannequin, however you should still have a tough time getting ahold of 1 earlier than early Autumn as inventory is restricted. Some sizes and fashions are able to go proper now, although. Additionally, Lapierre is working Check Tour dates round France this September, which can be top-of-the-line methods to see and check out the brand new bike in each of its HP/LP suspension setups. Test along with your native seller for dates and locations.
