Longtermer – Finally. Matt’s Lapierre Spicy 517
Tested – 6 months with gaps so far. From – Hotlines. RRP £3299.00 Ahhh – It had been an emotional time with the Spicy – a good year , only marred by the burglary in November After grieving and wailing for some time, Hotlines the distributor very very kindly helped me out with a new [...]
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Posted on: January 27, 2011
excellent review/update thanks Matt. I’m very keen to try one of these, got a genius LT lining up for a trial but i have a feeling the Spicy is going to be ace. is the Talas that useful on this bike?
Hello Foureyes.. Yep The Talas is definitely useful on long climbs -Though it doesn’t wander much with the fork fully extended either – just feels more efficient especially with the leverage that massive bars give you ;].
I can’t really advise you on what Bike to get – It does seem like a very small angle difference between bikes can make a big difference to the way they ride and what suits people .. Try em both i reckon and if as all possible with the cockpit that your going to have on the bike once you own it.
Does it pedal well? ;]
i found that the wider race face atlas bars (at 785 with a 1/2 inc rise) and a 50mm stem changed the bike from a bike in to a best friend as it made the front far more reactive and the only other addition is a joplin 4 seat post and as mentioned the brakes are good but are not a good match for the spicy (just waiting on some hope tech m4 to turn up)
p.s during the November i had some funny looks riding through hebden bridge and tod
hi matt what length of reverb seatpost is on your spicy ? i have a medium sized zesty but i’m unsure of what size to buy i’m approx 175cm tall if that helps i have no idea about the sizes and no one seems to have mentioned anything on verious forum ……can you ( or anyone) advise ? Any problems with the reverb?
I chose the longer length one of the two (In the 420 Length) – I’n hindsite I guess I could have gone for the 380mm as I don’t have much post showing out of the frame! Either way though the 420′mm completely fits in the frame (There’s nothing interupting it slidng all the way down the frame) – How tall is 175cm? I’m 5’8 ft tall- And so far the post has been superb.
Hi matt yeah im about 5’8 ish . i was sure if i should have used the lapierre specs on there website for the standard seatpost which was about 350mm i could get away with a 380mm . I think so knowing that the 420 can fit maybe i’ll get that size . Is the spicy nearly the same in sizing to the zesty? are you riding the medium?
Thanks for your help by the way.
Quick question, what was the difference between the replacement forks from Mojo, and the original spec forks?
2011 version? fit cart vs open bath?
With the Mojo offer on fit cartridges at the mo, and the fact I have the same a 2010 36 talas R fork, I was wondering if it’d be a worth while upgrade.
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Hi George – Hi Aiden
My Spicy is a medium – There very similarly sized bike to your Zesty ;]
George – I had the Full fit Cart RLC fork with compression and rebound – It was the compression damping I was mosty after – Just being able to control the front end on really steep stuff wihout it packing down – saying that they were a lot more sensitive to set up – so it depends how much you like faffing – I think Low speed and high speed compression is worth paying for but it depends on how and where you ride as to whether it’s worth it for you.
Hi Matt,
Any up-dates on the Reverb seat post?,
Trying to convince myself, I need one?,it’s worth the money?,it’s the best one?, it works the best?,and last of all an idiot can service it?, lol.
Cheers Matt any info would be great,
Steve
I like it ;] And I bled the lever myself! Seems durable – we have a whole selection on test in next issue…