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Lapierre has completely overhauled the Zesty & Spicy models for 2019, and we get a first look at exactly what's changed, and why these new bikes are so adaptable.
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Hey everyone, it's Will here from
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Singletrack Magazine and we're here at
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Eurobike 2018.
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And the bike I've got here with me is a
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brand new Lapierre. Now for 2019,
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Lapierre has completely overhauled the
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Spicy and the Zesty models.
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The bikes aren't going to be launched
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till later this year and they won't be
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available till the end of the year, but
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we're going to take you through some of
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the preliminary details um because these
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bikes have got a lot of a lot of details
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going on, a lot of changes going on with
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this platform. Uh the bike I've got here
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is a Spicy. Now this remains as the long
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travel enduro bike. The Zesty will still
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be in the Lapierre range as the long
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travel all mountain bike. But here's the
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difference for 2019. They will actually
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use the same frame um with a different
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shock and a different fork, you'll get
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different travel numbers. So the Spicy
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will have 170 mil travel with 27.5 inch
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wheels. It'll have 160 mil travel,
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that's front and rear with 29 inch
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wheels. And the Zesty steps down to 150
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mil for the 27.5 and 140 mil for the 29.
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So four different bikes using the same
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frame, which is pretty clever. Speaking
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of the frame, the design has changed
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entirely. So we've got a brand new
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suspension design. Um the shock has
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changed from the top tube mounted
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version on the previous Zesty and Spicy.
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The OST+ design has gone. It's gone in
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exchange of this four bar linkage with a
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more vertically mounted rear shock. Now
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the clever thing with this rear shock is
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it doesn't actually mount to the main
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frame. It's bolted to the top here via a
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trunnion mount. We've got a bearing on
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either side of the shock there.
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Um so a trunnion mount for the rocker
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linkage and the lower eyelet for the
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rear shock is actually mounted to an
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extension on the chainstay. So the shock
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kind of gets squashed in between the
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chainstay pivot and the rocker link
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pivot up the top there.
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Uh Lapierre have done this to to bring
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the shock down lower to provide a lower
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center of gravity. Uh we don't know too
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much about the kinematics on this frame
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design, so we'll have to wait to hear a
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little bit more about that. Uh but
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apparently, it's very fun and very
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playful, which um we're excited to learn
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more about. Um now, in order to get that
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different travel between the four
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different platforms, between the two
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Spicy and the two Zesty models, um
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Lapierre running the same eye-to-eye
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length shock here. So, we've got a
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metric length shock. The eye-to-eye is
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exactly the same between all the models.
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What changes is the stroke of the shock,
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so the travel of the shock. And that's
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where you get the different suspension
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travel out of the back of the bike.
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Uh more adaptability provided by wheel
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size. So, each frame will take either
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29-in or 27.5-in wheels. With the 29-in
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setup, you can fit up to 2.6-in tires.
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Uh if you want to run plus tires,
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though, you can do that with the 27.5
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setup. You can fit 2.8-in tires in the
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back of this bike. So, loads of tire
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clearance, loads of adaptability. Um
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speaking of adaptability, Lapierre will
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be uh using offset headset cups, so you
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can change the head angle on the front.
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Um and they change that head angle
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depending on whether you've got the
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Spicy or the Zesty. Um so, by changing
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the fork,
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by changing the headset, and by changing
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the rear shock, you can actually change
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travel and the geometry of the bike. So,
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loads of adaptability in here with this
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uh this new Spicy. Um there's loads of
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other features going on. Uh the best
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thing you should do is go to
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singletrackworld.com to see the whole
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story about the brand new 2019 Lapierre
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Spicy and Zesty.
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Um there are going to be carbon models,
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there are going to be aluminum models.
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You'll be able to buy each bike with
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different wheel sizes from from stock.
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Um alternatively, you can buy one, and
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down the line, you can change wheels,
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fork, and shock, as I've said before. Um
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and you've got a really adaptable
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all-mountain bike we've got here. Um so,
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yeah, that's a bit of a first look at
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the 2019 Lapierre Spicy and Zesty
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models. Um jump on singletrackworld.com
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for more details. Thanks, guys. To root.
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