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2019 Lapierre Zesty & Spicy, one all-mountain & enduro frame to rule them all

2019 Lapierre Zesty & Spicy: one frame for AM or enduro
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Whether you are you are looking to go all-mountain or enduro, opt for 29″ wheels or stick with 27.5″, with a budget for carbon or just alloy, Lapierre has one bike for you – the ZestySpicy. OK, so well it’s kinda more like eight different Zestys & Spicys. But they all start out with the same frame platform – pick carbon or alloy first. And then Lapierre builds that common frame into anything from a 140mm 29er Zesty trail bike up to a 170mm 27.5 Spicy enduro shredder for budgets from around two to six thousand euros.

2019 Lapierre Zesty & Spicy: one frame for AM or enduro

We got a sneak peek at the new combined Zesty/Spicy carbon frame back this summer at Eurobike. But details were few & far between at the time. Now with the bike almost available to the public we get the full breakdown of the all-mountain and enduro builds, Lapierre’s new rider-adaptable FIT program, and why you might pick each option along the way.

Zesty/Spicy – Carbon vs. Aluminum

2019 Lapierre Zesty & Spicy: one frame for AM or enduro

Since there are effectively just two frames – carbon or alloy – this is the first thing you need to pick, before you settle on suspension travel, riding style & wheelsize. Both the full carbon frame and the all alloy frame share the same geometry and technology.

2019 Lapierre Zesty & Spicy: one frame for AM or enduro

That includes the same new FIT adjustability, the wheelsize & riding style adapted geometry, and the all-new four-bar suspension kinematics. The 1x specific frames feature Boost spacing, internal routing, flip-chip adjustability, PF92 BBs, a 31.6mm dropper seatpost, and metric trunnion mount shocks.

2019 Lapierre Zesty & Spicy: one frame for AM or enduro

The only difference besides a few hundred grams of weight is that the carbon bike includes the LP Box, an extra integrated storage box for a tube & tools that doubles as a guard to protect the carbon downtube in front of the bottom bracket. The alloy bikes are all under 3000€, while the carbon bikes go up to twice that.

Zesty all-mountain vs. Spicy enduro geometry

Next you pick how you plan to ride the bike.

2019 Lapierre Zesty & Spicy: one frame for AM or enduro

Zesty builds lean towards lighter weight and more pedaling, with air suspension, shorter travel of 140 or 150mm, and steeper geometry.

2019 Lapierre Zesty & Spicy: one frame for AM or enduro

The Spicy builds feature longer forks & longer stroke shocks for 160 or 170mm of travel, which together slacken geometry by a degree making the bike more of a descender.

2019 Lapierre Zesty & Spicy: one frame for AM or enduro

Spicys also move to coil suspension and beefier, gravity-focused components for an enduro ready build.

Zesty/Spicy – 27.5 vs. 29er

No matter which material or riding style you choose, you also get to pick wheelsize too. All of the bikes offer the ability to be built up with either 27.5″ (but not plus) or 29″ wheels.

2019 Lapierre Zesty & Spicy: one frame for AM or enduro

To keep the geometry from being adversely affected, the shared Zesty/Spicy frame has a flip-chip at the main suspension pivot (which also shortens shock stroke) and a two position headset. Plus all of the bikes use the same 29er forks which can be adjusted internally to limit travel by 10mm. The complete swap isn’t a quick change, so Lapierre doesn’t recommend changing the bike over on a whim, but a competent bike shop could surely convert it if you wanted to change in the future.

2019 Lapierre Zesty & Spicy: one frame for AM or enduro

So yeah, now that you’ve made it to picking wheelsize you pick travel as well. The all-mountain Zesty gets 150mm front & rear with 27.5″ wheels, and 140mm when you set it up on 29″ wheels. At the same time the enduro Spicy features 170mm of travel in 27.5, and 160mm of limited travel as a 29er.

The Zesty/Spicy is available in four frame sizes (S-XL), and Lapierre assigns the smaller 27.5 wheels to the small & medium, while the medium, large & extra large automatically get 29″ wheels. But with that said, all four sizes can handle either wheelsize. So a Lapierre dealer should be able to get you out the door with a small 29er or large 27.5.

Zesty/Spicy rider sized FIT program

2019 Lapierre Zesty & Spicy: one frame for AM or enduro

Since you are essentially getting four distinctly different bikes out of the same carbon or alloy frames, Lapierre set out an adjustable FIT program to adjust other elements on the bike to fit bike & rider sizes. Just like scaled component sizing relative to just rider size, here the concept take into account riding style inferred by suspension travel. Of course wheelsize is one – but while both get spec’ed with 2.4″ tires, you can mount up to 2.6″ tires for either wheelsize (no Plus tires though.) Two crank lengths & chainring sizes are size & travel specific, as are two handlebar widths, two grip diameters, three dropper post travel lengths, and two different rotor sizes.

2019 Lapierre Zesty all-mountain & Spicy enduro Pricing & Availability

2019 Lapierre Zesty & Spicy: one frame for AM or enduro
Zesty AM Fit 3.0

The new Zesty is available in two carbon & two alloy complete bikes. The top Zesty AM Fit 8.0 Ultimate sells for 5500€ with X01 Eagle & Fox Factory suspension, and the Zesty AM Fit 5.0 Ultimate for 3600€ with GX Eagle & RockShox, both with carbon frames. In alloy, the Zesty AM Fit 4.0 is 2700€ with NX Eagle and the Zesty AM Fit 3.0 is 2200€ with NX 1×11.

2019 Lapierre Zesty & Spicy: one frame for AM or enduro
Spicy Fit Team Ultimate

For the more aggressive Spicy builds, there are three complete bikes, one in alloy. The top Spicy Fit Team Ultimate retails for 6000€ with X01 Eagle & RockShox suspension, and the carbon Spicy Fit 5.0 Ultimate for 4000€ with GX Eagle & Fox suspension. The only alloy Spicy Fit 3.0 brings the price down to 3000€ with NX 1×11 & RockShox suspension.

2019 Lapierre Zesty & Spicy: one frame for AM or enduro

The new Zestys & Spicys are trickling out to Lapierre dealers now with complete availability expected at the start of 2019.

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Ryguy
Ryguy
5 years ago

That storage box is clever except that it’s not tool free…

Viktor Michalek
Viktor Michalek
3 years ago
Reply to  Ryguy

Actually it is on mine. There is a small handle that can be rotated 90 degrees to open the bottom of the compartment cover. You do not need to undo the top bolt in order to access the contents.

Antoine Martin
Antoine Martin
5 years ago

Nice and smart bikes from Lapierre. Decently priced too compared to many recent offerings.

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