Courdurier Wins Bielsko-Biala on Prototype Lapierre Carbon Spicy CF Enduro Bike
Self-described “Tiny Enduro MTB rider” Isabeau Courdurier obtained this weekend’s Bielsko-Biała UCI MTB World Sequence race on an unlabeled carbon prototype Lapierre Spicy enduro bike. The French agency’s all-new stealthy black carbon enduro bike completely reshapes the outdated Spicy’s confirmed format, topped off with the latest prototype RockShox Flight Attendant Enduro suspension…
Lapierre Spicy CF prototype carbon enduro mountain bike
It’s been a lot of years since we ultimate observed any Lapierre enduro info. And in actuality, a Skilled Bike Check that we did with Isabeau Courdurier in Zermat 3.5 years up to now was our ultimate up shut check out the Spicy.
Successfully, Courdurier has an all-new prototype carbon enduro bike, and he or she’s merely raced it to a win on the brand new Polish stop on the skilled enduro circuit.
What do everyone knows?
We suspect that this unlabeled black prototype bike can be the 2024 Lapierre Spicy CF full-carbon enduro mountain bike.
It shares a Horst-link 4-bar suspension design very similar to the current Spicy, nonetheless the exact shock format and better hyperlink are completely reshaped. This new bike retains the lower shock mount on prime of the chainstays – the place there’s a flip-chip which will change BB peak and the bikes angles. And the shock nonetheless pierces the seattube.
Nevertheless now the first rocker hyperlink pivot strikes forward from the seattube onto a spar off the downtube. That moreover shifts the upper shock mount forward and down, and the seatstay pivot forward, bringing the angle of the shock nearer to horizontal when uncompressed. And rather more horizontal when weighted by the rider. All resulting in a bit lower positioning of weight inside the new prototype design.
What can we rely on?
Lapierre isn’t too shy about letting the bike be seen. Nevertheless there are nonetheless no logos, no labels, and no official particulars. So we’ll have to easily guess it’s concerning the an identical 170mm entrance & rear journey as its predecessor.
Evaluating Courdurier’s earlier expertise and this new prototype, we are going to see that her bike stays to be organize as a mullet. The prior bike may moreover swap to a 29″ rear wheel with a chainstay flip-chip, and we suspect which will keep.
The model new bike moreover does look to be a bit slacker, although not by heaps. And it has further standover clearance, a welcome change for the 153cm tall Courdurier who rides a small physique.
Prototype RockShox Flight Attendant Enduro suspension?
Courdurier’s carbon prototype Lapierre Spicy bike was moreover sporting some prototype RockShox Flight Attendant Enduro coil suspension out once more. (Together with a Zeb Last Flight Attendant fork.)
It doesn’t have the exact same Vivid Last label that we moreover observed on the Flight Attendant-equipped coil spring we observed on a YT. Nevertheless it moreover doesn’t have a traditional Large Deluxe Coil decal.
Really, it appears to be like there’s maybe some black tape obscuring part of the label. There’s actually a second RockShox sticker wrapped over the shock’s distinctive decal, too.
So, this will likely very effectively be the all-new RockShox Vivid Coil Last Flight Attendant shock? Or probably one factor else is hidden inside?
Lapierre Spicy prototype anticipated launch?
In any case, the model new prototype Lapierre Spicy carbon enduro bike has already been race-proven. And the physique appears to be polished enough that we rely on Lapierre will most certainly launch it this summer season as a MY25 bike.
Plus, the inclusion of gravity-focused RockShox automated digital suspension administration signifies that when RockShox’s Flight Attendant Enduro launches, Lapierre will likely be on the short-list of OEM bike makers to produce it.
