Lapierre has completely revised the trail-focused Zesty range, with lighter, longer and slacker carbon and alloy frames, plus the move to 27.5in wheels across the board from the previous 27.5in AM and 29er TR split. The shorter travel bike now carries the XM ‘Cross Mountain’ moniker and 120mm of travel, while the AM keeps it’s 150mm of four bar linkage OST+ suspension, both sporting a more progressive ending stroke for improved big hit support, optimized around a 30/32t chainring.
Lapierre has managed to drop an impressive 540g from the top carbon fiber frames through the use of a full carbon rear end and shock swing link compared to the alloy back ends of the outgoing models. The carbon bikes also get titanium bolts to shave even more weight. The alloy frame has dropped 50g, too, mostly due to the fact that the shock is now mounted to the mainframe on the top tube, allowing a lighter down tube.
The shock shuttle has been deleted, while all the bikes now use a shorter stroke shock, claimed to improve heat management.
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The automatically-adjusting E:I shock technology is still present on selected models
Rear tyre clearance has also been boosted by 10mm and the somewhat wide-hipped stance of the old bikes has been significantly slimmed down for better heel clearance. While many companies are going to ‘boosted’ 148x12mm rear ends, the French manufacturer is still using the same 142x12mm rear axle across the board.
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