2012 Lapierre Spicy 316 (still shiny)

blazingmonga

Hi all,

I was a lucky bugger this January and managed to get some back pay...which of course went towards buying all manner of shiny things, and a new bike too! After much consideration I decided to get a new Spicy 316 (from welovelapierre.com - who were very helpful) to replace my previous Marin Mount Vision. It's more bike than I will realistically ever need but it was also fantastic value so I couldn't resist.

Of course, I have added a few superfluous upgrades! Anyway, here is some not very dramatic photos and spec:










(sorry, spec is just pasted from Lappy's website as I am on this wee netbook and it's being a bugger)

Frame : SPICY 316 Alloy 7005 SL OST+® 160mm Tapered HT 12x142mm Thru axle
Shock absorber : FOX Float RP2 HV 180/200mm for OST+®
Fork : ROCKSHOX Domain R CL160 White Tapered
Headset : Alloy Semi-Integrated Cartridge Tapered
Bottom Bracket : SHIMANO BB50
Crankset : SHIMANO FC-M545 36x22 + BashGuard 170mm : size 42 • 175mm : size 46/50 Anti déraillement/Chain Guide E13
Stem : FUNN Crossfire 31.8x65mm Black
Seatpost : LAPIERRE XC Comp 31.6x350mm SB Black 2012
Handlesbars : FUNN Fatboy 31.8 15x710mm White
Front derailleur : SHIMANO FDM665E5X
Rear derailleur : SHIMANO Deore Shadow RDM592SGS 9 speeds
Brakes : Frein avant / Front brake Poids / Weight SRAM Elixir 3 White 200mm Frein arrière / Rear brake SRAM Elixir 3 White 180mm
Shifters : Shimano New Deore
Saddle : LAPIERRE by SAN MARCO Black/White
Wheel : Jantes / Rims ALEX FR30 32 holes Black, Moyeu avant / Front hub LAPIERRE DH 20 mm 32 Holes Black, Moyeu arrière / Rear hub SHIMANO Freehub FH-M788 XT 12x142mm Thru Axle K-SMAX75A
Sprocket : SHIMANO Alivio CS-HG30-9 11x34 9 speeds
Tires : CONTINENTAL Rubber Queen 26x2.2 TS
Weight : 14,8

'Upgrades' I have added:
180/200mm Superstar floating rotors (red)
Superstar Nanotech thru pin pedals (red)
X-Fusion Hilo seatpost
2.4 Mountain Kings
Motion Control IS compression damper from TFtuned (converting the Domain R to Domain RC spec)

Overall I am really impressed with it...it climbs better than any previous bikes, including hardtails. I have yet to really descend in anger yet but early impressions are very good. It's had one trip to Glentress but it was icy and so I wasnt willing to really push it. I will try and get some proper photos soon too.

Any other Spicy owners here? I know there must be some!

chez_m356

you tart you thats very nice

Stevo_666

Another Spicy owner here (see linky in sig). Good choice there, don't think you'll be disappointed when you start pointing it down the hill, mine has handled uplift days just fine :-)

blazingmonga

It is pretty tarty indeed. I dont realise how tarty it could get until I got it out the box and saw all those anodized bits. From that moment I knew it would be a slippery slope!

Im very impressed with the frame too. There are a lot of very neat touches. The sag indicator for one is genius!

Love the look of your silver spicy Stevo! Id prefer that to my colouring probably.

Stevo_666

blazingmonga wrote:

It is pretty tarty indeed. I dont realise how tarty it could get until I got it out the box and saw all those anodized bits. From that moment I knew it would be a slippery slope!

Im very impressed with the frame too. There are a lot of very neat touches. The sag indicator for one is genius!

Love the look of your silver spicy Stevo! Id prefer that to my colouring probably.

Yep, it's a good bling bike isn't it, have had a few comments from bike tarts while out on the trails :-) Ditto re: the sag-meter, makes life nice and easy. Now go get it dirty...

PS: must be my crappy photo as mine is a sort of brown/gold/pewtery colour!

ilovedirt

I remember when my pedals used to be that red...

PaulC7

Looking fantastic... treated yourself very well.

getonyourbike

Another Spicy owner here and it's great. Love the thing.

blazingmonga

getonyourbike wrote:

Another Spicy owner here and it's great. Love the thing.

Yours looks lovely! Totally different spec for 2012 I see.

What sort of riding have you done on hours, and how did it cope?

Next for me: red valve caps?!

getonyourbike

yep, but I wish they'd stuck a double or single ring on it.

I've taken it down several Downhill tracks, Downhill races, XC and playing around on some freeride stuff and it's been pretty impressive on everything.

Stevo_666

getonyourbike wrote:

I've taken it down several Downhill tracks, Downhill races, XC and playing around on some freeride stuff and it's been pretty impressive on everything.

Yup, like your sig says, you can pretty much do anything on it pretty damn well. Top bike.

blazingmonga

A gratuitous action shot of me on the spicy:



Recent upgrades include red spacers, red brake adaptors, red valve caps, red Superstar DH stem, red Superstar descent bars, red top cap, red crank bolt.

All that red will make me so fast!

Anonymous

Very nice spicy,
Liking all white bike at the mo

blazingmonga

raceface gt wrote:

Very nice spicy,
Liking all white bike at the mo

Thank you! I like that it sounds like you are almost saying 'nice and spicy', which sounds like food to me.

Here is a quick (crap) photo of my new bars and stem: