Lapierre has overhauled its E-Enduro race machine with 1.5x the battery capability of its predecessor. Packing an exterior 725 Wh battery, the Overvolt GLP III is now powered by the Bosch Efficiency Line CX Race motor, benefiting from the aggressive edge that comes with the system’s prolonged enhance characteristic.
The engine room shouldn’t be the one facet of the GLP III that’s new. It does retain its mullet configuration, however geometry is tweaked to enhance the bike’s climbing capabilities, whereas journey is bumped as much as 173mm within the rear, paired with a 170mm fork.
Lapierre Overvolt GLP III
- Bike: Lapierre Overvolt GLP III
- Fork Journey: 170mm
- Rear Wheel Journey: 173mm
- Wheel Dimension: MX
- Motor: Bosch CX-R
- Battery Capability: 725 Wh
- Sizes: S-XL
- Claimed Weight: 23.4 kg (Workforce Version)
- Beginning Value: € 9,499
The Lapierre Overvolt GLP II received a number of E-EWS races beneath Nicolas Vouilloz. Whereas clearly fairly succesful, that bike was missing in battery capability in comparison with a few of its rivals, so it’s no shock to see Lapierre rectifying that with the GLP III.
Not ones to bow right down to trend, Lapierre is sticking with the choice battery placement that provides the GLP its immediately recognizable, but polarizing aesthetic. An built-in battery resolution might look higher however Lapierre’s engineers don’t essentially consider it makes a motorcycle that rides higher.
Body Building & Structure
Weight distribution is a key design consideration on any bike, however particularly on an eBike that has a 750 Wh battery loaded atop its motor, weighing 3.8 kg. A lot of the redesign centered on how greatest to handle the extra 1.3 kg. Lapierre endeavored to maintain the battery and motor low on the body. They’ve completed that by tilting the whole thing up a bit on the entrance, decreasing the rear finish of the battery, and lowering the area between the battery and motor.
It’s not so troublesome to think about the dealing with advantages that might come up from such central placement of weight, compared to eBikes the place the battery runs nearly the complete size of the downtube.
That stated, you may neglect getting a water bottle inside that entrance triangle. The UD carbon body comes underneath Lapierre’s SLI (Tremendous Mild Innovation) title. Briefly, the body contains a mixture of intermediate- and really high-modulus Toray carbon fibers, with a larger proportion of those fibers, as in comparison with a few of Lapierre’s different carbon frames.
This explicit SLI body additionally makes use of a brand new polypropylene mandrel that enables for improved positioning of the fibres on the mandrel, with fewer creases. We’re informed that outcomes higher compression of the carbon fiber when molding, leading to a lighter body with much less resin between every carbon layer. The bike has an improved weight:stiffness, due to this fact.
The GLP III is endowed with a 230mm x 65mm trunnion mount shock, damping 173mm of rear wheel journey. Lapierre says the shock is packaged in such a manner that the body can accomodate any shock in the marketplace, air or coil.
Overvolt GLP III Geometry
The Overvolt GLP III is offered in sizes S-XL. Attain on this new mannequin is available in at 435mm, 460mm, 480mm and 505mm, for S-XL, respectively. That vary is meant to cater to riders from 150 cm to >184 cm tall.
In keeping with its elevated suspension journey, the eBike will get a slacker head angle of 64°. The chainstay size is maintained at a comparatively quick 440mm, constant throughout the S-XL vary. Lapierre say this preserves among the bike’s maneuverability in technical terrain.
Enhancing the bike’s technical climbing efficiency was one other purpose within the redesign. In regard to that, the M, L & XL body sizes had been the beneficiaries there, now boasting a extra upright seat tube at an efficient angle of 77° (versus the GLP 2 body’s 76°). For the S, the seat tube angle is a major 3° slacker. Compared to its predecessor, the GLP III has the upper BB, with a drop of simply 10mm.
For M, L & XL, seat tube lengths at the moment are 30-40mm shorter than they had been on the GLP II, enhancing scope to run an extended journey dropper. Nonetheless, the L & XL bikes are fitted with a 170mm dropper seat put up, which remains to be very a lot on the quick finish of the spectrum by fashionable requirements. On this, we’ve got reached out to Lapierre for max seat tube insertion depths (maintain tight), to gauge capability to improve that for one thing longer.
Body Particulars
- Most Rear Tire Dimension: 27.5″ x 2.8″
- Inside cable routing (possibility for thru-headset or not)
- 150° Block Lock Headset
Pricing & Availability
The Lapierre Overvolt GLP3 is offered in three fashions; Workforce, SE and Elite, all in sizes S-XL.
Overvolt GLP3 Elite – 9.499 € // £7,999
Overvolt GLP3 SE – 12.000 € (No Picture)
