Lapierre thought?

chilli7471 · Friday at 9:08 PM

Stoods1 said:
Good Afternoon All

I'm a new member here.....

I have just ordered one of these (Lapierre Overvolt AM 6.7)from Paul's and have not found much information on them online, but my search brought me here to this thread.

Do you have any further feedback on ownership now that it's been a few weeks?

I need convincing that I have made a good choice

This is my first eMTB, but I have been riding mountain bikes for 25+ years now, from fully rigid back in the day, to hardtails, full suspension, and now delving into assisted (I am 47 this year, so I'm creaking a little ). Currently own a modified Whyte 429 Hardtail and had a layoff due to injury for a few months, so I'm looking forward to getting back into it this spring/summer season.

Any feedback, good or bad, on this machine would be appreciated.

Many thanks

Dave

If anyone is interested in adding mudguards to this bike, I can highly recommend the SKS Mudrocker front and rear set, they for this bike perfectly!
I've ridden a few miles and no slippage or problems with these!

SteAmtb · Sunday at 10:30 PM

Hi all, I landed on this page after a Google search about the Overvolt 6.7 so thought I should join! This is my first eMTB, bought from Paul’s, and it will complement my Propain Tyee. A week in and it really is an outstanding bike and bizarrely good at jumping!

If anyone is thinking about upgrades, I have put on some Fox 38 Performance Elite forks and a Fox X2 shock (very cheap in a sale!), both of which work really well with the bike, the shock especially makes a huge difference both in terms of comfort and dynamics. I’ve also swapped the brake levers for M6100’s, which was a two minute job and again makes a huge difference. Absolutely brilliant bike, I hope you are all enjoying yours as much as I am

Edit to add, if anyone else is thinking of the shock change, I had to factor in an extra £29 to have the correct bushes added to the new shock.

Stoods1 · Sunday at 11:10 PM

@SteAmtb - It's good to see others have positive experiences with this bike.

I took mine out for its first ride yesterday morning and ended up going far too far on it, bearing in mind I have been off with an injury since the tail end of last summer

.....

Ended up doing one of my "medium" length routes usually done on my hardtail, around 25 miles in about 2.5 hrs. Had about 40% battery left, and the app says I did 45% of the peddling

, which is about right, I think, from how I felt at the end.

Realisitly, if I had been on the hardtail under my own power all the way, 10-15 miles would have been the absolute maximum for first time out in a while, so the distance on the eBike seems logical. Obviously, with the assistance, you feel invincible initially. Even though I was strict about using the Eco modes to begin with, as the fatigue set in and the miles clocked up, I added more assistance.

Either way, it was great fun

. The bike still feels a little alien and a bit of a lump, but it does feel super stable and planted. It was more the fact that my riding skill and balance have probably suffered over the winter rather than anything the bike was doing negatively.

I am looking forward to putting more miles on this week.

PS: No upgrades yet. But I am converting to tubeless tomorrow evening.

SteAmtb · Monday at 7:59 AM

Stoods1 said:
@SteAmtb - It's good to see others have positive experiences with this bike.

I took mine out for its first ride yesterday morning and ended up going far too far on it, bearing in mind I have been off with an injury since the tail end of last summer .....

Ended up doing one of my "medium" length routes usually done on my hardtail, around 25 miles in about 2.5 hrs. Had about 40% battery left, and the app says I did 45% of the peddling , which is about right, I think, from how I felt at the end.

Realisitly, if I had been on the hardtail under my own power all the way, 10-15 miles would have been the absolute maximum for first time out in a while, so the distance on the eBike seems logical. Obviously, with the assistance, you feel invincible initially. Even though I was strict about using the Eco modes to begin with, as the fatigue set in and the miles clocked up, I added more assistance.

Either way, it was great fun . The bike still feels a little alien and a bit of a lump, but it does feel super stable and planted. It was more the fact that my riding skill and balance have probably suffered over the winter rather than anything the bike was doing negatively.

I am looking forward to putting more miles on this week.

PS: No upgrades yet. But I am converting to tubeless tomorrow evening.

On the note of tubeless, I’ve set up countless tyres and I don’t remember having a new tyre and rim I couldn’t get to seal. The front was almost that tyre, I only just managed it with an air blaster pump whilst furiously pumping and swearing.

It might be that I always use narrower tape, I did order some 40mm WTB when I was struggling, or it might have been a slight difference in the tyre, who knows! The rear was a two minute job

Stoods1 · Monday at 8:04 AM

SteAmtb said:
On the note of tubeless, I’ve set up countless tyres and I don’t remember having a new tyre and rim I couldn’t get to seal. The front was almost that tyre, I only just managed it with an air blaster pump whilst furiously pumping and swearing

Yeah, I am somewhat lucky to have a compressor. I always take the inner of the valve out, use a blow gun to seat the bead, and then use a bottle and tube to stick in the sealent. It's slightly slower than "pouring" it in before you try and seat things, but it's not as messy if things don't go as planned

. Track pump it up to pressure

Obviously, I have never had an issue with a compressor due to the large volume of air they can move in one hit.

SteAmtb · Monday at 8:23 AM

Stoods1 said:
Yeah, I am somewhat lucky to have a compressor. I always take the inner of the valve out, use a blow gun to seat the bead, and then use a bottle and tube to stick in the sealent. It's slightly slower than "pouring" it in before you try and seat things, but it's not as messy if things don't go as planned . Track pump it up to pressure

Obviously, I have never had an issue with a compressor due to the large volume of air they can move in one hit.

Ahhhh hopefully it should be really straightforward then! And big yes to putting it in via the valve

Andy.M · Monday at 11:28 AM

I had trouble with the front too!
Had no trouble seating it with my airshot canister, just couldn't stop air leaking around the spokes. The rim tape I had was a tad wide so after 3 attempts took it all off and went to the LBS. Admittedly it did lose pressure again overnight but the next ride it did indeed seal properly.
The rear was a different ball game. I didn't even use rim tape, just left the giant rubber band on and it worked first time!

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