Lapierre Bikes to Offer Road Disc with new Sensium 500

Written by Zach Overholt Jul 30, 2014 11:44 a.m. ET

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In addition to the new Pulsium and Aircode we covered at Sea Otter, it looks like Lapierre will have one other trick up their sleeve for 2015 road. In the coming year Lapierre will expand into road discs with at least one model – the Sensium 500. Starting where the previous Sensium left off, the is designed as their comfort performance model, perfect for gran fondos or long days in the saddle. The Sensium uses a full carbon frame and fork that is designed around 25mm tires.

Details are limited, but the new bike will be outfitted with Shimano Ultegra Di2 and will run the BR785 hydraulic brakes with 160mm rotors. Sensium 500s will roll on Shimano WH-RX31 wheels with Michelin Pro4 700×25 tires.

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Randall

9 years ago

From my perspective, the nice thing about road disc is all weather performance and multi-terrain capability. That said, I can’t imagine why they wouldn’t design a bike like this for clearance for a 28-30mm wide tire. Being able to run a narrow CX tire (e.g. a Michelin Jet) would really increase the use of a bike like this!

Velo

9 years ago

Yeah, nice looking bike and graphics… but it should handle 28’s at a minimum.

Ajax

9 years ago

I don’t think they understand. Maybe the US Distributor can tell them, but probably they are just focused on sales and not feedback to the parent company.

What good is designing a comfortable frame supposedly designed for endurance, comfort, and gran fondos when the tires only fit 25mm? A fat harsh aluminum bike fit with 28mm tires will be way more comfortable than a compliant carbon frame that can only fit 25mm.

Secondly. They missed the point with discs. Discs clear up space that impedes tire width. So again, why design the bike so only 25mm tires fit?

And finally, no thru axles?!