Lapierre has their first carbon gravel bike with the all-new Crosshill CF. In a world of aero-influenced bike design the place virtually each new bike seems to be like the subsequent, this Lapierre Crosshill CF stands out with its uniquely curved and formed rear finish. Designed to be a performance-focused platform to fit in between their alloy journey gravel bike and carbon endurance all-road bike, the brand new carbon gravel bike has already popped up at UCI Gravel World Championships.
But it surely’s not only a race bike.
Lapierre reinterpreted the open flexing stays of their profitable XC race hardtail to create a carbon gravel bike with additional consolation for these additional lengthy rides and multi-day adventures…
2025 Lapierre Crosshill CF consolation carbon gravel bike
The unconventional seat cluster with seatstays that bend and curve in a number of instructions across the seattube is inconceivable to disregard. I think that the design of the brand new Lapierre Crosshill CF carbon gravel bike may have each lovers and haters. However the Flexstays idea is tough to argue with by way of rider consolation – the important thing characteristic on the coronary heart of this new carbon gravel bike design.
By separating the entrance and rear triangles and giving these prolonged, bowed seatstays loads of locations to flex, gravel highway buzz may be tuned out earlier than it will get to the rider’s again, making it so you may pedal longer over rougher terrain, with out sacrificing ‘sporty’ efficiency. It’s not a brand new idea.
However this new carbon Lapierre Crosshill CF gravel bike seems to be to take it to the subsequent degree – particularly concentrating on endurance and ultra-distance gravel driving & racing.
Gravel race-ready
Designed to work with short-travel gravel suspension forks, the carbon Crosshill CF seems to be a bit extra like an journey bike. However Amber Kraak raced the brand new Lapierre Crosshill to a podium spot on the Dutch Gravel Champs per week in the past, then a strong 18th place at Gravel Worlds this previous weekend. Give it some thought this manner, whereas virtually each different rider was on an aero bike with comparatively skinny tires, Kraak was driving a motorcycle with a suspension fork, high-volume tires, and a dropper seatpost. So it nonetheless appears to ship on the efficiency entrance, too. Take a look at her racing within the mud at Dutch Nationals right here, courtesy of the Royal Dutch Biking Union.
A giant a part of that’s all-new race-ready geometry.
In comparison with the alloy Crosshill, Lapierre highlights that the brand new carbon Crosshill CF options:
- barely slacker head angle to 71-71.5° for improved stability over tough gravel roads
- shorter toptubes & incrementally shorter body Attain for a extra compact match and comfy driving place
- steeper seattube angles (1.5-3.5° relying on measurement) for extra environment friendly pedaling and ahead weight stability
- 5mm shorter chainstays (430mm) for extra responsive dealing with with out compromising max tire measurement
- 4-5mm increased backside bracket for improved cornering clearance and elevated manueverability
- further XXL measurement (6 sizes, from XS-XXL)
How did they get right here?
Till now Lapierre solely supplied the Crosshill as a price range aluminum do-it-all bike – from informal gravel to bikepacking. Since 2016, it was their first official gravel bike, however nonetheless extra of an inexpensive all-rounder with trekking & commuter roots. When you needed one thing lighter and sooner, their solely possibility was the carbon Pulsium Allroad with simply 32mm tires (and a number of other mms to spare) however not even the SAT elastomer they launched on the Pulsiums for added consolation & endurance again in 2017.
However now with gravel racing getting rougher and extra technical, Lapierre took a web page out of their mountain bike growth to create a extra snug carbon gravel race bike that also delivered race-ready efficiency.
What’s new?
Instantly impressed now by their newest ProRace CF carbon XC hardtail, the brand new carbon gravel Crosshill CF options the identical 3D Tubular rear triangle idea. Once more, it’s the identical thought we’ve seen since 2015 on their Xelius & Aircode highway bikes to “dissociate the seatstays from the seat tube to enhance their flexibility over an extended size and disperse vibrations and different shocks by the highest tube as a substitute of on to the seat tube“.
Lapierre says that right here on the brand new carbon gravel bike, the double S-bend seatstay design “offers as much as 12% extra vibration absorption at 40km/h” than a traditional carbon body structure.
Tech particulars
The brand new Lapierre Crosshill CF gravel bike is available in 7 full builds – all sharing the identical UD SL carbon body, though principally with the inflexible carbon fork. However there are 2 adventure-inspired builds, getting 30-40mm journey suspension forks.
- full UD carbon SL body & fork, constructed from commonplace modulus fibers for “larger elasticity and responsiveness”
- light-weight layup optimized for lateral rigidity, responsive experience & elevated vertical flexibility
- built-in absolutely inside cable routing by the headset, however spec’d with 2-piece adjustable cockpits
- 1x or 2x chainring compatibility, with detachable entrance derailleur mount
- full mechanical and digital shift compatibility
- UDH for compatibility with all rear derailleurs, i.e. Transmission-compatible
- 700c x 45mm max tire clearance
- 12mm thru-axles and flat mount disc brakes
- BB86 PressFit backside bracket
- smooth rubber chainstay guard for a quiet experience and body safety
- standard exterior seatpost clamp for 27.2mm spherical seatpost
- 2 standard units of bottle cage mounts inside the principle triangle, plus 2-bolt toptube bag mount
- 2-bolt cage mount on every fork leg
- full protection fender mounts entrance & rear with detachable seatstay bridge bracket
- UCI-approved for gravel and highway racing
- 1000g claimed body weight (measurement M, unpainted) & 404g (uncooked, uncut steerer)
- full builds characteristic gravel-optimized cockpits with semi-integrated routing, alloy stems, and separate riser handlebars with 12° flare to their drops.
- alloy bars (5.0, 6.0 & 6.0S) get 114mm drop & 12mm rise. aero carbon bars (7.0, 8.0 & 8.0 S) get deeper 122mm drop however increased 20mm increased rise for a broader place vary
2024 Lapierre Crosshill – Pricing & choices
Full carbon gravel bike builds begin at 2800€ for the Crosshill CF 5.0 with a Shimano GRX 2×12 drivetrain and house-brand alloy wheels. Or 3200€ for the Crosshill CF 6.0 with the identical GRX drivetrain, however a crankset improve and alloy DT Swiss G1800 wheels. Or for 3700€ you will get a Crosshill CF 6.0 AXS that upgrades to a SRAM Rival Xplr AXS groupset and higher-spec DT GR1600 alloy wheels.
The actual standout within the inexpensive builds is the banana yellow Lapierre Crosshill CF 6.0 S for simply 3500€, constructed with a SRAM Apex Xplr AXS 1x wi-fi digital groupset, a 40mm journey SR Suntour GVX32-S gravel suspension fork with distant lockout, and the DT G1800 wheels. That is possible probably the most inexpensive carbon gravel bikes you will see with a wi-fi groupset and a suspension fork, though which means it’s no featherweight at a claimed 10.3kg full.
Transfer as much as the Crosshill CF 7.0 at 4200€ and also you get GRX Di2 2x and the carbon Lapierre riser handlebar, as soon as once more again to the total carbon fork and the alloy DT GR1600 wheels, at 9.0kg.
The inflexible builds lastly high out with the 6000€ Crosshill CF 8.0, constructed up with SRAM Pressure Xplr AXS, carbon riser handlebar, and carbon DT Swiss GRC1600 wheels, at a claimed 8.7kg.
Then, there’s one closing premium gravel suspension construct. The 7000€ Lapierre Crosshill CF8.0 S will get a lighter & shorter 30mm journey RockShox Rudy Final suspension fork with lockout, a Pressure Xplr AXS groupset, the carbon bar, after which these carbon DT GRC1600 wheels.
Availability
It could have solely simply popped up on the racing scene, however all 7 full bike builds can be found now in 6 inventory body sizes (XS-XXL). Scorching up your native Lapierre vendor bike retailers now.
