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Andrew Dodd has to be one of the most well-known MTB personalities in the world. Known to most as ‘Doddy’, Andrew’s been working in the MTB press and communication sector for more than 20 years. As chance would have it, he started out working for the world-famous Mountain Biking UK magazine in 2001… the same year Mondraker was born!

If someone mentioned Jakub Ouvín in a conversation you probably wouldn’t know who they were talking about, but if they said “Bib Buba” we’re sure that name would ring a bell. The popular Czech presenter, actor, content creator and video editor has been a part of the Mondraker family for a couple of years now and shreds an F-Play 24 like no other. Jakub knows more than most about overcoming challenges and not letting them get in his way, and as it’s been a while since we last had a chat, we thought it was about time to catch up and find out what he’s been up to and how things are going with his riding, and his F-Play 24.

The CRUSHER is an enduro bike with 29” wheels, 150mm of rear wheel travel complimented by a 160mm fork, Shimano’s EP801 motor and an integrated 720Wh battery. Featuring 2.6” tyres and forks with burly 38mm stanchions on all three builds, the CRUSHER is aimed at aggressive enduro riding and long days in the saddle. Mondraker CRUSHER. STOP AT NOTHING

It’s time to give it everything we’ve got. We want to be popping the champagne, and we want to be doing it from the top step of the podium. From the 8th – 12th August the XC World Championships will be in Glentress Forest, Scotland, and the PRIMAFLOR-MONDRAKER-GENUINS team won’t be holding back because... We’re going for the stripes!

The 2023 DH World Championships are here and the MS MONDRAKER TEAM wanted to get in the mood with a little celebration. It’s been two decades since Markus Stöckl first took charge of the international DH team and everyone here at Mondraker wanted his anniversary to be a bit special, so we created a SUMMUM UNLIMITED commemorative edition just for him to represent the last 20 years of blood, sweat and glory.

A new beginning. A new era of ebikes. Born and bred with all of our character, identity and feeling. A Mondraker by definition, but more manoeuverable, nimble and even faster than ever before. A new cycle with a new leader. Please everyone, stand up and welcome the NEAT. Three years ago, we started a project with a mission. Just one. To create a new generation of ebikes that would redefine the current concept of mountain biking. A new category which would enhance the very best version of yourself as a rider, to make you faster, everywhere. Powerful yet silent. Stable yet agile. A mission we dubbed NEAT and which has led to the first Light e-MTB in our history. With this model we’re opening the doors to a new category with the TQ-HPR50 motor, an integrated removable 360W battery, a full carbon fibre frame and a ready to roll weight of under 18kg. Mission accomplished. Now it’s your turn. Mondraker NEAT. A NEW CYCLE.

Mondraker’s riders and ambassadors are just wired differently, and Richard Gasperotti isn’t the exception. It looks like riding down 6 active volcanoes earlier this year just wasn’t enough to keep him happy for long and now he’s turned his hand to the raddest, and maddest, of circus tricks (together with his CRAFTY CARBON R). The world famous “Wall of Death”, a kind of hall sized wooden barrel which motorbikes ride around the inside of, is what’s caught his attention this time around. Imagine trying to ride an endless wall ride two or more meters off the ground!

Another year, another Val di Sole, Italy, for the 2023 World Cup. It was the fourth round of XCC and XCO, and the third round of the DH season. A weekend that brought new, tougher and even more demanding tracks than in previous years. For the PRIMAFLOR-MONDRAKER-GENUINS and the MS MONDRAKER teams the weekend played out very differently and with very different results.

The Dusty SX is here. Our lightest URBAN CROSS model is going to get you around faster than ever before. What you do with all the time you save is up to you. Work less and enjoy your weekend rides more? Why not! At least from now on you won’t need two bikes when one DUSTY can do it all.

ONDRÊJ CINK MAKING HISTORY FOR MONDRAKER Third round of the XC World Cup and second round of DH in Leogang, Austria, and we already have the first podium of the season. Ondrêj Cink gets his first podium in the XCO race. A third place that also means the first in history for the PRIMAFLOR-MONDRAKER-GENUINS in the men's XC World Cup competition.

The second event of the XC World Cup held last weekend in the Swiss town of Lenzerheide, has left us with Ondrêj Cink with a final tenth place in the XCO and a 19th in the XCC on Friday. Cink was always riding in the leading group, recovering several positions in the last few laps until he reached the final tenth position. Bec Henderson on the other hand, finished Friday's XCC in tenth place, while in the XCO she didn't quite find the pace to finish in 24th position.

The Swiss resort of LENZERHEIDE is hosting this weekend’s 2023 Downhill World Cup opener, and the MS Mondraker team will be there giving it their all on their Summum prototypes. Brook Macdonald, Tuhoto Ariki, David Trummer, Toby Meek and Kilian Schnoeller will be sending it down the 2.5km track, affectionately called ‘The Straightline’, all of them aiming to get the season off to the best start possible. Disappointingly for everyone, Eleonora Farina will be watching from the side-lines with a broken collar bone. This weekend Lenzerheide is opening the first of the 8 races which will make up the 2023 World Cup DH season. Starting in Lenzerheide, the series will then be moving on to Leogang, Val di Sole, Vallnord, Loudenvielle, Les Gets, Snowshoe, with Mont-Sainte-Anne wrapping things up in October.

It goes without saying that here at Mondraker we don’t believe in limits. But, sometimes there just has to be an exception to the rule! When starting a new project, we always have a plan, something specific we want to achieve, and we follow it through with passion, dedication and unlimited creativity. With the new CRAFTY CARBON UNLIMITED ELECTRIC BLUE, we had just one plan, to create 50 incredible, individual, exclusive bikes. So that’s what we’ve done.

The first round of the XC World Cup kicked off last weekend in Nové Město, in the Czech Republic with a wet and slippery track keeping the riders on their toes. The Primaflor-Mondraker-Genuins team didn’t get the start to the season they were looking for with a man down in the form of Ondrêj Cink, who unfortunately spent the whole weekend too unwell to compete. That left Bec Henderson to fight through an eventful race to take home an 8th place in Sunday’s XCO.

In DH everything boils down to a question of numbers. 0.2 seconds late on the brakes and you’re off the racing line. 10mm off the racing line and there’s no grip. 2 clicks more rebound damping and your suspension will start packing down. Keeping those numbers under control may mean the difference between the podium or the pits. If you like winning, or you just want to improve your riding, you’re in luck. Our MIND telemetry system is now available on the SUMMUM CARBON, because the winning numbers are the ones that count.

Some collaborations were only ever a matter of time. That’s the case with the collab between Mondraker and ALBEK, Australia’s most renowned bag brand. Both have very similar styles and philosophies in terms of a passion for quality and design with a focus on performance, resulting in one of the most attractive and functional series of bags and backpacks available this season.

Everyone chooses a different path for their MTB riding experiences. That might be riding a 100mm full suspension XC bike, or an enduro ebike, or perhaps a carbon trail bike like the RAZE CARBON. They’re all different ways of reaching the same goal: The “perfect” MTB experience.

The CRAFTY and CRAFTY CARBON are ebikes designed to turn your rides into something more than just route following on a GPS unit. A CRAFTY equals versatility and capability on whatever technical terrain you come across thanks to its 150mm rear wheel travel and a 160mm fork (170mm on the XR version) on the front.

SULFUR is ONOFF’s most complete range. Comprising of, 8 handlebars in both flat and riser options, from 760mm to 800mm wide; 4 stems that range from 35mm to 100mm in length; 2 seatposts, either straight or setback, in diameters 27.2mm, 30.9mm and 31.6mm and all 400mm long. All constructed from 6061-T6 aluminium, all made with the quality and design you expect from ONOFF.

Mondraker’s name is linked to enduro the same way the 2023 FOXY CARBON range is linked to our commitment and identity with enduro. It’s not easy for one model to sum up the best of a brand, but the history of the FOXY CARBON is one of evolution, flexibility and performance, and has been since the day it was launched in 2015.

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KRYPTON is ONOFF’s range of carbon bars and CNC aluminium stems compatible with all forks currently available on the market, including triple crown forks

Monday sees you commuting to work. On Tuesday it’s dinner with friends. On Wednesday you do the shopping on the way home. On Thursday you pick your youngster up from Karate. On Friday you’re down the gym. On Saturday you go for a 60km ride and on Sunday you go for a spin with the family. The CHASER X range aren’t just bikes, they’re transport.