NEW ARID CARBON
WE’VE CREATED SOMETHING TRULY AUTHENTIC. OUR WAY.
Get out of the saddle. Pedal as hard as you can. Don’t look back. This thing is fast, we know. Let your instincts kick in and…. Boom! You’ve unlocked all that potential. As easy as. The new Mondraker ARID CARBON is the perfect ride whatever your idea of gravel. We’ve created something that moves, something truly authentic. Our way.
ARID CARBON: THE ULTRA GRAVEL BIKE
Here at Mondraker we thrive on that sensation. We live and work in one of Europe’s most arid regions, surrounded by dry, rocky, loose terrain where grip is often non-existent. Those feelings, that experience, led us to create in perhaps the most appropriate place possible our best gravel bike imaginable: the new Mondraker ARID CARBON.
EXPANDING THE TERRITORY
ARID CARBON is our new gravel bike. A bike that’s here to expand our presence in the segment where the DUSTY e-Gravel bike has already carved its own niche. We’re simply, organically, growing the range, because at Mondraker gravel biking isn’t just the latest thing… it’s become an intrinsic part of our identity.
ARID CARBON, our first non-assist gravel bike, manages to borrow some design cues from its e-Bike cousin while managing to keep itself well out of the other’s shadow. In a segment made up of riders with very different ideas about just what makes a great gravel bike, we specifically designed ARID CARBON to be the mould breaker, the bike to bridge that gap between differing ideologies thanks to its enormous capacity for adaptation. Because when it comes down to it, gravel biking is simply a very personal discipline.
Riders have always adapted their bikes, based on many different factors, to be exactly what they want them to be. So that’s why, when designing the ARID CARBON, we kept in mind just how diverse our field of riders would be and likewise how varied their take on ‘gravel’ would be. We specifically designed ARID CARBON to be able to adapt to just about anyone.
FEEL THE SPEED, FEEL THE COMFORT
All ARID CARBON builds make use of our exclusive, elite level carbon fibre construction process, Stealth Air Carbon. While borrowing design cues from our DUSTY e-Bike, we made sure to endow the ARID CARBON with a noticeably different, livelier character. The general design language, while maintaining the design feature of the seat stay to seat tube junction first seen on the DUSTY, also adopts more minimalist lines as well as thinner tube profiles to improve the ride characteristics of the bike as much as the aesthetics.
The area where the seat stays meet the seat tube is a distinguishing feature of the bike and as well as creating an aggressive look, increases ride comfort and small bump compliance and helps to make the ARID CARBON handle as well as it does.
During the Stealth Air Carbon fabrication process we optimise every tube and every joint to best meet the design criteria, whether to increase stiffness and responsiveness from the bottom bracket or headtube areas, or to improve compliance from the rear triangle for better grip and comfort. The stiffness and responsiveness of the main frame is especially noticeable when you put the power down and lends itself to greater pedalling efficiency and acceleration on hardpack.
Altogether, the compliance of the seat stays combined with the stiffness of the frame equal greater average speed over unforgiving terrain. It’s something you’ll notice from the very first time you turn the cranks.
ARID CARBON also meets the same demanding reliability criteria that all of our mountain bikes have to pass to get their ISO certificates; testament to the extremely high standards that all of our bikes meet before we let them out of the factory.
THE DEVIL’S IN THE DETAIL
We’ve really gone to town on the details. ARID CARBON has HHG internal cable guides to facilitate maintenance and keep the frame lines really clean, especially under the stem, and the UDH derailleur hanger provides the stiffness and precision you need when pedalling hard over rough terrain. 1x drivetrain only, the bottom bracket is threaded for maximum stiffness, and once again, ease of maintenance.
The frame and fork combined provide mounting points for up to six water-bottles, and generous frame and fork dimensions take up to 50mm wide tyres with clearance to spare. The bike also features the all-new Mondraker ‘Carry-On’ system.
CARRY-ON: NEXT GEN HAND LUGGAGE
Riding the ARID CARBON is like writing your own screenplay. Racing, adventure, singletrack or the daily commute, ARID CARBON is going to be there with you whatever the script; and when you need to take something with you you’ve got internal frame storage for the first time ever on a Mondraker. Whether it be basic tools, a bite to eat, documents or clothing, Mondraker’s ‘Carry-On’ system has you covered. Accessible through a watertight, dustproof cover on the downtube, you can carry the essentials safely, securely and quietly.
Three custom-made, internal yet easily accessible, double-lapped zipper bags keep things neat and tidy and mean that you won’t need additional packs or accessories for those shorter trips. One of the bags is specifically designed to carry a spare tube and tyre levers. Another for a mini-pump or CO2 cannisters, and the third for a multitool… or… you can use them for whatever fits your needs better on the day.
KEY POINTS
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Stealth Air Carbon frame
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Stealth Air Carbon fork
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Carry-On frame storage
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Under-stem HHG internal cable guides
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1x drivetrain only
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UDH derailleur hanger
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BB T47 bottom bracket
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Up to 50c tyre clearance
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12 x 142mm rear axle
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Flat Mount brake calliper mounts front and back
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Multiple water bottle mounts
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5 different sizes
