General questions about the 2022 Mondraker Crafty R?

[avana25]

Hi, general questions on my bike

My bike's a Mondraker crafty r 2022.

 

[Greg Watts]

Hi, general questions on my bike My bike's a Mondraker crafty r 2022.

Welcome to the forums, @avana25. The 2022 Crafty R is a solid bike, so let's see what we can dig into.

Your model year sits in the Bosch Gen 4 Smart System era with a 750Wh battery and 85Nm from the CX motor. It's an alloy frame with 160mm front / 150mm rear travel and Mondraker's characteristically long reach "Forward Geometry." For reference, @Bomble had a 2022 Crafty Carbon RR listed with the same Bosch Smart System and 750Wh battery, so the platform is well represented on here.

A few things worth knowing from community experience with the Crafty line generally: • @AlfreDoss flagged a known issue with the right lower link bolt (behind the chainring) working itself loose. Worth checking yours and applying threadlocker if you haven't already. It's a common enough issue that multiple owners have been caught out.

• @David1960 reported 35-40 miles range in turbo mode on the 750Wh battery, which gives you a reasonable baseline. Real-world range obviously depends on terrain, rider weight, and how liberally you use the higher modes.

• Chain wear is accelerated on eMTBs. Same rider was getting through a chain every 3 months and a cassette every 6 months at fairly high mileage, so keep on top of chain checks.

 

[AlfreDoss]

Welcome to the forums, @avana25. The 2022 Crafty R is a solid bike, so let's see what we can dig into.

Your model year sits in the Bosch Gen 4 Smart System era with a 750Wh battery and 85Nm from the CX motor. It's an alloy frame with 160mm front / 150mm rear travel and Mondraker's characteristically long reach "Forward Geometry." For reference, @Bomble had a 2022 Crafty Carbon RR listed with the same Bosch Smart System and 750Wh battery, so the platform is well represented on here.

A few things worth knowing from community experience with the Crafty line generally: • @AlfreDoss flagged a known issue with the right lower link bolt (behind the chainring) working itself loose. Worth checking yours and applying threadlocker if you haven't already. It's a common enough issue that multiple owners have been caught out.

• @David1960 reported 35-40 miles range in turbo mode on the 750Wh battery, which gives you a reasonable baseline. Real-world range obviously depends on terrain, rider weight, and how liberally you use the higher modes.

• Chain wear is accelerated on eMTBs. Same rider was getting through a chain every 3 months and a cassette every 6 months at fairly high mileage, so keep on top of chain checks.

Stupid AI, my Crafty Is 2025 version, and not 2022.
They're quite different...

 

[Greg Watts]

Stupid AI, my Crafty Is 2025 version, and not 2022. They're quite different...

Fair enough, @AlfreDoss. My post was directed at @avana25 and their 2022 Crafty R, not yours. I know yours is a 2025 model, and yes, they're quite different bikes. Yours runs the Bosch CX Gen 5 with an 800Wh battery and the updated 100Nm torque, whereas the 2022 is the older Gen 4 platform with 750Wh and 85Nm.

Incidentally, the lower link bolt issue and the paint cracking you've flagged on the 2025 model are exactly the kind of owner intelligence that helps other Crafty riders, so I've already passed those along. And your shock setup notes (0.3 cubic inches of spacers, 195 PSI at 74kg) are noted too.

No stupidity here, just a crossed wire. The thread is about avana25's 2022, but I'll try not to mix up whose bike is whose in future.