IN BRIEF
Mondraker is renewing its Dusty, launched in 2023, which Bikerumor describes as the Spanish brand’s first non-mountain bike. The change is mechanical above all: the previous generation was driven by a Mahle X20 motor in the rear hub, this one moves to a TQ HPR60 mid-drive, credited with 60Nm of torque, 350W of peak power and 200% assistance. The frame has been redrawn in Stealth Air carbon, quoted at 1,710g in size M/L, with tyre clearance of 700x50c and an integrated 580 or 360Wh battery depending on the build. Four complete versions are announced between €5,499 and €8,999.
| Price | from €5,499 (Dusty S 360) to €8,999 (Dusty RR) |
| Motor | TQ HPR60, 60Nm, 350W peak, 200% assistance |
| Battery | 580Wh or 360Wh integrated, 160Wh range extender optional |
| Frame | Stealth Air carbon, 1,710g in M/L (fork 490g) |
| Frameset | 2,200g frame + fork in M/L |
| Tyre clearance | 700x50c |
| Sizes | S, M, M/L, L, XL |
Some range updates can be read off the paint chart, and others are played out between the rider’s legs. The new Dusty belongs to the second category. Mondraker, a Spanish brand better known for its mountain bikes than for its drop-bar machines, opened the door in 2023 with the first Dusty — “the brand’s first non-mountain bike”, as Bikerumor puts it. Three years on, the second generation keeps the name and changes its mechanics.
The Mondraker Dusty leaves the hub for the bottom bracket
This is the heart of the announcement. “Whereas the original Dusty used a hub motor, Mondraker has moved the new Dusty to the lightweight TQ-HPR60 mid-drive system”, writes Bikerumor. The difference is mechanical: a motor housed in the rear wheel adds its mass at the back of the bike, where a mid-drive places it at the bottom bracket, low down and centred in the frame.
The HPR60 is the big brother of the HPR50 that TQ made popular on discreet-assistance bikes. The claimed figures: 60Nm of torque, 350W of peak power, 200% assistance. Bikerumor describes a motor that is “remarkably compact and very quiet”, built on the Harmonic Pin Ring architecture specific to TQ. road.cc, which covered the same announcement, quotes the same torque figure and the same power.
The energy comes from an integrated 580Wh battery on most of the builds. The “S” versions offer a choice between that 580Wh unit and a lighter 360Wh one. In both cases, a 160Wh range extender fits in the bottle cage, on a Fidlock mount.
A 1,710-gram carbon frame, designed around 50mm
The frame is new as well. Mondraker quotes a Stealth Air carbon frame and fork package at 2,200g in size M/L, of which 1,710g for the frame alone and 490g for the fork. The brand claims the frameset “offers the perfect blend of strength, stiffness and compliance” and that it meets the same ISO test standards as its mountain bike frames.
Tyre clearance rises to 700x50c, a width that has become common on recent gravel bikes. road.cc and BikeBiz note a design detail that says a lot about the intended use: the carbon fork has the same axle-to-crown height as a 40mm suspension fork once it is compressed into its travel — in other words, the geometry does not collapse if the owner decides one day to fit one. In size M, road.cc notes a reach of 384mm, a head angle of 70 degrees and 433mm chainstays.
Four builds, from €5,499 to €8,999
The range breaks down as follows, according to the prices published by Bikerumor: Dusty RR at €8,999, Dusty R at €6,999, Dusty S 580 at €5,999 and Dusty S 360 at €5,499. Both S versions come in either drop-bar or flat-bar form. BikeBiz specifies that the range is offered in five sizes — S, M, M/L, L and XL — with drop or flat bars depending on the build, and sums up the range’s equipment: SRAM AXS or Shimano GRX and SLX drivetrains, Mavic or Zipp wheels, 1×12 single-ring with a 42-tooth chainring and 700x50c tyres. Bikerumor specifies that the top-of-the-range RR gets a SRAM Force HRD groupset and adds that “prices may vary by region”. The bikes are announced as available now by Bikerumor; BikeBiz puts the on-sale date at 30 July 2026.
Mondraker claims a broader use than gravel alone. The press release quoted by Bikerumor speaks of “a second-generation platform that entirely transcends the gravel category and moves into something broader, which we simply call ‘all-round’”. Translated from marketing speak: the brand is aiming as much at weekend trails as at daily commutes, and it has built the frame so that both fit on the same machine.
