First Look: New Enduro Bike From Craftworks

Introducing the Craftworks ENR: the world’s first available AM/Enduro bike with a substantial rearward axle trajectory with optimised dynamic stable pedalling platform.  The ENR will run alongside the current 4th generation Craftworks FRX as a more technical, race focused offering. 

The release of the Craftworks ENR also marks the beginning of a new collaboration with another home town company from Adelaide, South Australia: i-track suspension. The new Craftworks ENR features the patented i-track suspension system to deliver kinematic characteristics that have not been commercially available until now.

* Flow was lucky to review an early prototype of this bike, the i-Track Suspension P3. Read our review here. 

i-track started with the objective to find a mountain bike suspension layout combining the square edge release of a rearward axle path with the ideal anti squat properties for exceptional pedaling characteristics. The patented solution was realized by means of a dynamically positioned  pulley wheel that varies the anti-squat properties throughout the suspension travel.  This favors the current direction of drive train technology going to 1×11 systems.  

The i-track anti-squat properties increases throughout the pedalling zone in the travel, providing a dynamically stable pedalling platform, yet drops off towards the end of the travel to allow for big hit compliance, while achieving a substantially rearward wheel path throughout the travel. 

The leverage ratio curve is progressive/linear/digressive to perfectly complement to digressive/linear/progressive characteristic of common air shocks. This results in small bump sensitivity early in travel, and a predictable feel throughout travel. 

Specifics: 

6061 T6 frame

Custom MRP Chain device

Compatible with 32T, 34T, 36T chain-rings.

27.5” wheel size with ample clearance for up to 3” tyres. 

160mm rear wheel travel (vertical) – 43mm rearward travel. 

Non-BOOST 142×12 axle standard. 

Syntace X-12 Axle System

Threaded Bottom Bracket

Enduro Max Sealed Bearings on suspension pivots. 

Internal Cable Routing

Available in Medium and Large sizes

2 year manufacturer’s warranty.

Shipping date : April 2016

Geometry 

Pricing and availability will be released shortly.

See craftworkscycles.com for more details.