If 2025 will be known for anything in the bike industry, it ought to be the proliferation of mad-looking aero bikes.
Colnago’s Y1Rs, Cervelo’s S5 and Ridley’s Noah Fast 3 are all examples, but none broke the internet as much as when the Factor prototype showed up at the Dauphine.
The headline figures from Factor, according to its own tests, are that the new ONE is 8% faster than the OSTRO VAM 2.0, 15% faster than the 2024 Cervélo S5, and 22% faster than the Tarmac SL8.
Crazy design
The standout feature is a crazy wide fork that offers gravel-size tyre clearances – albeit the official clearance for the bike is…
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