Check out Chris Froome’s 2024 Factor O2 VAM
Four-time Tour de France winner will be racing on Factor’s lightweight road bike in a special-edition finish... with disc brakes, of courseBritain’s Chris Froome will race for Israel–Premier Tech next year on a Factor O2 VAM in a special-edition finish that includes the Union Flag alongside Kenyan-influenced patterns, including a motif of a rhinoceros, an animal that has featured on several of his bike frames over the years.
Whatever racing he does in 2024, Froome will be aboard a disc brake bike, of course, like every other rider in the pro peloton. He has had well-documented issues with disc brakes over the years, complaining of warped and rubbing rotors and, as recently as February this year, insinuating that his Factor launched the latest version of the O2 VAM back in July, calling it “the world’s fastest climbing bike”. That’s a lofty claim; how does Factor justify it? The brand says that it has managed to combine an ultra-light weight with aerodynamic efficiency.Factor claims that the O2 VAM’s frame weighs just 730g. It says that 6.2kg complete bikes are perfectly feasible and that it’s possible to hit the UCI’s 6.
Factor has kept the frontal area low, sticking with 1-1/4in bearings in the head tube, for instance, and making the seatstays just 10mm wide, which is as narrow as UCI rules allow. “A collaboration between illustrator Karl Kopinski and Factor’s Creative Director Jay Gundzik, the special edition O2 VAM’s unique colourway is a celebration of the partnership between Factor and the prolific Grand Tour winner,” said Factor. “Featuring a colour palette inspired by the landscape of Kenya and featuring Froome’s ‘spirit animal’, the rhinoceros, all graphics are integrated closely into the carbon frame to ensure the bike remains fast, light and aerodynamic.
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