Factor in 2025

Nothing beats a good bike ride. At Factor, that feeling is why we do what we do.

Across Factor, among engineers, designers, and the skilled team in our factory, there’s a relentless focus on one goal: making bikes that help riders be faster, push harder, and go further. Every decision, every detail, is shaped by the belief that performance is earned through precision, care, and commitment.

Whether you race at the highest level or chase personal goals on the weekend, the promise remains the same. A Factor should reward effort, respond instantly, and leave you wanting to ride again tomorrow.

As we look back on 2025, that belief carried through everything we did, from race results to new products, and in the way Factor showed up across the sport. As the year comes to an end, we want to thank everyone who chose to ride Factor. Sponsored athletes and customers alike, your choice matters to us, and we take immense pride and responsibility in making sure your Factor delivers an experience like no other.

A year defined by performance

From WorldTour racing to the most demanding gravel events on the calendar, Factor riders were consistently where they matter most: at the front.

Victories and podiums came across disciplines, from the WorldTour to Unbound XL, the Gravel Earth Series, and beyond, reinforcing what drives everything we do. Racing isn’t a marketing exercise for Factor. It’s our proving ground.

Every win, every data point, every rider conversation feeds directly back into how we design and build bikes.

Epic gravel efforts

Factor Bikes proudly supports a strong group of athletes competing at the highest level on a wide range for gravel events across the biggest racing series such as the Gravel Earth Series, UCI Gravel World Series, and the Life Time Grand Prix. The 2025 season has been particularly satisfying with massive results on several fronts. In May at Unbound XL, Rob Britton took what many agree is the biggest win of his career to date. Taking the victory against Lachlan Morton, the 2024 Unbound 200 winner, Rob not only decimated the course record, but had a ton of fun doing it. Though he once called the Unbound 200 “death by 1000 cuts,” Rob clearly found his groove in the mega distance version of the event, and will certainly be back for the challenge in 2026.

For Magnus Bak, his greatest success of winning the Gravel Earth Series came after an astoundingly consistent season where he took victories at Santa Vall, The Rift, and Megre. Taking a strong 2nd place at the season finale, Ranxo Gravel, sealed the overall GES victory for Magnus racing aboard his OSTRO Gravel.

Team Amani riders also placed well in Gravel Earth Series races, notably with Xaverine Nirere taking a stage win and 2nd overall at the Migration Gravel Race while on the men’s side, Jordan Schleck took 3rd place in what is effectively the team’s home race.

Purpose-built additions to the line-up

Since our engineer and design team always have their ear to the rails, looking to develop the type of bikes our riders need, Factor has also been successful launching a variety of bikes across multiple disciplines.

We opened the year with the launch of the RAIDEN track bike. The bike designed for mass start events followed close on the heels of our world record-breaking HANZŌ Track, the RAIDEN is engineered to conquer track events such as sprint, elimination, and Madison, combining pursuit aero efficiency with a powerful performance in group racing dynamics.

The MONZA joined the line-up in April as Factor’s most direct expression of purposeful performance. Designed to deliver the ride quality and precision the brand is known for, MONZA strips things back to what truly matters: efficiency, responsiveness, and confidence on the road.

The result is a bike that invites riders to push harder, ride longer, and enjoy the speed Factor is known for, without unnecessary complexity. MONZA is for committed cyclists who value performance that feels earned, honest, and deeply rewarding: the everyday racer.

From a certain angle, the ALUTO occupies the same space on the gravel front as the MONZA does for road riders. In contrast to the OSTRO Gravel’s purebred fast gravel status, the ALUTO has a much brighter, elastic and responsive ride compared to the stiffness of the OSTRO Gravel. It is more than capable of rubbing shoulders with the top-flight racers, but it also offers a bright, comfortable ride feel that will help riders to be faster over the longer distances.

But inevitably the ONE represents the marquee release of the year. It is the result of the cumulative experience of our design and engineering team, as well as its implementation on the factory floor.

The experience and knowledge of the R&D team combines with the skill of the carbon lay-up experts in Factor’s own factory, making the creation of a frame on the level of the ONE possible.

Road racing, validated

The OSTRO VAM was ridden to multiple successes throughout the year, perhaps most notably helping pilot Derek Gee to a career-best 4th place overall at the Giro d’Italia. It also helped Corbin Strong take impressive overall victories at the Arctic Race of Norway and the Ethias-Tour de Wallonie

The Human Powered Health team also took strong results aboard the OSTRO VAM, especially at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. Ruth Edwards roared back among the top of the climbing hierarchy, being in the hunt for a stage win into Chambéry where she eventually took 3rd. And the team helped protect Barbara Malcotti’s general classification position, where she eventually finished 13th after taking an impressive 8th place at the Giro d’Italia Women.

Perhaps the most headline catching result for Factor came in June when Jake Stewart won a stage at the Dauphiné on a ONE prototype. It was the type of victory that truly offers validation for all the effort the Factor design team puts into developing the fastest possible bikes for a given purpose.

It showed us we are on the right track. It’s the type of result that gives us confidence for the future. Looking back over the past year just makes us even more excited for what is coming for 2026.

Looking forward

2025 was a year of alignment, between racing, engineering, and storytelling. It showed what’s possible when intent is clear and standards remain uncompromising. As the year closes, the direction is unmistakable, the confidence earned across every discipline points forward.

2026 is already taking shape, the work continues, sharper and more focused than ever.