Factor LS

£6,999, factorbikes.com Factor is best known for its top-level road race bikes so when it entered the gravel market with the LS, the brand says it chose to step in with the same focus on efficiency and reactive handling. The company claims the LS has a frame weight of 950g and says its experience in carbon frame manufacture - the company owns its own factory in Taiwan - helped it to achieve a low weight while still making the frame robust enough for the rough-and-tumble of gravel riding. The geometry chart supports the bike’s racy premise. Stack and reach figures of 585mm and 391mm respectively (for a size 56) are certainly at the longer and lower end of the gravel bike spectrum. What’s more, the head tube angle and trail figures are only marginally…

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Cyclist Off Road (Digital) - 1 Issue, Autumn 2020

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