With road-going designs stretching back to the radical 001 and Vis Vires – featured in Cyclist way back in issue 26 – Factor is a brand with strong racing roots, but it was still one of the first names in gravel, releasing the Vista back in 2018.
While that could have been dismissed as an ‘all-road’ bike – sitting somewhere between endurance and gravel – Factor’s follow-up, the LS, was unequivocally for riding off-road, albeit with a design that could tackle tarmac with a proficiency befitting Factor’s heritage.
The LS was all about being lightweight, having been clearly influenced by Factor’s O2 VAM road bike. Factor’s newest gravel
