Factor LS

[kode54]

Good to know. I'm running 35mm G-One Speeds right now...but looking for wider with more knobbies for some technical gravel in 2021.

[tepextate]

To those of you who have the LS, can you comment on how the fender mounts work? Are you able to mount any standard fender to the mounts?

[alexneumuller]

To those of you who have the LS, can you comment on how the fender mounts work? Are you able to mount any standard fender to the mounts?

I gave up trying to secure them. Front is easy enough. But back wheel needs a bridge stay to hold the fender up. Might need to find another one.

But for now I m taki g the easy option and using other bikes


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[tepextate]

To those of you who have the LS, can you comment on how the fender mounts work? Are you able to mount any standard fender to the mounts?

I gave up trying to secure them. Front is easy enough. But back wheel needs a bridge stay to hold the fender up. Might need to find another one.

But for now I m taki g the easy option and using other bikes


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Thanks! Does the frame not come with a bridge stay (like the picture below)?

[gwerziou]

I chatted with Factor last night via their website about a possible new LS build. Here's what they had to say:

"We recently started to speak to Campagnolo about the Ekar group and will have our first delivery at the end of February... I'm actually looking foward to using this group myself".

[vinuneuro]

Outstanding review, very well written. Given the tire sizes you're running I assume you also looked at the Vista. What was your evaluation of it vs. the LS? I've been using 35c on my gen1 Diverge over the last 5 years and still can't see myself utilizing the clearance that modern gravel bikes afford. The Vista almost seems perfect for my riding (and yours?), but it's frameset is priced incomprehensibly higher than the LS.

A quick review of my Factor, after having built it up and ridden it for a couple of months (mostly on the road) now:

While I bought the frame with certain expectations based on Factor's reputation as well as the race-oriented focus of the bike, the fact that it was so new meant that there were literally no reviews of the bike on the market. I have to admit, I was a little concerned about how this bike would ride.

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[gwerziou]

I also looked carefully at the Vista, but the price! I'm guessing the price difference is based on the special fork assembly?

[guadzilla]

Outstanding review, very well written. Given the tire sizes you're running I assume you also looked at the Vista. What was your evaluation of it vs. the LS? I've been using 35c on my gen1 Diverge over the last 5 years and still can't see myself utilizing the clearance that modern gravel bikes afford. The Vista almost seems perfect for my riding (and yours?), but it's frameset is priced incomprehensibly higher than the LS.

I did consider the Vista as well - a friend has it and likes it a lot. But I never got past the price and so didnt really bother. This is my training/travel bike and the LS was at a price point that was better suited for my needs.

And yes, you are right - I dont see myself using it with tires wider than 32mm most of the time (just put on Schwalbe Ones in 28s), but I wanted to have the option to run 40mms in case it was ever needed - twho knows where having a bike with some off-road capabilities might lead me? So even if the price had been the same, I would have gotten the LS.

[teutoned]

Curious as to what BB everyone is using.
Wheels, Token, BBInfinite, CeramicSpeed, Kogel?
I was gonna roll a bbinfinite.

[young]

Curious as to what BB everyone is using.
Wheels, Token, BBInfinite, CeramicSpeed, Kogel?
I was gonna roll a bbinfinite.

bbinfinite one piece steel bearing



just finished my buddies the other day.

[young]

To those of you who have the LS, can you comment on how the fender mounts work? Are you able to mount any standard fender to the mounts?

I gave up trying to secure them. Front is easy enough. But back wheel needs a bridge stay to hold the fender up. Might need to find another one.

But for now I m taki g the easy option and using other bikes


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the 3rd mount is between the chain stays behind bb

[kode54]

Curious as to what BB everyone is using.
Wheels, Token, BBInfinite, CeramicSpeed, Kogel?
I was gonna roll a bbinfinite.

Hambini

[alexneumuller]

To those of you who have the LS, can you comment on how the fender mounts work? Are you able to mount any standard fender to the mounts?

I gave up trying to secure them. Front is easy enough. But back wheel needs a bridge stay to hold the fender up. Might need to find another one.

But for now I m taki g the easy option and using other bikes


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the 3rd mount is between the chain stays behind bb

At the back of the BB and at the tru axle area is super easy. But it needs another one where usually the back rim brake would sit. Maybe 3D Print something


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[young]

At the back of the BB and at the tru axle area is super easy. But it needs another one where usually the back rim brake would sit. Maybe 3D Print something


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you're right. guess p- clamps on seat stays.

[fbonde]

So mine has arrived and just being build up with etap AXS groupset.....but no wheels. Undecided about that.

I have some Enve 3.4 AR that would work potentially. Just need to check what max width tire the bike can take.





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Is that a stock paint? looks very nice