OSTRO VAM at the Tour

If there is one overarching impression one gets of France when watching the Tour, it’s the huge variety of roads and terrain that the riders must face every single day. Tour de France riders tackle at high speed everything from narrow, technical passages through picturesque little towns to sweeping fast descents through forests.

This is the optimum use case scenario for which the Factor OSTRO VAM was created. Named the fastest road bike in the world in third-party independent testing, the OSTRO VAM is a high performance bike that feels at home on the flats, over cobbles, and in the mountains.

The first iteration of the OSTRO was initially created to fill the gap between exclusively aerodynamic and hyper lightweight climbing bikes. Our engineers saw the need for something that could be super slippery in the wind, but still light and nimble enough to scale alpine climbs with relative ease.

The resulting bike became a huge asset for our sponsored teams like Israel – Premier Tech, proving light enough to help elite climbers like Mike Woods win at the top of legendary climbs like the Puy de Dôme at the 2023 Tour de France.

Improving the already almost perfect

But our engineers realised improvements could be made, weight could be reduced, aerodynamics enhanced, and rigidity increased without losing the sharp handling. With the release of the second generation OSTRO VAM, what already felt like the fastest bike in the peloton got faster, lighter, more nimble. That’s because not only does the frame weigh nearly 300 grams less than the first generation OSTRO, but the slimmed-down frame design saves 7 watts compared to the original OSTRO.

Though the improvements enhanced what was already a magical ride, there is no sorcery involved. Rather our engineers and designers have harnessed the unparalleled expertise of the carbon layup crew at Factor’s own factories to create the frames that use the most advanced materials available, including TeXtreme, Toray, and Nippon Graphite Pitch-Based Fiber. But it’s not just using these aerospace grade materials; it’s knowing how and where to use them.

No compromises

Each OSTRO VAM has been designed to offer the highest level of performance for the most elite riders in the world. That means no compromises have been made in terms of delivering the sharpest handling and responsive acceleration. The OSTRO VAM offers aggressive and fun handling mirrored by the pro-oriented geometry, which combine to deliver the Factor ride feeling we prioritise in all our bikes. This is a bike designed to withstand the toughest racing conditions with riders putting out mega watts. In other words, it’s a pure racing machine dedicated to performance at the highest levels.

Currently being raced in the elegant Watercolour graphic at the Tour de France, the OSTRO VAM is the perfect choice equally for sprint stages as for mountain top finishes. The riders from IPT have been infiltrating breaks and mixing in with the fast men on sprint stages.

The elegance of the frame contrasts with and amplifies the almost superhuman level of suffering every rider at the Tour must experience if they want to finish this hardest race in the world. This passion and pain are fundamental to our love of professional cycling, just as our commitment to quality and high performance is what defines Factor Bikes.

Factor OSTRO VAM

The OSTRO VAM offers the perfect option for the sprinter who wants an aero bike without a weight penalty. For the climber, it is a super-light bike with aerodynamic advantages. The OSTRO VAM does it all in one bike.

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