Factory Five

Factory Five

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Shanghai, China  ·  Built by riders, for riders, we design beautiful bicycles to be proud of. We create custom track bikes and recondition Chinese Classics.
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F5 Pista Custom
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F5 Pista Custom / Our frame painter has decades of experience with frame coating. We use the pantone system and can paint any of our frames with virtually any colour. Pricing for finishes starts at only ¥250 (US $35) for a single colour and increases from there to include: Metallic and sparkle finishes, Two-colour fades,Raw, brushed and flame treatments, Custom decals, Matte, satin and clear topcoats, Application of existing decals, Partial or full chroming of tubes
F5 Pista Raw
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F5 Pista Raw / The geometry is well balanced for track and distance. It's comfortable all day with the dampening qualities of steel. It's around 2.2kg for the frame, so not a big impact on the overall build. Naturally, steel is continuously oxidising and with a clear-coat over the flamed or raw finish without primer or paint, veins of rust may appear over time.
F5 Pista Fully Flamed
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F5 Pista Fully Flamed / We absolutely love this lugged frameset. Take lightweight Columbus Zona tubing and build something so classic, yet so quintessentially pista that it is timeless. Fully Flamed (like these builds ) - we take a blowtorch to the lugs and tubes and under the intense heat the natural hues in the metal emerge and develop. It's mesmerizing.
F5 Pista Silver Element
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F5 Pista Silver Element / Silver Element is a metallic silver painted version of the F5Pista. It has a metallic sheen rather than the raw lustre in the other frames but is fully protected and looks classy as hell!
Bike Noodle Soup Musette
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Bike Noodle Soup Musette / The Bike Noodle Musette is a lightweight, multi-carry bag for easy item portage. Originally designed as a pro-rider’s food pouch, they perform beautifully as the cyclist’s tote, featuring a heavy-weave finsih and a long strap. It’s enough to loop like a messenger bag and keep the items close to your body when riding. Plus it features our latest print, the bike noodle soup. In China, bikes and noodles go hand in hand both as post-ride nourishment and as a metaphor for navigating our mega-cities.
F5 Purist Water Bottle
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F5 Purist Water Bottle / Our water bidons are amongst the most popular products at Factory Five. For this latest version we decided to push right to the top. After having our lips around dozens of styles, we at F5HQ are unanimous – Purist are the best. Add to that our F5 Summit design and the result is a 625ml (220z) bottle which has it all.
Factory Five Apparel
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Factory Five Apparel
China Rider Profiles
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China Rider Profiles / The world's fastest growing fixed-gear scene is China. Don't just believe us - look outside - the streets are full of fixed gear and single speed builds all year round. But that's just another superlative stat. The most interesting aspect is the rider...
Factory Five - Our Space
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Factory Five - Our Space / In a converted food-market a 150sqm shell became the Factory Five HQ. An office mezzanine sits above the full service workshop in the main 6 meter tall space. Raw brick encloses what is a secluded location which opens onto a private terrace. The workshop counter corners into a bar, ideal for hanging out with a beer whilst any work is done, or whenever.
F5 China Classic Rebuild
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F550s
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F550s / The F550S represents our never-rest attitude. We’ve been working on this one-off frameset for a while and are excited to present a very limited run of something special. The base is the same geometry as our all-round-powerhouse F550. It is light, sturdy, nimble and awesome.
F550
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F550 / Our aluminium F550 is an all round powerhouse. Lightweight, TIG welded tubing with an aggressive track geometry it is sturdy and fast and versatile. We love it, did we say that? We love the oversize welding crimp, the simplicity of the track triangles and the modernity that it oozes. With 1+1/8th inch tubing, It goes with just about any component and we've built a lot of these in beautiful combinations.
Handlebars
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Handlebars / A fine selection of the best bicycle handlebars on the market.
F5 Custom
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F5 Custom / We can accommodate completely custom framesets. We can design and create a fully custom geometry using any of our tubing sets including the entire Columbus range. If you need something very special and exactly to your choosing then a custom frame allows complete control including: » Flat or smoothweld joints » Custom geometry » Lugged or fillet brazed steel » Headset specification » Custom dropouts » Braze ons and internal gear routing
Factory Five Lattice Chainring
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Factory Five Lattice Chainring / Precision CNC milled from a single piece of 7075 aluminium, the dual-plane cutouts maintain strength whilst reducing the chainring's weight to a mere 78g. We've radially brushed the ring and had them deep anodized to give the industrial feel we strive for at F5... and the result is something we're chuffed to say is made in China.