Issue is bringing some cartoon colour to the Tour de France Femmes, with two customized Issue ONE aero bikes dressed up in SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star customized graphics – they usually look wonderful.
Battlefield Bikini Backside SpongeBob or Patrick Star
Human Powered Well being will race the SpongeBob model, whereas Ma Petite Entreprise will get the Patrick Star bike. Each are constructed on Issue’s ONE aero platform, which provides the art work loads of actual property throughout the deep fork legs, broad tube shapes, and aero body sections.
The bikes use art work from Jason Freeny’s XXRAY sequence. The design provides acquainted characters a split-view, part-cartoon, part-anatomical look.
On the Human Powered Well being bike, which means loads of SpongeBob yellow and blue, with character graphics labored into the body and fork. The Ma Petite Entreprise bike will get the Patrick therapy, with pink and purple tones and matching particulars throughout the identical Issue ONE chassis.
Nonetheless A Correct Race Machine
Below the paint, these are nonetheless correct race bikes. Each groups are SRAM-sponsored, so the bikes will run SRAM Purple AXS drivetrains, together with Black Inc 62 wheels from Issue’s in-house part model.
Not The First Time
It isn’t the primary time Issue has gone large on restricted paint and artist collaborations. The model has achieved high-profile initiatives earlier than, together with the $25,000 UCI unlawful Bugatti Issue ONE. Plus earlier this season Human Powered Well being and Trendy Journey Professional Biking raced Issue Monzas with graphics from Belgian artist Vexx at Paris-Roubaix.
This one is completely different, principally as a result of it places world famend characters SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star into the center of a prestigious WorldTour-level race. The Tour de France Femmes already brings loads of particular bikes and sponsor tie-ins, however this ought to be one of many best to identify within the bunch.
Particular paint on the Tour is nothing new, however Issue went a bit of additional than the same old colour fade or team-edition decal bundle right here and I’m completely right here for it. These are full-character builds on one in all its quickest race bikes, and like it or hate it, no person goes to overlook them – particularly the kiddos watching.
The Issue ONE XXRAY PLUS SpongeBob SquarePants Version and Issue ONE XXRAY PLUS Patrick Star Version can be found on the market in very restricted editions if you go to factorbikes.com or an official Issue supplier.
