{"id":721254,"date":"2026-07-31T16:47:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T16:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/721254\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T16:47:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T16:47:16","slug":"spongebob-squarepants-heads-to-the-tour-de-france-femmes-aboard-factor-one-road-bikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/721254\/","title":{"rendered":"SpongeBob SquarePants heads to the Tour de France Femmes aboard Factor One road bikes"},"content":{"rendered":"

SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star are set to appear at the Tour de France Femmes aboard the Factor One team bikes for Human Powered Health and Ma Petite Entreprise.<\/p>\n

Factor revealed the special editions of its aero bike<\/a> today, with the ONE XXRAY PLUS SpongeBob SquarePants Edition and ONE XXRAY PLUS Patrick Star Edition said to represent \u201cwhere performance meets play\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe custom graphics for the Factor ONE transform the brand\u2019s elite, race-proven chassis into a rolling piece of pop culture. Vibrant SpongeBob-inspired artwork brings energy and personality to the peloton while preserving the control, aerodynamic efficiency, and handling demanded at the highest level of competition,\u201d Factor said in a press release.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"FactorThe Factor ONE XXRAY PLUS SpongeBob SquarePants Edition. Factor<\/p>\n

The starting point for the design was American artist Jason Freeny\u2019s X-ray interpretation of SpongeBob and Patrick Star, which revealed the residents of Bikini Bottom\u2019s anatomy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Factor also says there is a \u201cnatural connection\u201d between the brand and X-rays because it looks \u201cbeneath the surface\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201c[T]he ONE\u2019s performance is also defined by what lies behind its visible form, its aerodynamic architecture, carbon structure and integrated engineering.\u201d<\/p>\n

Factor\u2019s chief brand officer, David Millar, said superbikes don\u2019t need to be monochrome to be fast: \u201cThis project is about bringing joy and personality into elite racing without compromising performance in any way. The ONE XXRAY PLUS SpongeBob SquarePants Edition and the ONE XXRAY PLUS Patrick Star Edition are built to compete at the very highest level. It just happens to do it with a smile.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"FactorThe Factor ONE XXRAY PLUS Patrick Star Edition. Factor
\n\"FactorThe inspiration for the designs started with Jason Freeny’s X-ray interpretation of SpongeBob and Partrick Star. Factor
\n\"FactorHuman Powered Health and Ma Petite Entreprise will race the bikes at the 2026 Tour de France Femmes. Factor<\/p>\n

With Human Powered Health and Ma Petite Entreprise racing the bikes at the fifth Tour de France Femmes, which gets underway on Saturday 1 August, Factor says the project \u201caims to connect with new audiences and celebrate the sport through a fresh, unexpected lens\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Factor is no stranger to the unexpected. Earlier this year, it teamed up with Bugatti<\/a> to release another special edition of the Factor One. And this isn\u2019t the first time SpongeBob has made his way into cycling. In 2025, Supreme and Castelli released SpongeBob cycling kit<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Factor says the ONE XXRAY PLUS SpongeBob SquarePants Edition and Factor ONE XXRAY PLUS Patrick Star Edition are available for sale as a very limited edition.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star are set to appear at the Tour de France Femmes aboard the Factor…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":721255,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-721254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=721254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/721255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=721254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=721254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=721254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}