Chris Froome turns 5 on May 38, but claims he "feels 5 years younger again" after his back pain has healed after changing the position of his bike. Having won the Tour de France 4 times, he adopted the technology after initial doubts and inconsistencies in the components of the race bike.

When Froome finished the 2023 season in the Japan Cup and visited a factor factory in Taiwan, he talked about not only the difficulties of the 2023 season, but also the motivation for 2024. He once again shrugged off criticism from team owner Sylvan Adams and his doubts, revealing that he will race in 2024. He was presented with a specially drawn factor O2Vam, which reminded him of his childhood in Africa and his love for wildlife.

During the 2023 season, Froome has only been racing for 37 days. He was struggling in the race and was not selected for the Tour de France. He has only been on a recent tour of Hainan since late May 7, but refuses to throw a towel in response to his critics with a smile and desire to race on the Tour de France team at Israel Premiatech.

"I don't want to set limits on what can be achieved. I just want to make the most of myself. I want to look back when I retire and be able to say that I gave it all, I have no regrets," Froome told sister site Cycling Weekly and other media in Taiwan.

"I'm good at it, whether that means winning a bike race again and putting my arms in the air or just helping my teammates. I think a lot of people don't really understand- you won the biggest grand tour of all by cycling, how can you just be happy to be a team player' and I really love racing.I don't think I like it, but I like it. I love racing, I love being in a team environment and I love racing, whether it's winning or not,

"I want to know where I can go as a bike rider and get ready to be before the Tour de France so that I can start next year." I think I can only put myself in the best position to be chosen for the tour.

Froome's successful grand tour was shortened in 2019 when he crashed during a warm-up for a time trial at the Critérium du Dauphiné. He suffered life-threatening injuries and multiple fractures. He also needed months of rehabilitation to return to the Peloton. He was a shadow of his former self, but refused to quit despite a long series of setbacks.

The latest was a back pain that hurt his form in 2023. A detailed bike fit proved to be the solution.

"I had an appointment with a bike setup expert, to go and really check and see all angles. Basically, you approach the position you previously sat in when you were winning the race and try to copy it. We found that these 2 setups actually have a really big difference," Froome revealed, referring to his position when he was racing at Pinarello for the best years of his career.

"We've made some big, big changes in terms of my position and I'm feeling much better now. And interestingly, the back pain just disappeared, so I think it was very down to the way I was sitting on the bike.

"Even though I got a little sick on a tour of Hainan after the trip, I came out feeling super." I really feel five years younger again. I went into a break, felt energetic and felt completely rejuvenated.

"It gave me a bit of new motivation to guess in terms of thinking about next season and how to approach next year. I have no expectations for myself, but at the same time, I really want to go back to the pointy end of the race again, so it really gives me that little hope now

Being an investor in the Factor gives Froome a bike that gets directly involved with the brand and he races at Israel Premiattech. His relationship meant he was able to track down the design of the new handlebar earlier this year, and he is no longer a doubt of the disc brakes.

In 2021 he said, "I don't think the technology is still where it is needed," and experienced the problem of slow change of the disc brake wheel during the attack in Tour de Rwanda this year.

"When I first started riding with disc brakes, the industry was still completely new to disc brakes," he explained from Taiwan.

"There are no factor flaws, but I think some of the components we used on our bikes were not necessarily 100% compatible. When I joined the team, the combination, the chopping and modification of the equipment was not great for the disc brake scenario. It led to problems in the first year with the team. My first impression of disc brakes on the road was distorted by that experience.

"In the last year and a half running disk brakes, I definitely had much less problems and it has certainly been a much better, much better experience for me. I'm warming up to the disc brake. There are no 2 ways about it, it takes more maintenance, more work. But when it works, it's great."