BMC TeamMachine
BMC TeamMachine
BMC added two members to the TeamMachine family in 2015: the SLR03 and, just last month, the aluminium ALR01.
The SLR03 frame is a more affordable sibling to the mid-level SLR02 and the pro-level SLR01, while the ALR01 (as you may have guessed) is BMC’s high-end alloy bike. With a 1,295g frame and a full carbon fork, there are four spec options on the ALR01, all from Shimano: Ultegra, 105, Tiagra and Sora with pricing starting at £899 and going all the way up to £1,599.
For next year, the changes to the SLR range are cosmetic and spec-focussed rather than full scale overhauls. The SLR01 gets a ‘super red’ colour option – the first fully painted version of that model BMC have done, as previously they’ve elected to keep the majority of the bike raw carbon. The 790g SLR01 frame will be available as four complete builds and a frameset, and those are Shimano Dura-Ace Di2, Shimano Ultegra Di2, and their mechanical equivalents. The final small change to the SLR01 is that the cockpit dimensions have been slightly adjusted after feedback from BMC dealers who also provide bike fitting services.
Below that, the SLR02 has been given two new full-paint colourways, and a compact chainset paired to a wide-ranging 11-32t cassette on the 105-equipped model aimed, BMC say, to anyone hoping to ‘climb walls’. The SLR02 may be BMC’s second tier frame but it still only weighs a claimed 950g, which is impressive, and that frame is dual electronic and mechanical compatible just like the SLR01. As a complete bike, the SLR02 has three build options – Ultegra Di2, Ultegra and 105 – in five different sizes: 48, 51, 54, 57 and 60cm.
At the bottom of the carbon side of the TeamMachine range, the SLR03 sees almost no change. Available in Ultegra, 105, Tiagra and Sora builds, BMC have also added a 47cm size option.
The one notable absence in the TeamMachine range is a disc brake model, but with the UCI allowing disc bikes in top-level road racing as a test later this year, don’t be surprised if one appears in a few months.
Now on to BMC’s endurance bike, the GranFondo.