BMC Switzerland: The new teammachine SLR01 road bicycle

The product managers at BMC Switzerland work with BMC riders Cadel Evans and Tejay van Garderen to define the ideal set of ride characteristics for the new teammachine SLR01 (http://goo.gl/DYm9q) road racing bike.

This rider feedback combined with the revolutionary ACE Technology resulted in a bike that combines lightweight, for the long climbs, with the very best acceleration for aggressive attacks. The ideal race bike.

team machine SL1 nice nice design cadel if if I gave you a blank piece of paper and you had the ability to design your dream bike what would you write down TJ your reputation on The BMC racing team is that of a rider with a a very High technical level you’re known as a as a very what we call a puncher aggressive type of a rider so what in particular are you looking for in in your bikes when you’re riding them so you you will test now the full yellow I want it to be stiff the bike fit is very important having good geometry you know being able to be comfortable on it when you really stand up and and really pull on it that’s when you feel the bike really just like moving forward I wouldn’t call myself a particular ad bike mechanic but I’d like to think that I have a pretty good feel for the equipment and and and I’m I can make informed decisions on on well inform decisions on equipment Choice much much more lively much more lively yeah yeah okay also steering okay come a little bit more on this one but the other ones for precision and yeah yeah action okay okay good it was good to do this [Music] Loop so philli what are your first impression big difference big difference yeah yeah in in in the good direction and Feathers I feel I don’t lose anymore on the bottom bracket okay stiffness is like everywhere okay feel like when I start yeah you go red one this one I’d probably give a seven okay the comfort you had given an eight for the red this Spike was actually very comfortable I was I get that a [Music] nine We’ve Ended up we’ve come down now with with the two different versions there the the Yellow Version and the and the red version uh which over the next few days will get you to test on carbon layup is very important to to fine-tune the behavior of the frame we think we have the best combination between uh Power transfer uh compliance and acceleration because of of the lightweight I’m also like classic Rider so I need a stiff bike and also light with a good balance when your bike is on the limit then uh you say now I have no excuse I have to go and give everything [Music] I want to keep it that’s good [Music]