Spotted: BMC Time Machine Aero Road Frame
- By Caley Fretz
- Published June 14, 2012
BMC Time Machine Road
This is the first BMC Time Machine Road to make it to the race circuit. George Hincapie rode it for part of Tuesday's second stage, but opted to ride his regular Team Machine on Wednesday due to the rain. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
Hidden amongst the BMC Racing squad’s regular fleet of glossy red and black BMC Team Machines at the damp and drizzling start of Wednesday’s Critérium du Dauphiné stage was an unfamiliar matte black model, standing out in its subtlety. The bike is a brand new, as-of-yet unreleased aerodynamic road frame from the Swiss manufacturer, bearing number 13, that of George Hincapie. The American rode the bike for its 40km of racing on Tuesday, but opted for his regular ride on Wednesday due to forecasted rain.Most likely dubbed the Time Machine Road, a model that was approved by the UCI in mid-March and added to the governing body’s online approved frames list shortly thereafter, the frame is seeing its first race here at the Dauphiné. Currently, Hincapie is the only rider with access to it, but BMC head mechanic Ian Sherburne told VeloNews.com that the team would like to have more available before for the Tour de France. Whether that is possible depends simply on manufacturing and shipping logistics, he said.
Just as with Trek’s Madone 7 soft launch on Monday, details about the new rig were impossible to come by.
“I’m under strict instructions not to tell you much,” said Sherburne.
But there has been a visible effort to increase integration with an eye towards reducing aerodynamic drag. Notable features include a fully integrated front brake, a bottom bracket-mounted rear brake, aero tube shapes, and a hidden Di2 battery.
As the name suggests, a number of features found on the new frame appear to be borrowed directly from the Time Machine TM01 time trial frame, which debuted at the Dauphiné last year. According to Sherburne, the brakes are functionally the same as those used on the TM01; the bottom bracket area looks very similar as well, and the top tube uses the same, trademark BMC T-shape. The seat stays attach low on the seat tube just as they do on the TM01, and the chainstays are horizontal for most of their length before turning upwards sharply just before the rear dropout.
BMC Time Machine Road
The top tube is very similar to that of the TM01 TT frame. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
Hidden amongst the BMC Racing squad’s regular fleet of glossy red and black BMC Team Machines at the damp and drizzling start of Wednesday’s Critérium du Dauphiné stage was an unfamiliar matte black model, standing out in its subtlety. The bike is a brand new, as-of-yet unreleased aerodynamic road frame from the Swiss manufacturer, bearing number 13, that of George Hincapie. The American rode the bike for its 40km of racing on Tuesday, but opted for his regular ride on Wednesday due to forecasted rain.Most likely dubbed the Time Machine Road, a model that was approved by the UCI in mid-March and added to the governing body’s online approved frames list shortly thereafter, the frame is seeing its first race here at the Dauphiné. Currently, Hincapie is the only rider with access to it, but BMC head mechanic Ian Sherburne told VeloNews.com that the team would like to have more available before for the Tour de France. Whether that is possible depends simply on manufacturing and shipping logistics, he said.
Just as with Trek’s Madone 7 soft launch on Monday, details about the new rig were impossible to come by.
“I’m under strict instructions not to tell you much,” said Sherburne.
But there has been a visible effort to increase integration with an eye towards reducing aerodynamic drag. Notable features include a fully integrated front brake, a bottom bracket-mounted rear brake, aero tube shapes, and a hidden Di2 battery.
As the name suggests, a number of features found on the new frame appear to be borrowed directly from the Time Machine TM01 time trial frame, which debuted at the Dauphiné last year. According to Sherburne, the brakes are functionally the same as those used on the TM01; the bottom bracket area looks very similar as well, and the top tube uses the same, trademark BMC T-shape. The seat stays attach low on the seat tube just as they do on the TM01, and the chainstays are horizontal for most of their length before turning upwards sharply just before the rear dropout.
BMC Time Machine Road
Other design cues from the TM01 are present: the dropped seat stays, horizontal chainstays, and T-shaped top tube are all found on both. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
Hidden amongst the BMC Racing squad’s regular fleet of glossy red and black BMC Team Machines at the damp and drizzling start of Wednesday’s Critérium du Dauphiné stage was an unfamiliar matte black model, standing out in its subtlety. The bike is a brand new, as-of-yet unreleased aerodynamic road frame from the Swiss manufacturer, bearing number 13, that of George Hincapie. The American rode the bike for its 40km of racing on Tuesday, but opted for his regular ride on Wednesday due to forecasted rain.Most likely dubbed the Time Machine Road, a model that was approved by the UCI in mid-March and added to the governing body’s online approved frames list shortly thereafter, the frame is seeing its first race here at the Dauphiné. Currently, Hincapie is the only rider with access to it, but BMC head mechanic Ian Sherburne told VeloNews.com that the team would like to have more available before for the Tour de France. Whether that is possible depends simply on manufacturing and shipping logistics, he said.
Just as with Trek’s Madone 7 soft launch on Monday, details about the new rig were impossible to come by.
“I’m under strict instructions not to tell you much,” said Sherburne.
But there has been a visible effort to increase integration with an eye towards reducing aerodynamic drag. Notable features include a fully integrated front brake, a bottom bracket-mounted rear brake, aero tube shapes, and a hidden Di2 battery.
As the name suggests, a number of features found on the new frame appear to be borrowed directly from the Time Machine TM01 time trial frame, which debuted at the Dauphiné last year. According to Sherburne, the brakes are functionally the same as those used on the TM01; the bottom bracket area looks very similar as well, and the top tube uses the same, trademark BMC T-shape. The seat stays attach low on the seat tube just as they do on the TM01, and the chainstays are horizontal for most of their length before turning upwards sharply just before the rear dropout.
BMC Time Machine Road
Di2 routing out the back of the chainstays. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
Hidden amongst the BMC Racing squad’s regular fleet of glossy red and black BMC Team Machines at the damp and drizzling start of Wednesday’s Critérium du Dauphiné stage was an unfamiliar matte black model, standing out in its subtlety. The bike is a brand new, as-of-yet unreleased aerodynamic road frame from the Swiss manufacturer, bearing number 13, that of George Hincapie. The American rode the bike for its 40km of racing on Tuesday, but opted for his regular ride on Wednesday due to forecasted rain.Most likely dubbed the Time Machine Road, a model that was approved by the UCI in mid-March and added to the governing body’s online approved frames list shortly thereafter, the frame is seeing its first race here at the Dauphiné. Currently, Hincapie is the only rider with access to it, but BMC head mechanic Ian Sherburne told VeloNews.com that the team would like to have more available before for the Tour de France. Whether that is possible depends simply on manufacturing and shipping logistics, he said.
Just as with Trek’s Madone 7 soft launch on Monday, details about the new rig were impossible to come by.
“I’m under strict instructions not to tell you much,” said Sherburne.
But there has been a visible effort to increase integration with an eye towards reducing aerodynamic drag. Notable features include a fully integrated front brake, a bottom bracket-mounted rear brake, aero tube shapes, and a hidden Di2 battery.
As the name suggests, a number of features found on the new frame appear to be borrowed directly from the Time Machine TM01 time trial frame, which debuted at the Dauphiné last year. According to Sherburne, the brakes are functionally the same as those used on the TM01; the bottom bracket area looks very similar as well, and the top tube uses the same, trademark BMC T-shape. The seat stays attach low on the seat tube just as they do on the TM01, and the chainstays are horizontal for most of their length before turning upwards sharply just before the rear dropout.
BMC Time Machine Road
Rear brake housing stop and Di2 entry port. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
Hidden amongst the BMC Racing squad’s regular fleet of glossy red and black BMC Team Machines at the damp and drizzling start of Wednesday’s Critérium du Dauphiné stage was an unfamiliar matte black model, standing out in its subtlety. The bike is a brand new, as-of-yet unreleased aerodynamic road frame from the Swiss manufacturer, bearing number 13, that of George Hincapie. The American rode the bike for its 40km of racing on Tuesday, but opted for his regular ride on Wednesday due to forecasted rain.Most likely dubbed the Time Machine Road, a model that was approved by the UCI in mid-March and added to the governing body’s online approved frames list shortly thereafter, the frame is seeing its first race here at the Dauphiné. Currently, Hincapie is the only rider with access to it, but BMC head mechanic Ian Sherburne told VeloNews.com that the team would like to have more available before for the Tour de France. Whether that is possible depends simply on manufacturing and shipping logistics, he said.
Just as with Trek’s Madone 7 soft launch on Monday, details about the new rig were impossible to come by.
“I’m under strict instructions not to tell you much,” said Sherburne.
But there has been a visible effort to increase integration with an eye towards reducing aerodynamic drag. Notable features include a fully integrated front brake, a bottom bracket-mounted rear brake, aero tube shapes, and a hidden Di2 battery.
As the name suggests, a number of features found on the new frame appear to be borrowed directly from the Time Machine TM01 time trial frame, which debuted at the Dauphiné last year. According to Sherburne, the brakes are functionally the same as those used on the TM01; the bottom bracket area looks very similar as well, and the top tube uses the same, trademark BMC T-shape. The seat stays attach low on the seat tube just as they do on the TM01, and the chainstays are horizontal for most of their length before turning upwards sharply just before the rear dropout.
BMC Time Machine Road
Complete integration of the front brake. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
Hidden amongst the BMC Racing squad’s regular fleet of glossy red and black BMC Team Machines at the damp and drizzling start of Wednesday’s Critérium du Dauphiné stage was an unfamiliar matte black model, standing out in its subtlety. The bike is a brand new, as-of-yet unreleased aerodynamic road frame from the Swiss manufacturer, bearing number 13, that of George Hincapie. The American rode the bike for its 40km of racing on Tuesday, but opted for his regular ride on Wednesday due to forecasted rain.Most likely dubbed the Time Machine Road, a model that was approved by the UCI in mid-March and added to the governing body’s online approved frames list shortly thereafter, the frame is seeing its first race here at the Dauphiné. Currently, Hincapie is the only rider with access to it, but BMC head mechanic Ian Sherburne told VeloNews.com that the team would like to have more available before for the Tour de France. Whether that is possible depends simply on manufacturing and shipping logistics, he said.
Just as with Trek’s Madone 7 soft launch on Monday, details about the new rig were impossible to come by.
“I’m under strict instructions not to tell you much,” said Sherburne.
But there has been a visible effort to increase integration with an eye towards reducing aerodynamic drag. Notable features include a fully integrated front brake, a bottom bracket-mounted rear brake, aero tube shapes, and a hidden Di2 battery.
As the name suggests, a number of features found on the new frame appear to be borrowed directly from the Time Machine TM01 time trial frame, which debuted at the Dauphiné last year. According to Sherburne, the brakes are functionally the same as those used on the TM01; the bottom bracket area looks very similar as well, and the top tube uses the same, trademark BMC T-shape. The seat stays attach low on the seat tube just as they do on the TM01, and the chainstays are horizontal for most of their length before turning upwards sharply just before the rear dropout.
BMC Time Machine Road
The front brake is functionally the same as the one used on BMC's TM01 time trial frame, according to BMC mechanic Ian Sherburne. It is integrated into the fork. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
Hidden amongst the BMC Racing squad’s regular fleet of glossy red and black BMC Team Machines at the damp and drizzling start of Wednesday’s Critérium du Dauphiné stage was an unfamiliar matte black model, standing out in its subtlety. The bike is a brand new, as-of-yet unreleased aerodynamic road frame from the Swiss manufacturer, bearing number 13, that of George Hincapie. The American rode the bike for its 40km of racing on Tuesday, but opted for his regular ride on Wednesday due to forecasted rain.Most likely dubbed the Time Machine Road, a model that was approved by the UCI in mid-March and added to the governing body’s online approved frames list shortly thereafter, the frame is seeing its first race here at the Dauphiné. Currently, Hincapie is the only rider with access to it, but BMC head mechanic Ian Sherburne told VeloNews.com that the team would like to have more available before for the Tour de France. Whether that is possible depends simply on manufacturing and shipping logistics, he said.
Just as with Trek’s Madone 7 soft launch on Monday, details about the new rig were impossible to come by.
“I’m under strict instructions not to tell you much,” said Sherburne.
But there has been a visible effort to increase integration with an eye towards reducing aerodynamic drag. Notable features include a fully integrated front brake, a bottom bracket-mounted rear brake, aero tube shapes, and a hidden Di2 battery.
As the name suggests, a number of features found on the new frame appear to be borrowed directly from the Time Machine TM01 time trial frame, which debuted at the Dauphiné last year. According to Sherburne, the brakes are functionally the same as those used on the TM01; the bottom bracket area looks very similar as well, and the top tube uses the same, trademark BMC T-shape. The seat stays attach low on the seat tube just as they do on the TM01, and the chainstays are horizontal for most of their length before turning upwards sharply just before the rear dropout.
BMC Time Machine Road
Like the recently spotted Trek Madone 7, BMC has moved the rear brake to under the bottom bracket. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
Hidden amongst the BMC Racing squad’s regular fleet of glossy red and black BMC Team Machines at the damp and drizzling start of Wednesday’s Critérium du Dauphiné stage was an unfamiliar matte black model, standing out in its subtlety. The bike is a brand new, as-of-yet unreleased aerodynamic road frame from the Swiss manufacturer, bearing number 13, that of George Hincapie. The American rode the bike for its 40km of racing on Tuesday, but opted for his regular ride on Wednesday due to forecasted rain.Most likely dubbed the Time Machine Road, a model that was approved by the UCI in mid-March and added to the governing body’s online approved frames list shortly thereafter, the frame is seeing its first race here at the Dauphiné. Currently, Hincapie is the only rider with access to it, but BMC head mechanic Ian Sherburne told VeloNews.com that the team would like to have more available before for the Tour de France. Whether that is possible depends simply on manufacturing and shipping logistics, he said.
Just as with Trek’s Madone 7 soft launch on Monday, details about the new rig were impossible to come by.
“I’m under strict instructions not to tell you much,” said Sherburne.
But there has been a visible effort to increase integration with an eye towards reducing aerodynamic drag. Notable features include a fully integrated front brake, a bottom bracket-mounted rear brake, aero tube shapes, and a hidden Di2 battery.
As the name suggests, a number of features found on the new frame appear to be borrowed directly from the Time Machine TM01 time trial frame, which debuted at the Dauphiné last year. According to Sherburne, the brakes are functionally the same as those used on the TM01; the bottom bracket area looks very similar as well, and the top tube uses the same, trademark BMC T-shape. The seat stays attach low on the seat tube just as they do on the TM01, and the chainstays are horizontal for most of their length before turning upwards sharply just before the rear dropout.
BMC Time Machine Road
A fully internal and integrated front brake on the new BMC Time Machine Road. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
Hidden amongst the BMC Racing squad’s regular fleet of glossy red and black BMC Team Machines at the damp and drizzling start of Wednesday’s Critérium du Dauphiné stage was an unfamiliar matte black model, standing out in its subtlety. The bike is a brand new, as-of-yet unreleased aerodynamic road frame from the Swiss manufacturer, bearing number 13, that of George Hincapie. The American rode the bike for its 40km of racing on Tuesday, but opted for his regular ride on Wednesday due to forecasted rain.Most likely dubbed the Time Machine Road, a model that was approved by the UCI in mid-March and added to the governing body’s online approved frames list shortly thereafter, the frame is seeing its first race here at the Dauphiné. Currently, Hincapie is the only rider with access to it, but BMC head mechanic Ian Sherburne told VeloNews.com that the team would like to have more available before for the Tour de France. Whether that is possible depends simply on manufacturing and shipping logistics, he said.
Just as with Trek’s Madone 7 soft launch on Monday, details about the new rig were impossible to come by.
“I’m under strict instructions not to tell you much,” said Sherburne.
But there has been a visible effort to increase integration with an eye towards reducing aerodynamic drag. Notable features include a fully integrated front brake, a bottom bracket-mounted rear brake, aero tube shapes, and a hidden Di2 battery.
As the name suggests, a number of features found on the new frame appear to be borrowed directly from the Time Machine TM01 time trial frame, which debuted at the Dauphiné last year. According to Sherburne, the brakes are functionally the same as those used on the TM01; the bottom bracket area looks very similar as well, and the top tube uses the same, trademark BMC T-shape. The seat stays attach low on the seat tube just as they do on the TM01, and the chainstays are horizontal for most of their length before turning upwards sharply just before the rear dropout.
BMC Time Machine Road
The bottom bracket area bears striking resemblance to the TM01 time trial frame. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
Hidden amongst the BMC Racing squad’s regular fleet of glossy red and black BMC Team Machines at the damp and drizzling start of Wednesday’s Critérium du Dauphiné stage was an unfamiliar matte black model, standing out in its subtlety. The bike is a brand new, as-of-yet unreleased aerodynamic road frame from the Swiss manufacturer, bearing number 13, that of George Hincapie. The American rode the bike for its 40km of racing on Tuesday, but opted for his regular ride on Wednesday due to forecasted rain.Most likely dubbed the Time Machine Road, a model that was approved by the UCI in mid-March and added to the governing body’s online approved frames list shortly thereafter, the frame is seeing its first race here at the Dauphiné. Currently, Hincapie is the only rider with access to it, but BMC head mechanic Ian Sherburne told VeloNews.com that the team would like to have more available before for the Tour de France. Whether that is possible depends simply on manufacturing and shipping logistics, he said.
Just as with Trek’s Madone 7 soft launch on Monday, details about the new rig were impossible to come by.
“I’m under strict instructions not to tell you much,” said Sherburne.
But there has been a visible effort to increase integration with an eye towards reducing aerodynamic drag. Notable features include a fully integrated front brake, a bottom bracket-mounted rear brake, aero tube shapes, and a hidden Di2 battery.
As the name suggests, a number of features found on the new frame appear to be borrowed directly from the Time Machine TM01 time trial frame, which debuted at the Dauphiné last year. According to Sherburne, the brakes are functionally the same as those used on the TM01; the bottom bracket area looks very similar as well, and the top tube uses the same, trademark BMC T-shape. The seat stays attach low on the seat tube just as they do on the TM01, and the chainstays are horizontal for most of their length before turning upwards sharply just before the rear dropout.
BMC Time Machine Road
On this particlar bike, the Di2 battery is hidden inside the seatpost. But BMC mechanics made it clear taht this may not be the final production method of hiding the battery. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
Hidden amongst the BMC Racing squad’s regular fleet of glossy red and black BMC Team Machines at the damp and drizzling start of Wednesday’s Critérium du Dauphiné stage was an unfamiliar matte black model, standing out in its subtlety. The bike is a brand new, as-of-yet unreleased aerodynamic road frame from the Swiss manufacturer, bearing number 13, that of George Hincapie. The American rode the bike for its 40km of racing on Tuesday, but opted for his regular ride on Wednesday due to forecasted rain.Most likely dubbed the Time Machine Road, a model that was approved by the UCI in mid-March and added to the governing body’s online approved frames list shortly thereafter, the frame is seeing its first race here at the Dauphiné. Currently, Hincapie is the only rider with access to it, but BMC head mechanic Ian Sherburne told VeloNews.com that the team would like to have more available before for the Tour de France. Whether that is possible depends simply on manufacturing and shipping logistics, he said.
Just as with Trek’s Madone 7 soft launch on Monday, details about the new rig were impossible to come by.
“I’m under strict instructions not to tell you much,” said Sherburne.
But there has been a visible effort to increase integration with an eye towards reducing aerodynamic drag. Notable features include a fully integrated front brake, a bottom bracket-mounted rear brake, aero tube shapes, and a hidden Di2 battery.
As the name suggests, a number of features found on the new frame appear to be borrowed directly from the Time Machine TM01 time trial frame, which debuted at the Dauphiné last year. According to Sherburne, the brakes are functionally the same as those used on the TM01; the bottom bracket area looks very similar as well, and the top tube uses the same, trademark BMC T-shape. The seat stays attach low on the seat tube just as they do on the TM01, and the chainstays are horizontal for most of their length before turning upwards sharply just before the rear dropout.
BMC Time Machine Road
Internal routing. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
Hidden amongst the BMC Racing squad’s regular fleet of glossy red and black BMC Team Machines at the damp and drizzling start of Wednesday’s Critérium du Dauphiné stage was an unfamiliar matte black model, standing out in its subtlety. The bike is a brand new, as-of-yet unreleased aerodynamic road frame from the Swiss manufacturer, bearing number 13, that of George Hincapie. The American rode the bike for its 40km of racing on Tuesday, but opted for his regular ride on Wednesday due to forecasted rain.Most likely dubbed the Time Machine Road, a model that was approved by the UCI in mid-March and added to the governing body’s online approved frames list shortly thereafter, the frame is seeing its first race here at the Dauphiné. Currently, Hincapie is the only rider with access to it, but BMC head mechanic Ian Sherburne told VeloNews.com that the team would like to have more available before for the Tour de France. Whether that is possible depends simply on manufacturing and shipping logistics, he said.
Just as with Trek’s Madone 7 soft launch on Monday, details about the new rig were impossible to come by.
“I’m under strict instructions not to tell you much,” said Sherburne.
But there has been a visible effort to increase integration with an eye towards reducing aerodynamic drag. Notable features include a fully integrated front brake, a bottom bracket-mounted rear brake, aero tube shapes, and a hidden Di2 battery.
As the name suggests, a number of features found on the new frame appear to be borrowed directly from the Time Machine TM01 time trial frame, which debuted at the Dauphiné last year. According to Sherburne, the brakes are functionally the same as those used on the TM01; the bottom bracket area looks very similar as well, and the top tube uses the same, trademark BMC T-shape. The seat stays attach low on the seat tube just as they do on the TM01, and the chainstays are horizontal for most of their length before turning upwards sharply just before the rear dropout.
BMC Time Machine Road
Front brake. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
Hidden amongst the BMC Racing squad’s regular fleet of glossy red and black BMC Team Machines at the damp and drizzling start of Wednesday’s Critérium du Dauphiné stage was an unfamiliar matte black model, standing out in its subtlety. The bike is a brand new, as-of-yet unreleased aerodynamic road frame from the Swiss manufacturer, bearing number 13, that of George Hincapie. The American rode the bike for its 40km of racing on Tuesday, but opted for his regular ride on Wednesday due to forecasted rain.Most likely dubbed the Time Machine Road, a model that was approved by the UCI in mid-March and added to the governing body’s online approved frames list shortly thereafter, the frame is seeing its first race here at the Dauphiné. Currently, Hincapie is the only rider with access to it, but BMC head mechanic Ian Sherburne told VeloNews.com that the team would like to have more available before for the Tour de France. Whether that is possible depends simply on manufacturing and shipping logistics, he said.
Just as with Trek’s Madone 7 soft launch on Monday, details about the new rig were impossible to come by.
“I’m under strict instructions not to tell you much,” said Sherburne.
But there has been a visible effort to increase integration with an eye towards reducing aerodynamic drag. Notable features include a fully integrated front brake, a bottom bracket-mounted rear brake, aero tube shapes, and a hidden Di2 battery.
As the name suggests, a number of features found on the new frame appear to be borrowed directly from the Time Machine TM01 time trial frame, which debuted at the Dauphiné last year. According to Sherburne, the brakes are functionally the same as those used on the TM01; the bottom bracket area looks very similar as well, and the top tube uses the same, trademark BMC T-shape. The seat stays attach low on the seat tube just as they do on the TM01, and the chainstays are horizontal for most of their length before turning upwards sharply just before the rear dropout.
BMC Time Machine Road
The hidden rear brake. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
Hidden amongst the BMC Racing squad’s regular fleet of glossy red and black BMC Team Machines at the damp and drizzling start of Wednesday’s Critérium du Dauphiné stage was an unfamiliar matte black model, standing out in its subtlety. The bike is a brand new, as-of-yet unreleased aerodynamic road frame from the Swiss manufacturer, bearing number 13, that of George Hincapie. The American rode the bike for its 40km of racing on Tuesday, but opted for his regular ride on Wednesday due to forecasted rain.Most likely dubbed the Time Machine Road, a model that was approved by the UCI in mid-March and added to the governing body’s online approved frames list shortly thereafter, the frame is seeing its first race here at the Dauphiné. Currently, Hincapie is the only rider with access to it, but BMC head mechanic Ian Sherburne told VeloNews.com that the team would like to have more available before for the Tour de France. Whether that is possible depends simply on manufacturing and shipping logistics, he said.
Just as with Trek’s Madone 7 soft launch on Monday, details about the new rig were impossible to come by.
“I’m under strict instructions not to tell you much,” said Sherburne.
But there has been a visible effort to increase integration with an eye towards reducing aerodynamic drag. Notable features include a fully integrated front brake, a bottom bracket-mounted rear brake, aero tube shapes, and a hidden Di2 battery.
As the name suggests, a number of features found on the new frame appear to be borrowed directly from the Time Machine TM01 time trial frame, which debuted at the Dauphiné last year. According to Sherburne, the brakes are functionally the same as those used on the TM01; the bottom bracket area looks very similar as well, and the top tube uses the same, trademark BMC T-shape. The seat stays attach low on the seat tube just as they do on the TM01, and the chainstays are horizontal for most of their length before turning upwards sharply just before the rear dropout.
BMC Time Machine Road
A cap over the front brakes keeps things smooth. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
Hidden amongst the BMC Racing squad’s regular fleet of glossy red and black BMC Team Machines at the damp and drizzling start of Wednesday’s Critérium du Dauphiné stage was an unfamiliar matte black model, standing out in its subtlety. The bike is a brand new, as-of-yet unreleased aerodynamic road frame from the Swiss manufacturer, bearing number 13, that of George Hincapie. The American rode the bike for its 40km of racing on Tuesday, but opted for his regular ride on Wednesday due to forecasted rain.Most likely dubbed the Time Machine Road, a model that was approved by the UCI in mid-March and added to the governing body’s online approved frames list shortly thereafter, the frame is seeing its first race here at the Dauphiné. Currently, Hincapie is the only rider with access to it, but BMC head mechanic Ian Sherburne told VeloNews.com that the team would like to have more available before for the Tour de France. Whether that is possible depends simply on manufacturing and shipping logistics, he said.
Just as with Trek’s Madone 7 soft launch on Monday, details about the new rig were impossible to come by.
“I’m under strict instructions not to tell you much,” said Sherburne.
But there has been a visible effort to increase integration with an eye towards reducing aerodynamic drag. Notable features include a fully integrated front brake, a bottom bracket-mounted rear brake, aero tube shapes, and a hidden Di2 battery.
As the name suggests, a number of features found on the new frame appear to be borrowed directly from the Time Machine TM01 time trial frame, which debuted at the Dauphiné last year. According to Sherburne, the brakes are functionally the same as those used on the TM01; the bottom bracket area looks very similar as well, and the top tube uses the same, trademark BMC T-shape. The seat stays attach low on the seat tube just as they do on the TM01, and the chainstays are horizontal for most of their length before turning upwards sharply just before the rear dropout.
BMC Time Machine Road
The rear brake looks like a mini-V, just like those found on the TM01. Cabling is internal in the downtube, exiting just behind the bottom bracket. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
Hidden amongst the BMC Racing squad’s regular fleet of glossy red and black BMC Team Machines at the damp and drizzling start of Wednesday’s Critérium du Dauphiné stage was an unfamiliar matte black model, standing out in its subtlety. The bike is a brand new, as-of-yet unreleased aerodynamic road frame from the Swiss manufacturer, bearing number 13, that of George Hincapie. The American rode the bike for its 40km of racing on Tuesday, but opted for his regular ride on Wednesday due to forecasted rain.Most likely dubbed the Time Machine Road, a model that was approved by the UCI in mid-March and added to the governing body’s online approved frames list shortly thereafter, the frame is seeing its first race here at the Dauphiné. Currently, Hincapie is the only rider with access to it, but BMC head mechanic Ian Sherburne told VeloNews.com that the team would like to have more available before for the Tour de France. Whether that is possible depends simply on manufacturing and shipping logistics, he said.
Just as with Trek’s Madone 7 soft launch on Monday, details about the new rig were impossible to come by.
“I’m under strict instructions not to tell you much,” said Sherburne.
But there has been a visible effort to increase integration with an eye towards reducing aerodynamic drag. Notable features include a fully integrated front brake, a bottom bracket-mounted rear brake, aero tube shapes, and a hidden Di2 battery.
As the name suggests, a number of features found on the new frame appear to be borrowed directly from the Time Machine TM01 time trial frame, which debuted at the Dauphiné last year. According to Sherburne, the brakes are functionally the same as those used on the TM01; the bottom bracket area looks very similar as well, and the top tube uses the same, trademark BMC T-shape. The seat stays attach low on the seat tube just as they do on the TM01, and the chainstays are horizontal for most of their length before turning upwards sharply just before the rear dropout.
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