BMC Teammachine SLR01 Disc Team review

The result of 34,000 prototypes generated by a supercomputer the size of a room, the new BMC Teammachine SLR01 Disc was worth waiting for

Teammachine SLR01 Disc

Having been ridden by the likes of Cadel Evans, Philippe Gilbert and Greg Van Avermaet, the BMC Teammachine has a palmarès that includes victory in the Tour de France, a World Championship, an Olympic road race, many Grand Tour stages and several Classics.

For the new version, BMC wanted to evolve and refine the Teammachine yet further by focussing several key design objectives, setting out to increase stiffness, reduce weight and improve compliance. The engineers also wanted to increase the levels of integration, and to incorporate disc brakes so that both rotor stoppers and rim versions could be released.

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Oliver Bridgewood - no, Doctor Oliver Bridgewood - is a PhD Chemist who discovered a love of cycling. He enjoys racing time trials, hill climbs, road races and criteriums. During his time at Cycling Weekly, he worked predominantly within the tech team, also utilising his science background to produce insightful fitness articles, before moving to an entirely video-focused role heading up the Cycling Weekly YouTube channel, where his feature-length documentary 'Project 49' was his crowning glory.