It’s a lightweight performance-orientated endurance bike. The Roadmachine is intended to be a “more performance-orientated endurance product than anything before,” says BMC’s Stefan Christ, so it’ll sit alongside, rather than replace, the existing GranFondo, a very popular bike in the endurance market. The frame is available in two grades of carbon fibre and one aluminium option. Maximum tyre width is 30mm on the carbon Roadmachine, and 32mm on the aluminium version, with the tyre width decreasing by 2mm when mudguards are fitted. Only the mid-range carbon Roadmachine 02 accepts mudguards, however, while the aluminium Roadmachine 03 takes mudguards and a rack. The new Roadmachine range will consist of eight bikes using three versions of the frame. The Roadmachine 01 and Roadmachine 02 are both made from carbon fibre, the latter utilising a “more economical full-carbon” laminate. Propping up the range is an aluminium version, the Roadmachine 03.
