By: Paul Norman
BMC has announced a new triathlon-oriented time trial bike ahead of the Ironman and UCI World Championships
The Ironman-distance world record set by Andreas Raelert in 2011 riding the bike leg on the old Timemachine stood for five years. When it was surpassed in 2016, BMC says it took this as a pointer to launch its new bike.
Like Cervélo with its new P5X also announced today, BMC says that the new bike has been in design for three years. It says that the result is a bike which makes it easier to maintain an aero time trial position and ride faster.
BMC says that the improved performance of the new bike is thanks to changes in tube shaping, increased component integration and a sophisticated rider positioning system. It’s aimed for a very skinny front profile on the new bike and has developed a triathlon-specific cockpit, analysing the position of triathletes and time trialists and building a lot of flexibility into positioning.
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