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BMC Timemachine TM01 review

  • Price Paid:$8,500.00
  • User rating:
    (4.7)
  • Would buy again from this company: Yes
  • Used product for: 6 months
  • # of logged workouts:

"BMC is a quality company, making a great bike with all of the nice little things that a bike SHOULD have but often doesn't. The integrated toolbox is great. The shifters are amazing, the paint is gorgeous, and I love the way the bike looks and rides. The brake rubbing is a problem, and I think actually cost me a lot of time in my Ironman and set me up for a poor run. That was my fault for not getting it looked at right before the race, but my LBS had to do some pretty major surgery to handle it. The adjustability was a huge selling point since I'm 45 and likely to get less flexible in the coming years. I feel I'm set for a while with all the new technology on the bike. The batteries for the shifters last a LONG time, too. Like months if you don't shift much, for example on the trainer."alicefoeller

(5)

Ease of use

Through-axle is new for me, but I got a quality tool and I actually prefer swapping out the BMC wheels compared to switching out the rear wheel on my old quick release caliper wheeled bike.

(5)

Quality of Construction

Very, very solid. Local bike shop also mentioned there was some completely invisible, internal issue with some material delaminating, which did not impact performance, but they still sent a repair kit for a free fix for all the bikes. I trust the Swiss.

(5)

Fit

I'm still tweaking and tweaking and I think I need a different saddle, but I'm quite impressed with the range of possibilities. The aerobars can flip over and adjust higher, lower, in, out, forward and back. It's very impressive.

(4)

Comfort

For whatever reason, I'm still not as comfortable as I was on my 47cm frame with 650 wheels. I know the geometry is supposed to be similar but it's just not the same. I can put my feet on the ground when I stop and I don't feel too far off the ground, but I can seem to get into as tight a position without discomfort.

(5)

Adjustability

I'm still tweaking and tweaking and I think I need a different saddle, but I'm quite impressed with the range of possibilities. The aerobars can flip over and adjust higher, lower, in, out, forward and back. It's very impressive.

(4)

Performance

Fast, light, aero. Wonderful. There is a persistent issue with the brakes rubbing, but my LBS was able to fix it by filing down the rotors or something.

Strengths

This bike is beautiful and has all of the modern features I had been living without: disc brakes, tubeless tires, and electronic shifters. I had poo-pooed electronic shifters for a long time, but now I see what I was missing. I can shift from the aero position or the brake hoods, so I don't have to make any sacrifices. I can stay aero and shift into a harder gear heading downhill. I can sit up to climb and not worry about being able to reach the shifters. The wider tubeless tires are softer and a more comfortable ride, and this is only made possible by the disc brakes. (Wide tires can't fit inside the calipers, which have to fit inside the frame.)

Weakness

This bike is super expensive, but it was at least in stock. I do miss the fit of my tiny 47cm bike with 650 wheels, but no one is supporting those wheels anymore, and although I loved that bike, I couldn't get race wheels anymore and could barely get tubes. The new bike is flashy and beautiful and a much softer ride. The top tube bag cannot fit a smartphone, and neither can the toolbox. Big bummer! I don't like my phone getting all sweaty in my jersey pocket.

Buyers clubTimemachine TM01
  • 4 people use
  • 121 workouts logged
  • 3846.47 miles / 210.75 hours logged