| BMC Bikes are a Swiss Bicycle manufactures whose | | | | meteoric rise. with their striking Road Bike designs and |
| high end Road Bikes are highly rated and used | | | | innovations coupled with high quality build and Swiss |
| extensively by both Professional and Amateur riders. | | | | made precision. BMC are truly top end Road Bikes |
| The BMC Cycle Company was originally founded by | | | | with a price tag to match and highly sort after by |
| an American Bob Bigelow in 1986 and was originally | | | | those in the road cycling world. A growing reputation |
| created to build and assemble bikes for wholesale in | | | | means BMC bicycles are now a global player in the |
| the Swiss market through the British bike maker | | | | top end Road Bicycle market. BMC Road Bikes |
| Raleigh's distribution network. The licence was lost in | | | | current range includes BMC TT01 Time Trial Road |
| 1995 and BMC (Bicycle Manufacturing Company) was | | | | Bike Model Dubbed the Time Machine. |
| created with a factory in Switzerland. BMC was not | | | | The BMC TT01 Frame is entirely Swiss made to high |
| initially a great success with Swiss sales remain low | | | | precision tolerances with an ultra Aerodynamic frame |
| for a number of BMC mountain bike models. Things | | | | for reduced wind resistance where millisecond count |
| changed direction when current owner Andy Rihs then | | | | for Time trial rides and is made to be adjusted to the |
| president of directors and the founder of the Phonak | | | | individual riders profile using BMC personal precision |
| Hearing Systems Company, took control in 2001 and | | | | program. The top end BMC SLC01 Road Race Bike |
| set BMC in a new direction focused on engineering | | | | from BMC Pro bike range made with unidirectional |
| and technological innovation coupled with the legendary | | | | carbon fibre material together with a patented |
| Swiss precision technology. | | | | Multi-Mould System to give great Frame rigidity and |
| BMC Bikes are designed using the very latest | | | | allow for some comfort for long Rides and Road |
| computer modelling prior to building prototypes. BMC | | | | Races. BMC SLT01 Team Race Bike. Built for |
| frames then undergo rigorous testing and stressing | | | | complete power transmission where every ounce of |
| using a machine designed to stretch BMC frames to | | | | energy counts in a tight Road Race with a Frameset |
| their limits and hi light any potential areas for | | | | made from Alu/Carbon the top part of the Frame |
| improvement. and a deliberate move towards the High | | | | constructed of optimised carbon the bottom bracket |
| end Mountain Bike and Road bikes and Hybrid market | | | | from high quality aluminium. |
| where they have made an almost immediate and | | | | |