BMC's new Roadmachine 01 quickly became my favorite bike for riding in the mountains. Sure, the compact crank paired with the 11-32 cassette make daunting climbs less so, but it's the bike's calm-at-speed geometry, excellent Shimano hydraulic disc brakes and all-around comfort that make the Roadmachine a blast to ride downhill.
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Pretty darn close to perfect
If you find race bikes a little too aggressive but most endurance bikes too tall, then the Roadmachine very well might be your Goldilocks solution.
Like many bike brands, BMC has a full-on race bike, the Teammachine, and an upright endurance model, the Granfondo. With the Roadmachine, BMC split the difference in terms of stiffness and, to some degree, the geometry. It appears BMC is phasing out the Granfondo in favor of the Roadmachine.
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While not billed as an aero bike, I believe the Roadmachine's integrated front end must look good in a wind tunnel, as reducing exposed cabling reduces drag, plain and simple. As always, integrated solutions like this one, where the brake lines are run inside the headset spacers, means added headache for initial set up. But once it's done — and presumably your local shop will handle this for you — it's done, and you're left with a very clean-looking machine.
BMC has two headset cone options for substantially adjusting fit while keeping that clean look. With the short cone, the Roadmachine can get within 1cm of the Teammachine's low stack. (Stack refers to a frame's front end height, measured vertically from the center of the bottom bracket to the top of the head tube.) The taller cone puts the Roadmachine up in the Granfondo range. And with both, you can use matching oval spacers to fine-tune the fit.
Specialized Roubaix, Trek Domane and the BMC Roadmachine
Nits to pick
Bottom line: An excellent all-around endurance road bike
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