Teammachine R 01 LTD — RED AXS / ARC 1100 Dicut 62

BMC developed the Teammachine R 01 with Red Bull Advanced Technologies, the engineering group behind the Formula 1 team's aerodynamic programmes. The visible result is the Halo fork: legs set far wider than a conventional road fork, with the crown opened out to match. The purpose is not to reduce the fork's own drag but to move the turbulent wake of the front wheel away from the down tube, where a narrower fork lets it reattach and stall.

The second structural signature is the bottom bracket, which BMC calls Mariana. It is the deepest in the range, and its depth is what allows the seat tube to run straight from the shell to the saddle rather than curving around the rear wheel. A straight path is shorter and stiffer in torsion, and it lets the rear triangle be built with less material for the same lateral stiffness.

The frame uses BMC's 01 Premium Carbon layup, with stiffness concentrated at the bottom bracket and head tube and compliance left in the seat tube and stays. The reference build is 6.90 kg without pedals, on SRAM RED AXS and DT Swiss ARC 1100 Dicut 62 wheels, with clearance for 30 mm tyres.