Tudor Pro Cycling reveal 2024 BMC Teammachine R
Workshop build video gives us an unrestricted view of all the components the team will be using next season
Alex Hunt
Junior Tech Writer
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Tudor Pro Cycling's BMC Teammachine R
Tudor Pro Cycling have revealed the bikes they will be riding in 2024, showing off a black and orange version of the new BMC Teammachine R.
Upon its release in October, the Teammachine R was branded as "one bike to rule them all", and it'll be used by the Swiss ProTeam in all races on their 2024 programme.
Following confirmation that AG2R La Mondiale would be ending their partnership with BMC, and switching to Decathlon's Van Rysel bikes, there is no longer a WorldTour team riding BMC.
This makes Tudor Pro Cycling the highest-ranking team to be riding BMC bikes for 2024. It has been stated that Tudor Pro Cycling’s aim is to attain WorldTour status for the 2026 season.
The launch of the new team bike was accompanied by a workshop build video, which shows a step-by-step run-through of assembling the bike, highlighting the spec choices the team will be using.
SRAM Red AXS is the groupset of choice for Tudor. However, it is noteworthy that BMC has stuck with a press-fit bottom bracket on the Teammachine R. In the video, you can see that the SRAM Red cranks are installed into a PF86 bottom bracket. This bucks the trend we have been seeing from a lot of brands as they have reverted back to a threaded bottom bracket or the new T47 standard.
The video shows the process of installing and setting up the fully internal brake hoses, which are fed through the bars and the headset. This is commonplace in premium bike design now, even if it splits opinions. In the video it’s made to look very simple, but, as any home mechanic knows, when it comes to adjusting your cockpit or changing headset bearings it undoubtedly introduces complications.
The Teammachine R was designed in collaboration with the engineers from RedBull Advanced Technologies (RBAT). They emphasised rider feel as a design characteristic – something that they brought over from their experience in Formula 1.
BMC has heralded the Teammachine R as a "bike for all parcours", meaning that, while some teams still have dedicated aero and climbing frames, Tudor Pro Cycling will be using this one bike for all races they take to the start of in 2024.
What do you make of the bike and the build video? Let us know in the comments section below.
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