Improving the BMC TeamMachine SLR 01 - This is what we do. 

Paul cannot praise what you do and how you do it highly enough, absolute ⭐. Always balanced, fair, detailed, factual. Shows there is a future in the bike industry for those with skill and application. Somewhat ironic that the opportunity nowadays so often lies, in part, turning manufacturers ‘flagship’ offerings into items fit for purpose. Your patience and focus are exemplary. Good stuff 👍

My favorite new bike tech channel. It's fun to watch someone who knows what they're doing and gives a crap!

I felt sad after watching because I know I probably will never encounter a bike shop that's as professional as yours. But I did learn a lot from your videos, so maybe one day I will build my dream bike myself.

I saw Wera screwdrivers tested to destruction in a comparison with several other brands. They scored either top in each test, or within 1 or 2 places of top. Excellent quality tools, which I guess is why Mapdec recommends them.

That was a well explained workshop session. Thank you for taking the time to put this video together to keep us all informed. I am looking forward to your next installment already.

I'm really impressed by your commitment to build quality, if I didn't do my own builds, I'd fly across the pond for my next bike. As for the integrated Quark power meters, from my own experience I've only had Shimano chainrings wear enough that I needed to replace them. All of my SRAM rings are still cranking, with regular chain replacements. For road use, I don't see the integration being an issue, but for CX, Gravel or MTB, I've had enough ring strikes going over logs and granite that I want my rings as cheap to replace as possible.

You are a credit to the industry, above and beyond attention to detail.

I do enjoy Pauls videos, he is meticulous in his inspection of bikes and to be fair if it's top of the range it should have an elevated QC system and I hope BMC watch his videos and learn.

Amazing, a humble little bike shop that should be the envy of all. Your clientele are so lucky. After years of abusing my body ski racing, marathon running, even in the late 80's I bought a LeMond bike and moved to France to play on the bike. My knees finally fell apart. I am rehabbing a total knee replacement as we speak, and planning on hitting the mountain (40 minutes away here in Oregon) and doing a fair bit of road cycling (easier on my remaining non bionic knee) next fall. Your videos and your obvious attention to detail (along with a dose of the infamous 5 year old) have and are encouraging me to build my own bike (Look 765 optimum). A few years ago I transformed a old Raleigh Technium (repainted and all) into a single speed for college daughter. I wish I was in your neighborhood. Thanks heaps for the inspiration. Sorry if I rambled on...that's what us old folks do haha

Cudos to you putting the customer first. A well explained and detailed video.BMC should pay you for your time and for saving their ass.

For someone with knowledge and experience not even close to yours, it is very interesting indeed to hear verbalized what your discerning eye sees, and to be edified by the wisdom you have gained through the application of your considerable intelligence over years of profitable experience. Bravo.

That right there is why I build my own bikes up from frames and do all my own mechanics and wheel builds. Looks like even massively expensive bikes come slapped together from the manufacturer with poor attention to detail. In my experience they also tend to have no-to-minimal grease or other lubrication. My costs are just tools, my time is free so I can take the time to do it right.

I really love your honest opinions and craftsmanship and videos, lots of respect,keep up the good work !👍

For over 4K this is uacceptable frameset quality.

Beautifully executed what a difference the Lady rider has now got a Team machine as a real Pro rider would have your attention to detail is top class a great video thank you .

There’s probably only a dozen or so (and that’s being generous) other shops in the world that would do what you did here with that bike.

Absolutely love your work and attention to detail. Thank you.

I’m so happy that found this channel! I think you are amazing guy! 😊🙏🏻 The truth is out there in the bike industry and people have to see that you can’t always have the perfect parts or bike only on fake reputation or lots of money

Built my SLR01 with 12 Speed Dura Ace. Absolutely love it!! Good job on this one.

Great build, . Shame BMC did not quality control the bottom bracket, but then that why Hambini is in this world for!!!!!

Perfect example of a true MECHANIC! 💯

Excellent attention to detail,I have to say the BMC team machine although not an aero design is a great looking bike,and with that bar set up its an all rounder as you can do TT on it as well!

Time is bringing its manufacturing to US. Not sure how to feel about that, but im hoping they will keep their integrity. Will definitely be getting an ADHX in the near future. Maybe make a trip to the site. Have already talked to some people who will be working with them. Fingers are crossed

Nice to watch someone with a brain and attention to detail 👍

I have a Specialised Tarmac SLR4 (with Shimano Ultegra which is not a great fit as it used PF press fit Adaptors that seemed to constantly squeak after 3-4 months use - so needed to be replaced often - to fit a Shimano 6750 Compact Ultegra crank to a OSBB Tarmac SL4 frameset we used a WMPF30OUT1 Wheels-Manufacturing PF30 To Outboard ABEC-3 Bearings 24mm - similar to the one-piece BB unit you are showing - the results have been exceptional - hate to say I can feel increased watt output but ... I can - it seems there was some frictional resistance in the older PF Adaptors with the Crank that increased as they wore out - perhaps it is psychological as well - hearing that squeak in your BB seems to sap your energy - this new all-in-one BB system has proved to be the correct way to tackle this problem - converting to SRAM was a better option but too costly

I recently saw the aluminium Team Machine. Now that's a bike I would buy.

Great work, the proper one, no corners cut, I wish you were my local bike shop. I totally agree with you, it's almost imposdible to buy ready bike with good fit. Everyone who had a bike fitting knows that 🙂

great 'ad' for skilled bike mechanics/shops - as ever a pleasure to watch your attention to detail and care for the customer(and the bike). Just wish you were a little closer to me...

I see these one piece BB inserts as problematic once you want to remove them again. My Mountainbike had an adapter from BB30 to BSA in it. Dirt has built up over the years in the recess area in the middle which caused problems when I pushed the insert out. I ended up scratching the bearing seats of the frame. Not fatal but very ugly:)

I hope you can get a LOOK 795 Blade RS into your HQ and review them too!! Keep them coming!! I love your contents!

I didn't only saw the video, I proved my British pronounce with you man...

Nice job 👏🏻 Prices charged Vs quality delivered is shocking from the bike industry

Amazing video!! I love these videos, keep up the amazing work!

Hambini would be proud.

This is a fantastic video!

I had same problem with my BMC and Hambini BB few years ago.

Great video Thanks! Your customer is very lucky to have such a conscientious builder/shop to deal with! That aside Holy Smokes!! A bike that price with those problems? Also the price in itself for that TeamMachine something made in Taiwan... is insane IMHO 😉I always thought they must be Swiss made at that crazy price. In any case "you" do beautiful work 👍

I believe being able to specify frame size, stem length, and crank length is very important. I find it unbelievable that a mail order business like Canyon won't let you do this.

Great and through work! Well done!

BMC inventory for size 51 is very difficult to find at local shops. When you finally find a shop that has it, they can't ship it.

The aero extensions come with a bare metal strip that can be used for fitting them at the correct location every time. They cause the extensions to be at a perfect distance repeatedly.

The illusion that if you pay more you get better.

Enjoyable and informative

i always take out the inner seals of the bb bearings since they come with duel sides but the inside of the bearings isnt exposed to anything, then ill clean out the thick grease and replace it with oil. also no / light contact seals seem to do the job rather than contact seals. easy and free gains when spending so much time and money for a race bike. its massively more of an improvement than buying ceramic bearings and its free. as a reference, the drive side crank arm of my shimano crank pendulums 4-5 times when dropping it from the 12 oclock position, with both arms installed. compare that to some that dont even drop and you can feel the resistance on every pedal stroke, i believe that adds up to a substantial amount over time

Please analyze the ENVE Melee. It uses a KOGE threaded BB. I have this bike and if you like Ferrari Lamborghini McLaren Ducati Big Wave Surfing; this bike is for you. Love your channel. Thanks for the content.

Good idea to fix the bottom bracket Yourself, because a new frame from the factory would most likely have the same problem. 👍

The best way to deal with Sram DUB is to avoid Sram DUB.

Great Video! I really appreciate the commitment to the customer and making it work. Well done! I love the education! Hope the customer loves the bike!

First race crashes snaps the frame, has to throw it away and buy a beater race frame....Reality sets in

Just found your channel and really enjoying your content. Keep it up.

I have an SLR01 Five that I put a Kogel BB in and less than a year later the bearings feel quite rough even though I rarely ride in bad weather, pretty sure it's due to the same issue you found with this frame. I remember it being quite difficult to press in and if I remember correctly the "frame guide" that came with the bearing drifts I bought from Kogel did not fit into the frame so I'm probably going to end up doing the same honing process in the spring. If I lived in the UK I would certainly have you work on my bike, thanks for a great video and the honest assessment.

I’d be curious to see your take on one of BMC’s masterpiece frames if you ever get your hands on one.

I wish I lived near your shop.

Super work, I still like shimano 🎉🎉🎉😊

Interested to see if you hear from BMC on this one given the spec of the frame

With these non-circular steerer tubes that a lot of modern bikes have how exactly does the stem attach? Is it like D shaped seat posts where you don't have to get the seatpost alignment right because it only fits in a single orientation? I'm wondering whether there's a higher damage risk if you crash. With a normal stem/steerer it's common for the handlebars to go out of alignment in a crash but that's better than breaking the steerer or handlebar.

300 quid max they paid for the frame and the poor bloke got shafted, well done for sorting it at least! The paintjob is sick as well!

Amazing work!!

I like to see a little bit of play in head bearing seats. Without play, the bearing can be very slightly off centre which makes it next to impossible to get the head bearings to stay tight without overloading them

just a quick fyi from a local bike shop mechanic, i agree barely any bike shop would go this far with a bike build simply because we dont have the time to spend an entire day on one bike, through any day we're maybe tuning up some 15-20 bikes as a small shop and all of these bikes are basically apollo/carrera bike shaped objects that people cannot simply afford to replace. i fully understand a boutique shop selling only £4000 to £14,000 frame builds should be doing this wih every bike but your average bike shop selling family bikes simply do not have the time or the staff to be spending a full day completely stripping a new bike down and rebuilding it as a part of the PDI process its simply not economical or profitable on bikes that sell to 98% of the market which are well under the £1000 mark.

Some rare skills there, not many bike shops with this type of time and attention to detail available. I wander if carbon frames and carbon epoxy are not susceptible to minor defects, it’s quite organic to plug prepreg into a mould vs alloy which is more of a mechanical science .

I’m not surprised bike companies are going under, when they charge such crazy prices. Only got themselves to blame.

Wow!! Done to perfection but disappointed with BMC in this instance. I did have a BMC SLR01 which I was really pleased in the past. I think at that money bike manufacturers should be charged for wasting time. There are far too many cases of these problematic bottom bracket otherwise you or Hambini wouldn’t be banging on about it.

If I ever win the lottery.....

Personally in regards to the power meters: i think that if they made the power meter removable that would be a great upgrade. If they used a torx bolt system that might be they way to go. Or maybe a chinch system. Just some ideas. It is true that if you dont tighten them properly readings will be off, but its just the same as the chainrings tightened to the arm, in that case. So no real difference.

Very thorough and great attention to detail. The undersized BB shell is quite the surprise. Also does BMC make anything in Switzerland?

Good man!

I just finished building up the exact same frameset and have to say, the bb area is really bad. I already built quite a few of direct chinese brands and have never had such a poor spinning crankset after installing. Maybe it is because I used the standard shimano bb? I had to push the crankset in pretty hard. Thinking about changing the bb already. Maybe to a threadfit? Would you have one to recon for that frame and shimano 24mm crank? Other then that, the frame is built really nicely, like you mentioned, perfect fork and nice guidance inside the frame for the brake hoses and everything. I built it with the ics fully integrated handlebar and that was actually a nightmare! Compared to a directly chinese fully integraded handlebar, that bmc branded thing which costs 5 times the price, it‘s actually embarrassing how bad of a build it is. I hope it at least rides perfect! Thanks for the video and the insights! Greetings from Switzerland.

Fantastic attitude as a shop! I own ‘20 SLR01 and must say I live riding the bike, but ie original replacement bearings quality from BMC is just unacceptable. Paint is also very soft and scratches easily. But still, really like the bike :)

A full race bike but selecting a equivalent 50-34. Better chain line staying well clear of that 10 cog

Nice video!

There are quite a few nice options in non-DuB cranks, you don't need to be held hostage by sram's choice if you want a better bearing

Brilliant work. It seems very poor of BMC to sell such an exotic bike and not check fundamental things (bb and rear cassette operation) Note to self...oh, nevermind, I wasn't going to buy it anyway :-)

I''m definitely going to buy a titanium frame in the future. You can''t even trust a 4.000 pounds carbon frame!

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BMC - r u watching?? Everyone else - you've been warned!

merely attends to the common pragmatic details of a build from A-Z, then calls it 'gucci'. lolol, more power to ya.

great video, thank you, but does make me want to travel half way across the country to use you.....and unfortunately thats not going to happen...so will continue to debate which is my 'best' LBS. At least I'm in London, but that means they are (all) too busy to devote extra time to this level of care and attention.

I still get confused on bottom brackets. I see this one is not treaded? Had it been threaded, could you have fixed it? Your shop it top of the line. Wish we had such customer oriented mechanics as you.

"Badly Made Carbon, Bicycle Made Crap" - Hambini

I think it's criminal that BMC and Zipp can let goods go out of their factories that are not 100%. I had a BMC 2 years ago that had a creak. It turned out that the head tube was manufactured misaligned and could not be fixed. The UK importer who actually found the fault to their credit gave me a full 4 figure refund. So no quibbles with them at all. Bike shops should not be 're-manufacturing' defective goods to make them work. Bike companies should get their processes and QC in order and make products that are not defective.

Meanwhile, my $1800 Australian, 2018 Giant Fathom, passed the crank spin test quite nicely (Shimano PF BB, so, 24mm axle). Gah..... This is why I'm not tempted by BMC.... Sticking to Giant and Merida bikes. Excellent warranty, easy to get replacements. Excellent QA (generally). But, otherwise, what a build :)

Kudos to you for sorting out BMCs lack of QC. But this just illustrates how appalling the manufacturing processes are even at the top end of the bike industry. The BB should be absolutely perfect when leaving the factory. End of story. It shouldn’t be praiseworthy when it’s sized correctly, just the norm. This is a premium product so the tolerances should be on a level with the aero industry, not your local agricultural metal bending shop.

Nice video! I have a similar bike, and i want to remove a few spacers. I’ve heard that this is not possible without also cutting the fork? I do not have a one pice handlebar/stem but a similar system to what you fitted on this bike. Thanks

My impression is that the superior materials allow less precise craftsmanship. I am wary of a new bike. It seems like all the manufacturers share these same traits.

Should I be worried regarding the bottom bracket? What would be a good solution, I’d like this bike to last as long as possible

Job well done. Attention to details. But what would happen if you shaved too much carbon in the BB and made it oversized?

1. Well done, bravo. 2. No such thing as a perfect carbon frame, no matter how much you pay. 3. Made in Tiawan. Massive margins at BMC. Don't believe the hype.

Amazing build, Got the same issue with my zipp rear wheel, Any chance of a bit more info on what ya done to rectify the issue please

Beautiful Bike, thank you again for sharing this with us. I noticed how thin the material is around the BB, is this a common thing on high end race bikes? I love how beefy my Domane is around the T47, gives me lots of confidence its not likely to crakc/break where in my mind all the stress is?

Thanks for non shill videos

I'm still amazed a 46t chainring exists, even use it for racing. I have much to learn about gearing.

Good vid.

Love your videos. Really informative. Do you know if the BMC 2-piece bar and stem can be used on other non-BMC frames?

You could try to get hold of a Sram AXS GXP crankset. I have been using that in my bb86 frame, super smooth.

Hey Mapdec, what is the best spinning BB standard in your opinion?

Curious as to why you chose wired blips on the extensions rather than wireless blips? Mounting can be an issue but SRAM have a made available for free download STLs of different mounting adapters to easily 3D print these.

You don't epoxy the bare carbon that's exposed after honing? I get that its a race bike, but water drips down the seat post and enters into the pressfit BB interface and it will fray the carbon. I'm sure most manufacturers just hone already cured carbon which is why creaking sets in eventually

I recently bought a SLR01 Teammachine three. I wanted to swap the cockpit with a shorter stem however BMC, here in the California, said I had to buy another cockpit to change it and there was no refund. Not the best customer service considering how expensive the bike was. Disappointing.

This is a hell of informative video and educational. Thank you for the detailed procedure. Quick question: can the second void evolve into a crack?