Originally Posted by
BMC_Kid
Very nice! I've only seen photos online of the all-black Team Machines. Not that any first-gen Team Machine is typically seen out and about these days but the all-black versions are rarely seen. I've also seen a black version that has the aluminum lugs painted a contracting silvery grey.
Is yours a satin black paint or can you see the carbon weave under a satin clear coat? My bike's paint scheme was the first iteration of the red, white, and black (naked carbon actually) paint schemes.
It's a satin clear so you can see the carbon weave, rather cool if you ask me. Same with the fork.
I remember the more colorful BMC's being the dominant options on the shelf at the one BMC dealer in town. I did miss my chance right after I bought mine to get a 61cm Team Phonak frame on ebay. That would have been cool but the green wasn't what I wanted.
And you're right about seeing first-gen Team Machines on the road, there's hardly any of them. Even when they were new you never really saw them out and about. I don't think there were many BMC dealers. The newer ones are a bit more common these days.
I was on a motorcycle ride a few years ago, tracing my normal bike loop (didn't have time for a long ride) and came across my brother working an aid station for a century ride. A guy rolled up on an early second-gen Team Machine in about my size and my brother joked with the guy that I'd buy it off of him. Probably would have if he'd been interested.