^^ now we're talking.

A lot of fuss made about carbon nano tubes over the last few years and then a move to weave.

Look forward to the reviews and riding one.

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Very unique design, definitely very BMC... but I cant help think of it as a giant plastic toy.

and i'm ready to play!

Carbon nano tubes in bicycle construction is quite simple. Typical composite const. is epoxy bonding together large carbon fibres. They add carbon powder composed of carbon nanotube dust to the epoxy resin before layup. This fills the gaps between the structural fibres with carbon reinforced epoxy resin. Low tech but very effective at increasing laminate stiffness.

Ten years ago I had the pleasure of watching my friends 90' carbon mast being layed up for his racing sailboat.

It was done by Ted Van Dusen Racing Sailboats in Mass. He did the design/engineering and fabrication. Ted has one of the few weaving/braiding machines in the States.

It is only useful for making tubes, hence the BMC red lego lugs. They start with an aluminum mandrel tube section(ie a baseball bat). The braiding machine is threaded with a large spool of unidirectional carbon fibre. The machine starts at one end and braids a sock of carbon around the aluminum mandrel. If you want more reinforcement it slows down and adds more fibre at programmed locations. It is ideal for tapering.(On the mast they add extra fibre at the spreader location which are huge point loads). They then take the whole layup and transfer it to an autoclave(high temp & pressure). The aluminum grows in diameter as it is heated. The epoxy is allowed to hardened. Then the layup is cooled. The aluminum shrinks and you can slide the carbon tube off of the mandrel.

Very slick technology....

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The black definitely looks better.

I need one of those TIE fighter helmets.

Impec is a stupid name.

Sheesh. That video makes my new Racemaster look so last-century.

just do like me. i ride the iPod Shuffle of BMC bikes.

I recognized Evan's in the first few seconds because of his gigantic eyebrows, hahaha. Also: what is up with the slow-mo water bottle ejaculation? No wonder people think cyclists are weird.

pretty cool except for the slow-mo erotic water-splashing scene... pretty useless for the video totally wierd

haha +1

i freeking WANT!

i'm guessing this is going to be another $10,000 frameset.

Man that video is annoying. You can hardly hear the English over the other talking.

I haven't seen an article or video yet that explains the Shell Node Concept. Pretty strange since that's the most noticeable thing about the bike, at least on the black & red version. It blends in a lot better on the all-black version.

If you like anime - you will like this bike. Simple as that.

not in red please

Ah, that explains it. The lugs have a gundam-like shape to them, now that I think about it.

its the saddle.


















ok ok, i swear thats the last time!

I like it a lot in black. The video was odd especially that slow motion shot because it seems like that would be better suited for women/gay men...does nothing for me because the woody I got was due to the bike.

im sold

I'd like the node lugs in a light blue.

ProMachine to TeamMachine to Impel was less than 24 months? Will BMC eventually suck their rich fanboys dry? :) I wonder how flexy the Pro and Team were in comparison to the Impel...

Probably there is almost no difference in stiffness, but the impec looks more sturdy (not sure about this word ok?) I love the new lugs and actually i love the red, yes i like anime :P The fork looks like the TREK one but better :P WHat i think is that the frame is a little bit more comfortable, thing i really dont know how u can get it better. Wonder how much is the frame, bmc frames arent that expensive after all compared with other brands.