Jeepnut22 

So, bought my first modern road bike in a while last year (1992 was the last road bike I acquired) and landed a great deal on a BMC Road Racer from CC last Spring. Great bike, stiff, agile, loved it. A few upgrades here and there, felt fantastic!! Got it to 17.41 lbs. and was HAPPY!!



Shifting problems, brought about a realization that there was an issue with the FD mount. Frame deemed toast, sadness ensued...



CC and BMC took care of me though. Obviously no more 2009 framesets available in medium, what would happen??!??!??!??!?

They shipped me a 2011 Road Racer!! Changes to the frameset include a full carbon frame (2009 was Aluminum with Carbon Seat Stays), fork steerer is full carbon, and they made some subtle changes to the stream post which are big improvements as far as I am concerned. Took the chance to make some upgrades on the new build up.

- RED Shifters
- RED FD
- FORCE RD
- Yokozuna Cables
- KMC Chain
- Light weight TR brakes

New build up comes in at 15.76 lbs. and I have some Titanium cage bolts, Titanium chain ring bolts, and a pair of S-Works cages on the way. Should shave off a gram or two...

On that note, the new, BMC!!

















Still have a few things to finalize. Need to adjust the bar angle a bit, FD and RD still need some minor tweaking and the rear brakes still need aligning. Then, red anodized cable ends will be added.

Then, getting a re-fitting since this is a 54cm, and the previous one was a 53cm. WooooHoooo!

RUOkie

Nice Jeepnut! I saw that bike at a LBS on Friday and coveted it.

loudtiger

liked the old bike, love the new bike!

M_FactorX19

very nice!! those BMCs always look good.

guadzilla

I said GOD-damn. That looks nice.

Looigi

Gosh-darn. That's a swell looking ride! I like the old orange and white color scheme but the new black/red is classy looking.

DRietz

Do you have the old frame still? I run a peer-taught elective at my school about the evolution of frame building and this would top off the frames we have (our newest one was built in 1996).

learnmedia

Lookin' good! Or as they say in the old neighborhood, "You came up!"

skinnyguy

that stem and bars look familiar. lol. btw. sweet bike.

Velo Gator

Rock on!

Mansram01

Nice replacement. Glad that BMC took care of you. Love both color schemes.

MarkB25

i love the look of BMC bikes. i prefer your old colors..but like the red....looking at a 2008 sl01 right now with sram rival cranks and sram force for the rest. white orange color scheme. however, i have an amazing opportunity to buy a colnago ace (which is all carbon) at an amazing cost so may do that. but looks wise i prefer the BMC.

Jeepnut22 

Stem, yes! Bars are my Ergonovas. The Ergonosums are headed for another project which will start later this Spring/Summer.

Jeepnut22 

I have a thing for orange, as does my son so it will be missed.

But the new color scheme works well and I am happy again. Probably be able to get out later this week for it's maiden voyage!

Spacemunky

nice

Kind of Blued

Nice happy ending! CC seems to have fantastic customer service.

Also, if you know the frame geometry of your old frame and new frame, why not just do a few simple calculations to get everything dialed in exactly the same as before? It'd probably take 30-45 minutes, and it'd be free.

WHOOOSSHHH...

Awesome looking build!

wrr1020

Nice rig, i love my Pro Machine. BMC makes great bikes.

mvnsnd

Glad to hear that it worked out and BMC and CC took care of you. The new bike looks great!

rat fink

Rad ride. Thoughts on the Ergonovas versus the Ergosums?

Retropean

Nice!!! A BMC will be my next bike.

Jeepnut22 

Both have pretty much the same bend and drops. Shallow like I like 'em. The Ergonovas have a more oval top section vs. the Ergonosums which are round. Personally for me I like the Ergonovas better.

Bob Ross

+1. I've said it before & I'll say it again: BMCs are the only off-the-shelf bike I would consider these days...and admittedly that's entirely based on appearances.

roadiejorge 

Competitive Cyclist is great at addressing issues which is why I don't hesitate purchasing bikes/frames from them. The new BMC looks great!

sbxx1985 

Very nice.