- This bike right here
is Greg Van Avermaet's custom BMC Teammachine SLR01.
The Teammachine SLR01 has had an update
midway through 2017,
so this is the absolute newest version.
Significant and visible changes from the previous iteration
of the model are the fact
that is has direct mount brakes, both front and rear,
it has a new integrated custom BMC stem
and also the position of the seat bolt clamp has changed
so it's now right there.
The customness of Van Avermaet's bike
has also toned down a little since last year,
so he won the Olympics in Rio 2016
and to celebrate he did what I think anyone
in that position would do
and he got a full gold BMC bike.
This year there are just some gold touches
to, you know, give a nod to the fact
that he is reigning Olympic champion.
Got the gold BMC lettering there,
this very nice stripe along the left-hand side
of the top tube,
gold BMC lettering on the head tube
and on the chain station seat state
and something the mechanics take great pride in
and they are keeping sharpie in business
'cause they went out and bought a gold permanent marker
just to mark Greg's seat height.
Let's take a look at the build of the bike
and start right at the top
where he has a Fizik Antares 00 saddle
so that's Fizik's absolute top of the range saddle,
full carbon fibre rails and a carbon fibre saddle body.
Fizik has helped Greg Van Avermaet out
with his Olympic gold medal theme to this bike
by providing a few gold flashes on the saddle too.
Moving forward from that
we've got the aforementioned BMC stem
and he's got 3T carbon fibre handlebars
with the classic Belgian round traditional bend.
Shifting and braking is provided by the latest version
of Shimano's flagship Dura-Ace groupset,
so he's got the Dura-Ace DI2 SDI levers.
Nestled just below, very close to that actually,
he has got sprint shifters
so they're perfect for changing up and down
at the back when he's out the saddle
or riding really hard in the drops.
Moving back front there,
he's got Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 front mech
and a Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 rear mech.
This version of the Dura-Ace Di2 rear mech
underwent a redesign
so it's actually incorporated a few elements
that you may recognise from their mountain bike rear mechs.
Brakes on the updated frame
are both direct mount and they are both Shimano Dura-Ace
and they're the latest version too.
The chain and cassette are Shimano Dura-Ace
and the cassette's quite an interesting one
because we've seen pro cyclists switch to a new standard
of an 11 through to 28 set
but Avermaet goes a bit bigger than that though.
He's got an 11 through to 30 cassette
which until a few years ago
would probably be thought of
more as a mountain bike cassette
rather than a road bike cassette.
Chain rings are 53/39
and they are the previous version of Dura-Ace
because he's got an SRM powermeter on that chain set
and SRM only make a powermeter
that fits with the older version of the chain rings.
The pedals on this one are also Shimano Dura-Ace
as are the wheels
and they're the latest version
of Shimano's Dura-Ace C40 wheels.
Tyres.
They're supplied by Vittoria
and they're the Vittoria Corsa tubular tyres
and they are marked up as 25 millimetres wide
but we'll get our callipers
and have a check of those later on.
The final thing on the build of this bike
are the Elite bottle cages
and again, in a nod in tribute
to Van Avermaet's really great Olympic victory last year
they've got some gold touches on them too.
With the big bits of the build covered
we've just got to look at the finishing touches,
the things that the manufacturers and mechanics have added
to really take Van Avermaet's pro bike to the next level.
First up, I thought I had spotted all of the gold touches
on this bike.
It turns out I hadn't
because they've added nice little gold cable end caps
to the front and rear brakes.
On the top tube he's got his initials there in gold
which I think look super, super cool
and he's also got an SRM PC8, so that's Power Control Eight
and that's the latest version of their head unit.
I was expecting that to be gold too
but it isn't on this bike.
Right then, vital statistics time.
Van Avermaet's cranks are 172.5 millimetres long.
And as I've already mentioned his gearing is 39/53 upfront
with 11 through to 30 cassette at the rear.
The tyres are Vittoria.
They're both marked up as 25 millimetres wide.
The rear one comes in at 24.69 and the front one at 24.26
according to our callipers.
The saddle height is around 77 centimetres,
the stem is about 14 centimetres long
giving him a reach of about 60 centimetres.
Van Avermaet's bars come in at 44 centimetres wide
centre to centre on the drops
which actually bucks the trend for pro cyclists right now
who are going from increasingly narrow bars
in their never-ending quest for aerodynamics
and marginal gains.
The weight of the bike, this one comes in at 7.3 kilogrammes
so if you wanted to get down below
the UCI's lower weight limit,
which of course it doesn't
but you will get close to it for the mountain stages.
He's got about 500 grammes to lose on this bike.
And now it's time for the free hub sound test.
(whirring)
it's quite loud.
I'm quite used to the Shimano free hubs now though.
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