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Ride on the wild side

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Unlimited pleasure on BMC’s new gravel bike

The URS range consists of four 1x drivetrain models all sharing identical carbon framesets…

BMC’s first gravel bike brings together the Swiss company’s extensive tarmac and dirt design skills to produce the URS. Its unusual name is an abbreviation of unrestricted, a comment on the UCI’s current lack of design rules for gravel and all-road bikes. It’s also short for Ursa, or bear, and Urs is a common Swiss male name, a bit like Dave is here…

The frame is nearly bereft of a logo but it’s unmistakeably BMC, including elements of the latest Roadmachine and BMC’s mountain-bike big-wheel concept, plus some unique URS features. The URS range consists of four 1x drivetrain models all sharing identical carbon framesets with BMC’s progressive Gravel+ geometry.

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