BMC Roadmachine X One
Jan 05, 2022
4 minutes
Words MATTHEW LOVERIDGE
Road plus. All-road. Gravel-adjacent. Groad. Choose your subculture. Choose life. Choose the BMC Roadmachine X.
We’re living in an age of what BMC engineer Tobias Habegger calls ‘micro segmentation’, as brands try to work out what the hell different bikes actually are, and the goalposts for riding disciplines keep getting moved around by sentient Instagram accounts sporting bar bags, tan-wall tyres and deeply entrenched views on tyre tread patterns. The lines between road, gravel and mountain bikes have never been blurrier and the Roadmachine X is as mixed-message as they come.
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