FIRST RIDE
You get the plush, smoothing effect of big balloon tyres without the sluggishness
Swiss smoothy BMC URS LT One
£7600 Super-comfortable, high-performing gravel bike
The URS LT has evolved out of this innovative Swiss brand’s original URS (for ‘unrestricted’) gravel machine. Now for some more capital-letter abbreviations: the new model uses BMC’s MTT (micro travel technology) suspension at the rear (which was first seen at the rear of the URS), but also uses this technology at the front of the bike with the new MTT integrated suspension fork, hence the moniker URS LT (long travel). Got it?
At first glance, the back end looks standard for a modern gravel machine: robust chainstays mated to
