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Can a softer BMC Roadmachine endure stiff competition?

On a remote, washed-out logging track, 30km from Girona, the trail has become so steep and gnarly that I’m beginning to ponder the humiliating consequences of totalling a shiny new €8k BMC Roadmachine right in front of the brand’s R&D team.

As our group navigates deep gullies and muddy slopes littered with ‘baby heads’, it’s almost inconceivable that just hours ago I, an entrenched

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