Posted on June 1, 2022 by Cory Benson

BMC just unveiled a Masterpiece, a second in fact – their new limited edition Teammachine SLR Mpc joining the Roadmachine Mpc to reimagine their top road bikes for riders where money is no object. The new bikes look more aggressive than ever, exposing the carbon weave beneath, plus are both lighter & stiffer than the Pro Tour-proven machines.

They call it “An exclusive and unparalleled example of what can be done when no expense is spared.”

See full Masterpiece updates below…

all c. BMC, photos by Jeremie Reuiller

BMC’s top Teammachine SLR was already pretty premium, I mean the Teammachine SLR01 One already sells for $13,000 / 13,300€ with a top-tier Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 groupset & super light DT Swiss Mon Chasseral carbon wheels. How much more premium can you go than that?

BMC says, probably double, right?

The Teammachine SLR Mpc joins the Roadmachine as no-holds-barred road bikes.

Built one at a time, BMC engineers call it a class-leading carbon road frameset building on all of the technical innovation they’ve developed at their Impec Lab R&D and production facility in Switzerland over the last decade.

Teammachine SLR Mpc (left) & Roadmcahince Mpc (right)

The new Masterpiece bikes share the shaping with the standard Roadmachine & Teammachine SLR. While the Teammachine SLR had moved towards a smoothed, curved, and blended aero aesthetic, the Roadmachine retains the sharp-edged look of previous BMC machines.

Now, both bikes in Mpc Masterpiece look even sharper…

The real big difference of the new Teammachine SLR Mpc is inside.

The Mpc Masterpiece edition is a focus on hand-craftsmanship and precision. The new bike embraces its careful carbon layup, and doesn’t cover it up under paint. Instead, you can see the various directional fibers with the beautiful but raw aesthetics.

Notable differences between the lightweight aero road Teammachine and Roadmachine are the bike’s shaped downtube & Aerocore bottle cage integration vs. the much thinner, lighter-looking designs.

The Roadmachine also gets a smaller volume seattube with a rear-wheel cutout for improved comfort & aerodynamics, simplified rear dropout, plus thinner & wider-set seatstays, that all boost tire clearance and give BMC the option to build the more all-road X version.

Beyond its good looks, that refined carbon means the BMC Teammachine SLR Mpc is lighter than ever at 1179g for the frameset with fork. And it gets improved stiffness, too.

Interestingly, now the Masterpiece family adds options for both the Roadmachine and Tesmmachine.  And it seems there aren’t yet a lot to go around.

BMC Teammachine SR Mpc frameset

BMC says that the Teammachine SLR Mpc masterpieces are actually available to order now, but they are going to be rare.

The frameset takes more than one day to make by hand in BMC’s Gretchen, Switzerland Impec workshop so the most they’ll be able to make is a couple hundred per year. Lead time for customer delivery is expected to be around 3-months, assuming they don’t sell out.

Plus, they are not cheap. For $12,000 / 12,000€ you get the carbon BMC Teammachine SLR Mpc frame kit including: frame, fork, seatpost, (headset?) & one-piece cockpit. (Compare that to the standard $5300 / 5000€ Teammachine SLR01 MOD ICS Carbon frame kit!)

No complete bike builds will be offered, but BMC’s dealer bike shops will probably be happy to try to source a premium groupset from Shimano, SRAM, or Campagnolo and find you some suitably ultra-premium wheels too. The dream bike build will be up to you and your pocketbook!

Cory Benson is the EU Tech Editor of Bikerumor.com.

Cory has been writing about mountain bikes, enduro, cyclocross, all-road, gravel bikes & bikepacking on and off for over 25 years, since before several of these even had names in our industry.

Prior to that (and at times, concurrently), Cory worked as an Architect specializing in environmental sustainability, a IBD bike shop designer & consultant, an independent product designer, a bike shop mechanic, and a mountain biking instructor.

Based in the Czech Republic for over 15 years, Cory spends much of his time traveling around Europe, riding bikes, and meeting directly with many of cycling’s key European product developers, industry experts & tastemakers for an in-depth review of what’s new, and what’s coming next. A technical off-road rider at heart since the 1990s, Cory’s cycling has evolved to cover everything from the wide range of riding aero road bikes on dirt roads to thrashing enduro bikes in the European bikeparks & trail centers, with plenty of XC, CX & gravel in between.

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I am pretty sure all carbonfiber frames are “handmade” lol….

I love black carbon frames with a black background. You can see the difference right?

Oh man. Compared to that hideous Pinarello gravel bike, this is a masterpiece of design restraint.

You have completely mixed up frames here. The Masterpiece images (apart from one) you have selected are of last years Masterpiece Roadmachine, not the new Teammachine. The new Teammachine Masterpiece looks exactly like the regular Teammachine SLR01 but is lighter and stiffer and I think made in one piece. If you go in the Masterpiece website you will find two separate Masterpiece frames: Roadmachine and the new Teammachine. You are comparing apples and oranges in this article because you have them mixed up 🙂

Isn’t that the Roadmachine Mpc.

When is someone going to invent opaque colored resin so we don’t have to look at all black bikes anymore? (You can dye eggs, why not bikes?) Nice frames regardless.

mapei looks like eggs. maybe there was something to that.

Having ridden cheap ass Chinese carbon framesets that cost $500, as well as reputable brands, I know there are differences in quality and performance. But I’d have to be made of money to consider this a good value. Will the super supreme market ever implode on itself?

Silly expensive, but beautiful. There are always these superbikes for the ultra-wealthy. Ultimately I don’t see a reason why not. The techniques used ultimately trickle down to regular consumers eventually…..we’ll all be riding bikes this sweet in like 12 years.

By that time the top end framesets ought to have broken the 100k barrier…

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