Pro bike: Taylor Phinney’s BMC GF01

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Rising US star Taylor Phinney (BMC Racing Team) will tackle his first Ronde van Vlaanderen aboard BMC’s GranFondo GF01. Unlike some other companies’ dedicated classics bikes, the GF01 doesn’t feel particularly cushy when ridden casually. That’s just fine in this case as Phinney isn’t just out for a Sunday spin. He’ll be hitting the cobbles fast and hard, which is exactly what this bike was designed for .

The distinctive-looking GF01 features a number of kinks and bends in its carbon structure that, according to BMC, effectively creates specific regions of flex to help cushion the blow of rough roads. This ‘Tuned Compliance Concept’ design methodology is most prominent in the flattened, leaf spring-like seat stays but it’s also included in the curious bend in the chain stays just ahead of the dropouts and in the fork where it abruptly steps down in girth below the crown.

<img src="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1396636589967-1izbn6o3qqn1w-f25345d.jpg?quality=90&lb=800,1067&background=white" srcset="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1396636589967-1izbn6o3qqn1w-f25345d.jpg?quality=90&lb=728,970&background=white 728w, https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1396636589967-1izbn6o3qqn1w-f25345d.jpg?quality=90&lb=556,741&background=white 556w, https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1396636589967-1izbn6o3qqn1w-f25345d.jpg?quality=90&lb=355,473&background=white 355w, https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1396636589967-1izbn6o3qqn1w-f25345d.jpg?quality=90&lb=340,453&background=white 340w, https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1396636589967-1izbn6o3qqn1w-f25345d.jpg?quality=90&lb=320,426&background=white 320w, " sizes="(min-width: 992px) 940px, (min-width: 768px) 728px, (min-width: 576px) 556px, calc(100vw - 20px)" width="800" height="1067" class="wp-image-331109 alignnone size-full img-container__image" alt="Does BMC's Tuned Compliance Concept design work? Our experience says yes, at least as long as you're hitting bumps fast and hard, which Phinney is sure to do during both Ronde van Vlaanderen and Paris-Roubaix" title="1396636589967-1izbn6o3qqn1w-f25345d" data-source-name="James Huang/Future Publishing"> Does bmc’s tuned compliance concept design work? our experience says yes, at least as long as you’re hitting bumps fast and hard, which phinney is sure to do during both ronde van vlaanderen and paris-roubaix: does bmc’s tuned compliance concept design work? our experience says yes, at least as long as you’re hitting bumps fast and hard, which phinney is sure to do during both ronde van vlaanderen and paris-roubaix James Huang/Future Publishing Further helping matters are the slim 27.2mm seatpost (with lots of exposed shaft), cushy fi’zi:k Aliante VSX saddle, double wrapped 3T Ergosum Team carbon handlebars, and 25mm-wide Continental Competition Pro Limited PTX tubular tires inflated to a relatively soft 87/94psi front/rear.

<img src="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1396636442720-18uza1ss34nsa-1000-100-ec79ba7.jpg?quality=90&lb=800,600&background=white" srcset="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1396636442720-18uza1ss34nsa-1000-100-ec79ba7.jpg?quality=90&lb=728,546&background=white 728w, https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1396636442720-18uza1ss34nsa-1000-100-ec79ba7.jpg?quality=90&lb=556,417&background=white 556w, https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1396636442720-18uza1ss34nsa-1000-100-ec79ba7.jpg?quality=90&lb=355,266&background=white 355w, https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1396636442720-18uza1ss34nsa-1000-100-ec79ba7.jpg?quality=90&lb=340,255&background=white 340w, https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/1396636442720-18uza1ss34nsa-1000-100-ec79ba7.jpg?quality=90&lb=320,240&background=white 320w, " sizes="(min-width: 992px) 940px, (min-width: 768px) 728px, (min-width: 576px) 556px, calc(100vw - 20px)" width="800" height="600" class="wp-image-331085 alignnone size-full img-container__image" alt="Taylor Phinney (BMC Racing Team) will take his first stab at the Ronde van Vlaanderen on the BMC GranFondo GF01" title="1396636442720-18uza1ss34nsa-1000-100-ec79ba7" data-source-name="James Huang/Future Publishing"> Taylor phinney (bmc racing team) will take his first stab at the ronde van vlaanderen on the bmc granfondo gf01: taylor phinney (bmc racing team) will take his first stab at the ronde van vlaanderen on the bmc granfondo gf01 James Huang/Future Publishing That said, Phinney’s GF01 also has a bit of a two-faced personality as the enormous down tube, monstrous chain stays, extra-wide PF86 bottom bracket shell, flared seat tube, and meaty 1 1/8-to-1 1/2in tapered head tube are remarkably stiff and yield fantastic pedaling efficiency – a critical feature for such power-intensive events as the spring classics.

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