American Taylor Phinney raced to claim his third time trial national title Friday in North Carolina aboard a BMC TimeMachine TM01.
Phinney’s machine features some monster gearing (56/44, anyone?), label-free wheels (a Lightweight disc and a HED tri spoke) and sticky tape on the tri/tt Fizik Tritone saddle.
Speaking of the saddle, BMC mechanic Ian Sherburne said Phinney is constantly fiddling with his seat height.
"Just a mil here or a mil there, but he is always messing with it," Sherburne said. “He is one of those riders that often riders with a hex key in his jersey pocket.”
Fizik now provides teams with two options of grippy saddle covers so they don't have to resort to grip tape for time trials
Other points of interest on the bike include grip tape on the extensions and Di2 shifters, and the TimeMachine's horizontal dropouts that feature fore/aft adjustment via the black dial that pushes a pin against the axle.
For a close look at Phinney’s TimeMachine, click through the photo gallery above.
For complete coverage of the USPRO time trial and road national championships, be sure to visit Cyclingnews.com.
