Unique production plant: The BMC impec may not have reinvented the bike, but in creating it, BMC reinvented bike production processes. While the rest of the world increasingly outsources the manufacturing of complex consumer goods to Asia, BMC decided to implement its own in-house manufacturing process for super-high-quality carbon frames. Alongside this revolutionary action, our engineers were tasked with just one goal: build the perfect bike.
High degree of automation: With extremely precise automated production processes, BMC eliminates any possibility for human imprecision in hand-made construction. BMC “robots” are machines created solely for the purpose of consistently precise frame production, thereby guaranteeing repeatable tube quality and assembly of the very highest quality. This automated manufacturing process also gives the impec racing bike its striking appearance, especially at the tube junctions, or nodes, were individual tubes are joined by carbon-injected half-shells.
Perfect balance: Thanks also to this sophisticated production process, each frame’s mechanical properties can be infinitely tuned and refined. With our Load Specific Weave (LSW), BMC controls the material density and orientation of the fibers according to the specific load carried and deflected by each tube. As a result, performance factors such as vertical compliance and stiffness are optimized to attain not only maximized power transfer, but also a comfortable ride. The tubes are then connected using carbon injected shells, or nodes. This technology is called Shell Node Concept (SNC), and it ensures precise and automated bonding of the individual tubes.
Race-proven technology: BMC’s revolutionary manufacturing process makes it possible to perfectly balance stiffness and comfort, creating an unparalleled riding feel. It is therefore no surprise that world-class athletes, such as the Australian Tour de France winner, Cadel Evans, selected the impec as their preferred racing bike after its introduction.
