- News
- Reviews
- Bikes
- Accessories
- Accessories - misc
- Computer mounts
- Bags
- Bar ends
- Bike bags & cases
- Bottle cages
- Bottles
- Cameras
- Car racks
- Child seats
- Computers
- Glasses
- GPS units
- Helmets
- Lights - front
- Lights - rear
- Lights - sets
- Locks
- Mirrors
- Mudguards
- Racks
- Pumps & CO2 inflators
- Puncture kits
- Reflectives
- Smart watches
- Stands and racks
- Trailers
- Clothing
- Components
- Bar tape & grips
- Bottom brackets
- Brake & gear cables
- Brake & STI levers
- Brake pads & spares
- Brakes
- Cassettes & freewheels
- Chains
- Chainsets & chainrings
- Derailleurs - front
- Derailleurs - rear
- Forks
- Gear levers & shifters
- Groupsets
- Handlebars & extensions
- Headsets
- Hubs
- Inner tubes
- Pedals
- Quick releases & skewers
- Saddles
- Seatposts
- Stems
- Wheels
- Tyres
- Health, fitness and nutrition
- Tools and workshop
- Miscellaneous
- Tubeless valves
- Buyers Guides
- Features
- Forum
- Recommends
- Podcast
TECH NEWS
BMC release €25,000 Lamborghini 50th anniversary bike
This striking bike has been created by BMC to celebrate car maker Lamborghini’s 50th anniversary. Lamborghini also celebrated this occasion with the stunning Veneno, a £3.1 million supercar limited to just four examples (Google it, it’s quite a sight).
This Impec Lamborghini 50th Anniversary Edition is a more affordable option than the car if you’re a Lamborghini fan, but at €25,000 it’s still far from cheap. And you’d probably have to be a huge fan to rush to your local dealer to place an order. BMC will create 50 bikes so it’s pretty limited, and each will be made to order.
The build kit is Campagnolo Super Record EPS and Campagnolo Bora deep-section wheels, the rims wearing the Lamborghini logo. 3T have supplied custom painted handlebars and stem,as have Fizik with a matching Arione saddle. The frame is finished in a fluoro over stealth finish that is an acquired taste. It would go great with Castelli’s Thermosuit, I’m thinking. Weight for the bike is a claimed 6.85kg (15.10lbs).
There’s a tradition of bicycle manufactures collaborating with car manufacturers. There’s Ferrari and Colnago, of course, and McLaren and Specialized. BMC and Lamborghini have worked together before on limited edition bikes. They released the Automobili last year.
The Impec process sees the frame being made in BMC’s Swiss facility using robots. Machines weave the carbon fibre strand-by-strand with injection moulded composite lugs - sorry, 'shell nodes' - used, a manufacturing process they reckon gives them very precise control over the layup and production of the frame. You can read a bit more about it here.
Now, if you can get a bike rack on the back of that new Lambo, and have deep pockets, we're sure you would sure turn a few heads.
Head over to www.bmc-racing.com if you want to know more. Or place an order...
David worked on the road.cc tech team from 2012-2020. Previously he was editor of Bikemagic.com and before that staff writer at RCUK. He's a seasoned cyclist of all disciplines, from road to mountain biking, touring to cyclo-cross, he only wishes he had time to ride them all. He's mildly competitive, though he'll never admit it, and is a frequent road racer but is too lazy to do really well. He currently resides in the Cotswolds, and you can now find him over on his own YouTube channel David Arthur - Just Ride Bikes.
Latest Comments
- the little onion 41 sec ago
Rather artistic photo of this (driverless) car that has ended up on its roof on a dead straight road in Bradford....
- Tom_77 4 min 55 sec ago
The 3 lights are what I have for cycling in daylight - 800 lumens at the front, 300 at the rear, helmet light is 100 front and 100 rear. All of...
- mdavidford 27 min 33 sec ago
If the trees are now a smokescreen, it doesn't sound like there's much to save any more.
- hawkinspeter 45 min 27 sec ago
Cool - that removes one of my issues with Garmin. I'm quite happy with the Wahoo Elemnt Bolt, so I doubt that I'll be switching unless Garmin come...
- hawkinspeter 1 hour 14 min ago
Unfortunately, if someone is determined to drive whilst being disqualified, then the only way to protect the public is to keep repeat offenders in...
- slc 1 hour 41 min ago
No doubt it will catch on in Plymouth, but it is Devon, where everything happens 10 years later. Not least the buses....
- mctrials23 2 hours 22 min ago
GCN just did a cool video on this. All I could think by the end was that perhaps if you got to do what the presenter did and mince around Italy in...
- ravenbait 2 hours 30 min ago
I missed that, thanks for pointing it out. I can't comment, as that's outside my area of expertise. Apologies to Rendel. This is why they should be...
- S.E. 17 hours 38 min ago
The real issue is that other people in the sport business get much more than the athletes... I also tend to agree that 8 million a year is already...
Add new comment
14 comments
I'd prefer this:
http://www.factorbikes.com/astonmartin/
Of all the auto-bike collabos that I've seen I think this one is pretty good.
It's distinctive and unique, and it has a certain style which says something about both companies, whether you like it or not.
The McLaren-Specialized Venge is fantastic but not really noticeable as anything more than a very nice bike. This takes something from both.
I can't even imagine ever having enough money to buy one but I would love to have one. Having said that, people I know with Impecs aren't that impressed.
Lamborghini started out as a tractor company.
I'm now looking forward to seeing a Di2 equipped John Deere
Love the colour scheme.
Why do I never see Impecs except in the dealer's showrooms? Or should I say "not so local" bike shops?
"First pictures released of bike that Danish man was masturbating over. Police drop case."
Only a wanker would buy a bike like this.
So given that the entire spec is already decided, why would they be built to order? Suppose there's always the size.
Yup, they mean the specification of the frame will be custom to each customer
would surely have been better if they decked it out with the campag 80th anniversary groupset mentioned on this website the other day
super super exclusive then.
I'l Have Two, one for each leg please !
?
How much do New Zealand coroners get paid? Because if it is not enough to afford to buy 25,000 euro fluorescent yellow bicycles, then I think BMC has overshot their market somewhat.
PS: And yes, before you say it, I do realise that Lambo is effectively a German brand these days...
Comically expensive, even by Lambo standards. Strange choice of brand partner too, IMO - BMC to me is the epitome of serious, technocratic bike brands and would find more parallels with a Teutonic brand like Porsche, I'd imagine. Also, whilst the ludicrously pricey Veneno does at least look like a proper Batmobile, not really sure what time bike offers that any other top-end carbon race rig wouldn't. Although I'm sure that won't matter to the few who can justify spending £25,000 on a push bike.