New Colnago for UAE Team Emirates. Same core.
The new Colnago V5Rs has officially been announced to join the UAE Team Emirates lineup. Lighter than any other model previously made by the italian brand, this bike is built for pure performance, innovation, and speed. To win. More.
At its core lies a piece of technology that has been a staple since 2024: a Bikone bottom bracket.
Two Colnagos. One bottom bracket.
Both V5Rs and Y1Rs share the same bottom bracket standard, our BSA Road Ceramic UAE Edition by Bikone. Previously featured on last season’s Colnago TT1, the BSA Road Ceramic system has now been extended to the rest of the team’s bikes for 2025. UAE Team Emirates continues to rely on Bikone’s ceramic precision to deliver stiffness, efficiency, and durability proven at the highest level of racing.
Engineered for Efficiency
The BSA Road Ceramic UAE Edition features our proprietary Dual Cup design, crafted from aerospace-grade aluminum. This structure ensures perfect alignment of the ceramic bearings, eliminating unwanted creaks or movement, and providing a smoother, quieter pedal stroke.
Inside, high-performance ceramic bearings with low rolling resistance boost power transfer and reduce energy loss. The result: a more efficient ride at every level, from training rides to WorldTour races.
Dual Cup Techology
Redefining the Bottom Bracket Concept
Our Dual Cup Tech (DCTech) design ensures perfect concentricity.
The bottom bracket features a central sleeve that applies pressure, aligning both cups between the bearing faces, regardless of external factors. Once installed, the bearing faces remain perfectly aligned, regardless of frame tolerances or misalignments.
The result: reduced friction, increased bearing lifespan, and a smoother ride.
Easy Installation
We design our bottom brackets for easy installation, no special tools or complicated processes required.
Serviceable
Bearing wear is inevitable with use. However, with Bikone bottom brackets, there’s no need to replace the entire unit. Bikone offer bearing replacement kits to reduce waste and help customers save money by extending the life of their components.
Technology
Oversized Bottom Brackets
We all know the problems that this part of the bicycle can cause, sometimes the frames can wear out with the use and get oversized.. There was no solution for this type of issue, until now! If your bottom bracket goes in too smoothly even by hand, maybe it's time to switch to the only oversized bottom bracket on the market with Bikone.
Make It Simple, Make It Reliable.
Our exclusive double-cup system provides a perfect perpendicularity between bearings in bottom brackets. Frames with a lower tolerance may cause friction and durability issues. This results in a poor lifespan and high friction issues. This double-cup system guarantees that bearings will be perfectly balanced even in these cases.
Precision Manufacturing.
Our quality standards are key in offering high-performance services and products. That is why our quality department is of vital importance in both manufacturing processes and communication among our employees.
Harder - Lighter - More Resistant
High-performance bearing experts. Ceramic ball bearings offer a superior corrosion resistance, greater dimensional stability, lower density, higher heat resistance. All this translates into a more efficient material for bottom brackets.
Aerospace Aluminium
We choose top class 6061 Aluminium alloy is classed as a very high strength aluminium aerospace alloy with superior stress corrosion resistance.
Corrosion Resistant
We choose top class 7075 Aluminium alloy is classed as a very high strength aluminium aerospace alloy with superior stress corrosion resistance.
Stable Preload for Maximum Performance
The amount of preload to be applied during the assembly has been determined carefully, taking into account several factors such as the required rigidity of the assembly, bearing life, friction of the bearing, as well as the load to be applied from the cyclist.
T6 Heat Treated
For most aluminum alloys: 6061, 6063 and 7075, the best heat treatment is T6. The T6 heat treatment offers an increase in hardness and other mechanical properties such as the normalization of its granular structure. In this way, we guarantee that all our aluminum products will behave perfectly throughout their useful life.
Stiff + Durable + Smooth
Angular contact ball bearings support both axial and radial loads. These bearing types cannot be separated; therefore, they are mounted in pairs.In a standard single row radial ball bearing, only 3 or 4 balls make contact when pedalling. But with our patented preload system, all balls are engaged, spreading force over a larger surface, decreasing friction, and minimising wear
Lifetime Warranty
Enjoy lifetime warranty for cups and 3-year warranty for bearings
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