Spanish company Bikone has launched a brand new ‘aero’ bottom bracket, which will be used next year by UAE Team Emirates-XRG and world champion Tadej Pogačar.
Bikone has provided the team with bottom brackets since 2024, and we have covered them before in Pogačar bike checks. Refreshingly, in today’s day and age, Team UAE use a range of aftermarket components that make bike checks a little more interesting. The team use aftermarket chainrings, thru axles, derailleur hangers and bottom brackets.
The unit retails at €349 and comes with installation tools for both sides of the unit, as well as two sets of extra seals. The unit is a BSA spec, compatible with threaded frames and 24mm Shimano chainset axles.
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As you might expect, the brand claims this new unit has been developed, tested and fine-tuned to the standards required by the riders at Team UAE and was a joint development. Bikone states the objective was less aerodynamic drag, less weight and less friction.
The unit is manufactured from 7075 aluminium and uses hybrid ceramic bearings; the brand lists a spec of ABEC 5 / P5 2RS. 2RS indicates…
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