{"id":17815,"date":"2016-07-28T08:45:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T07:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2016\/07\/28\/swiftcarbons-custom-bikes-for-rio-olympics-r5296\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T07:52:49","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T07:52:49","slug":"swiftcarbons-custom-bikes-for-rio-olympics-r5296","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/swiftcarbons-custom-bikes-for-rio-olympics-r5296\/","title":{"rendered":"SwiftCarbon\u2019s custom bikes for Rio Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Africa will be well represented at the Olympic Games this summer, with 137 athletes heading to Rio. But it\u2019s not just the athletes that are Brazil-bound. South African brand SwiftCarbon will be hitting the streets too, ridden by some of the most talented athletes in the world, in the sports calendar’s biggest and most important test of fitness, form and resolve.<\/p>\n

Four years of training, preparation and sacrifice all has come to a head for three special athletes, representing South Africa, Canada and Japan, in the men\u2019s triathlon, women\u2019s triathlon and women\u2019s road TT respectively. Henri Schoeman, Sarah-Anne Brault and Eri Yonamine will pilot special edition bikes \u2013 Schoeman and Brault on Hypervox aero road bikes and Yonamine a Neurogen TT bike.<\/p>\n

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Henri Schoeman’s Swift Hypervox.<\/span><\/p>\n

Founder Mark Blewett says, \u201cThe bike industry might be a tough business to be in, but it suddenly all feels worth it when you see such bright talents riding our bikes at the highest possible level.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Eri Yonamine’s Swift Neurogen<\/span><\/p>\n

Yonamine, 25, is the current Japanese National Time Trial Champion, Sarah-Anne, 26, is a former ITU Pan-Am Cup winner and 24-year-old Henri is a multiple ITU African champion and Commonwealth Games silver medalist.<\/p>\n

The designs are themed around the countries\u2019 flags that they\u2019ll be flying, and were hand painted in Cape Town by Jared Mahaffey of BMC. \u201cIt was a tricky job, very intricate, but of course quite an honour doing it. I hope they like them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cFor any athlete building up to the Olympics, it\u2019s tunnel vision for months, and a special frame helps lift the morale a little,\u201d says Blewett. \u201cWhen her frame arrived in Japan, Eri burst into tears, and Sarah-Anne got pretty jealous when she saw Henri\u2019s bike, all built up and ready. I really can\u2019t wait to see them out on the course!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Road TT women: August 10, 2016
Triathlon men: August 18, 2016
Triathlon women: August 20, 2016\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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