{"id":19153,"date":"2015-10-15T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-15T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2015\/10\/15\/best-bike-in-africa-2015-5-swiftcarbon-evil-twin-r3667\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T09:10:32","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T09:10:32","slug":"best-bike-in-africa-2015-5-swiftcarbon-evil-twin-r3667","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/best-bike-in-africa-2015-5-swiftcarbon-evil-twin-r3667\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Bike in Africa 2015: #5 SwiftCarbon Evil Twin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Best Bike in Africa will be held at the 2015 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.africacyclefair.com\/\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Standard Bank Africa Cycle Fair<\/a> on 23 &#8211; 25 October at St Stithians College, Johannesburg. The competition invites fair visitors to vote for their favourite bike at the Best Bike in Africa stand. All the entrants that vote for the bike that wins the Best Bike in Africa will go into a draw to win the bike. Leading up to the fair, we&#8217;ll be be revealing the bikes entered in the Best Bike in Africa. Today we reveal the SwiftCarbon Evil Twin as the next candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Built with pro racers in mind and inspired by the Cape Epic, there&#8217;s no one bike to do it all nonsense to see here. The Evil Twin is an unapologetic hardcore endurance racer. As you would expect, the Evil Twin is built to maximise every ounce of efficiency from it&#8217;s 90mm RockShox Monarch shock which has been tucked away to allow for two water bottles inside the front triangle. The rest of the Best Bike in Africa build features a RockShox RS1 fork, Shimano&#8217;s XT groupset, American Classic wheels and Thomson components in the cockpit.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-95322800-1444830907.jpg\" data-fileid=\"614208\" data-fileext=\"jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-fileid=\"614208\" class=\"ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed\" alt=\"ccs-62657-0-95322800-1444830907.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-95322800-1444830907.jpg\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"text-2xl font-bold\">Specifications:<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul class=\"specsList\">\n<li><span class=\"row_title\">FRAME: <\/span><span class=\"row_data\">Evil Twin carbon fibre<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"row_title\">STYLE: <\/span><span class=\"row_data\">29er<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"row_title\">FORK: <\/span><span class=\"row_data\">RockShox RS1<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"row_title\">REAR SHOCK: <\/span><span class=\"row_data\">RockShox Monarch<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"row_title\">HEADSET: <\/span><span class=\"row_data\">FSA<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"row_title\">BOTTOM BRACKET: <\/span><span class=\"row_data\">Shimano XT PF30<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"row_title\">CRANKSET: <\/span><span class=\"row_data\">Shimano XT<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"row_title\">CASSETTE:<\/span><span class=\"row_data\">Shimano XT<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"row_title\">REAR DERAILLEUR: <\/span><span class=\"row_data\">Shimano XT<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"row_title\">SHIFTERS: <\/span><span class=\"row_data\">Shimano XT<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"row_title\">BRAKES: <\/span><span class=\"row_data\">Shimano XT<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"row_title\">STEM: <\/span><span class=\"row_data\">Thomson<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"row_title\">SEATPOST: <\/span><span class=\"row_data\">Thomson<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"row_title\">HANDLEBAR: <\/span><span class=\"row_data\">Thomson<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"row_title\">SADDLE: <\/span><span class=\"row_data\">Fizik<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"row_title\">WHEELSET: <\/span><span class=\"row_data\">American Classic<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"row_title\">TIRES: <\/span><span class=\"row_data\">Schwalbe Racing Ralph<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check out the SwiftCarbon website for more on the Evil Twin and their other bikes <a href=\"http:\/\/swiftcarbon.com\/\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you like this bike and would like the chance to own one, vote for it in the Best Bike in Africa at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.africacyclefair.com\/\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Standard Bank Africa Cycle Fair<\/a> on 23 &#8211; 25 October at St Stithians College.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.africacyclefair.com\/\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a class=\"ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-68286100-1444830975.jpg\" data-fileid=\"614209\" data-fileext=\"jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-fileid=\"614209\" class=\"ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed\" alt=\"ccs-62657-0-68286100-1444830975.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-68286100-1444830975.jpg\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Best Bike in Africa will be held at the 2015 Standard Bank Africa Cycle Fair on 23 &#8211; 25 October at St Stithians College, Johannesburg. 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