Strolling the pits of the 2016 the Tour Down Under, the one bike that’s impossible to miss is Graeme ‘Brownie’ Brown’s custom-painted SwiftCarbon. The gold paint is there to commemorate the Drapac riders’ record 14th Tour Down Under. However, beneath that trick paint is also the first sighting of Swift’s new aero road bike – the HyperVox.
Until now, SwiftCarbon has noticeably lacked an aero-road frame to serve the number of sprinters within the Pro-Continental Australian team. Welcome the HyperVox.
The SwiftCarbon HyperVox
SwiftCarbon were previously never a firm believer in creating an aero road bike just to meet its competitors. However, demand from the team forced the South African brand to change its approach.
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Speaking with SwiftCarbon’s marketing manager Neil Gardiner about the HyperVox – “we wanted to build a bike without the typical compromises of an aero bike. The brakes had to work, and our signature ride quality had to be there”.
The boss himself, Mark Blewett rode three versions of carbon prototypes of this bike, and according to Strava, he personally has over 500 hours on the frame. We’re told Graeme Browne first started testing the frame in June 2015.
"We wanted to make it affordable; we could see these ultra-premium aero bikes and didn’t want to be there. However, we went with a new vendor (manufacturer) who hold serious expertise, but such knowledge comes at a price”.
That paint
Graeme Brown’s setup
- Frame: SwiftCarbon HyperVox , size medium
- Fork: SwiftCarbon HyperVox
- Headset: FSA internal tapered
- Stem: Zipp SL Sprint, 120mm, -12 degree
- Handlebar: Zipp Service Course SL-80 42cm
- Tape: Zipp Service Course
- Front brake: SRAM Red 22
- Rear brake: SRAM Red 22
- Brake levers: SRAM Red 22 DoubleTap
- Front derailleur: SRAM Red 22, with chain catcher
- Rear derailleur: SRAM Red 22 WiFLi
- Shift levers: SRAM Red 22 DoubleTap
- Cassette: SRAM PowerGlide 1170 11-28T
- Chain: SRAM Red 22
- Crankset: SRAM Red 22 Quarq 53/39 172.5mm
- Bottom bracket: SRAM PF30 (non-ceramic)
- Pedals: Speedplay Stainless ‘V4’
- Wheelset: Zipp 404 Firecrest tubular
- Front tyre: Maxxis Campione tubular, 25c (115-120psi)
- Rear tyre: Maxxis Campione tubular, 25c (115-120psi)
- Saddle: Fizik Aliante R3, K:ium rail
- Seatpost: SwiftCarbon aero, 15mm set-back (approx)
- Bottle cages: Tacx Deva (2)
- Computer: Garmin 510 (not pictured) with SRAM out-in-front mount
- Rider's height: 1.80m (5ft 11in)
- Rider's weight: 76kg (168lb)
- Saddle height from BB, c-t: 764mm
- Head tube angle: 72.6 degrees
- Seat tube angle: 73.3 degrees
- Saddle setback: 70mm
- Seat tube length (c-t): 520mm
- Tip of saddle to midpoint of bar: 563mm
- Saddle-to-bar drop: 120mm
- Head tube length: 148mm
- Top tube length (effective): 553mm
- Total bicycle weight: 7.43kg (16.38lb)
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