SWI is an
ultra-premium cycling brand
Creating unique and remarkably beautiful bespoke, high performance custom carbon
road bikes. Each SWI frame is engineered in Switzerland and fabricated in Italy
in the historical Insubria region, famed for its tradition of crafting works of
extraordinary beauty and engineering prowess. It is a masterpiece both in terms
of artistry and fabrication.
Stefano Cenere, SWI's founder, has a history of jewellery manufacture at the
highest levels and is an expert in carbon fibre composites. Marrying his
fastidious attention to detail with a dedicated commitment to the best
engineering and his appreciation of cycling, led to the creation of SWI. What
has followed is over 4 years R&D and 50+ prototypes, tested by world tour
legends Paulo Bettini and Luca Paolini, that has culminated in the realisation
of the AEQUUS SL: an unrivalled fusion of artistry and engineering and the only
bike produced by the company.
The SWI AEQUUS SL is a true monocoque, built in one unified piece from the
world's finest high-grade carbon textile, hand-crafted for each customer and
finished to the highest standards.
UNIQUE CONSTRUCTION
SWI's approach to frame manufacture is distinct from the rest of the market in
two key areas. Construction and materials.
The SWI AEQUUS SL utilises a unique, patented construction process that yields a
frame as a single, uninterrupted shell or Unified Carbon Shell. It is a true
monocoque.
Hand laid in northern Italy as a single unit within a single mould, the resultant
seamless frames are lighter, stiffer more durable and more precisely aligned
than is possible with bonding.
"When you understand the technology behind our bikes, you will understand that it
simply will not be possible to mass produce these bikes. The process is simply
too costly and expensive.
Just our raw materials can cost up to 10 times the price of that used in a mass
produced bike."
Stefano Cenere (Founder of SWI)
In addition to the unique fabrication process, SWI employ novel and highly
technical composite materials.
SWI is the only bicycle manufacturer in the world utilising NTPT high performance
carbon textiles and this matters since NTPT composites differ greatly from those
commonly employed in the manufacture of bicycles.
With an exceptionally dense unidirectional carbon weave of up to 29 ply, the
dense weave yields a textile no thicker than other carbon materials used in bike
building and with significantly fewer voids - a point of weakness in carbon
materials. The result is an appreciably higher stiffness to weight ratio than
typically seen in frame manufacturing and its multi-layered composition allows
for unrivalled lay-up customisation, so you can build the bike for YOUR riding.