{"id":16867,"date":"2017-04-06T09:40:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T08:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2017\/04\/06\/bikes-of-the-epic-philip-buys39s-pyga-stage-r6384\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T06:59:21","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T06:59:21","slug":"bikes-of-the-epic-philip-buys39s-pyga-stage-r6384","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/bikes-of-the-epic-philip-buys39s-pyga-stage-r6384\/","title":{"rendered":"Bikes of the Epic: Philip Buys’s Pyga Stage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Philip Buys and Matthys Beukes of team Pyga Euro Steel <\/a> won the red African Jersey title at the Absa Cape Epic, and came 7th overall in the strongest elite field to date. We had a closer look at Philip Buys’s Pyga Stage.<\/p>\n

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Fittingly, Pyga bikes are designed in South Africa, for South African terrain, and features modern geometry, such as a slacker head angle and longer reach to make riding on technical terrain more comfortable. The Plus Five system ensures the best possible chain line for 1x drive trains. The Pyga Stage has a full carbon frame with space for two bottle cages inside the front triangle. You can read our full review here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The now-familiar gold of SRAM’s XX1 Eagle drivetrain transfers power, while a Stages Carbon GXP power meter, measures those all important watts. The suspension is taken care of by the RockShox SID World Cup fork and the RockShox Monarch RT3 rear shock. Philip has removed the remote lockout from the fork.<\/p>\n

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Deed Propel carbon rims are laced to White Industries CLD hubs, and wrapped in Maxxis Ikon 2.2 rubber. Deed is a brand created by Pyga to bring quality components to their higher specification builds for better value. The Propel is the cross-country offering (there are three wheels with different riding purposes in the range) with 28 offset spoke holes, a 22 mm internal width, and a claimed rim weight of 355 grams.<\/p>\n

A Liqui Moly Tyre Fix Aerosol is taped to the carbon Ritchey seat post.<\/p>\n

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Full Specifications<\/h2>\n

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  • Frame<\/span>Pyga Stage<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Rear Shock<\/span>Rock Shox Monarch RT3, 100 mm<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Fork<\/span>Rock Shox SID World Cup 100 mm, 46 mm offset, lockout removed <\/span><\/li>\n
  • Headset<\/span>Cane Creek 40<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Stem<\/span>Ritchey WCS 100mm<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Handlebar<\/span>Ritchey WCS<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Grips<\/span>ESI Grips<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Saddle<\/span>Syncros XR 1.0<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Seatpost<\/span>Ritchey Carbon WCS <\/span><\/li>\n
  • Seatpost clamp<\/span>Deed <\/span><\/li>\n
  • Brakes<\/span>SRAM Level Ultimate<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Brake Rotors<\/span>SRAM CLX 160mm<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Shifter<\/span>SRAM XX1 Eagle<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Rear Derailleur<\/span>SRAM XX1 Eagle<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Cassette<\/span>SRAM XX1 Eagle<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Chain<\/span>SRAM XX1 Eagle<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Crankset<\/span>SRAM XX1 Eagle, 36T<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Powermeter<\/span>Stages Carbon GXP<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Rims<\/span>Deed Propel<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Hubs<\/span>White Industries CLD<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Tyres<\/span>Maxxis Ikon 2.2, EXO 120 TPI<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Accessories<\/span>Plugs, LiquiMoly<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Bottle cage<\/span>Specialized<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Pedals<\/span>Look S-track<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Philip Buys and Matthys Beukes of team Pyga Euro Steel won the red African Jersey title at the Absa Cape Epic, and came 7th overall in the strongest elite field to date. We had a closer look at Philip Buys’s Pyga Stage. Fittingly, Pyga bikes are designed in South Africa, for South African terrain, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36541,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[76,1513,24,54,335,1518,829],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-16867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech","tag-absa-cape-epic","tag-bikes-of-the-epic","tag-cape-epic","tag-philip-buys","tag-pyga","tag-pyga-eurosteel","tag-pyga-stage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16867"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=16867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}