{"id":18473,"date":"2016-03-20T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-20T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2016\/03\/20\/bikes-of-the-epic-louis-bresler-knipe39s-pyga-stage-r4398\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T08:30:38","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T08:30:38","slug":"bikes-of-the-epic-louis-bresler-knipe39s-pyga-stage-r4398","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/bikes-of-the-epic-louis-bresler-knipe39s-pyga-stage-r4398\/","title":{"rendered":"Bikes of the Epic: Louis-Bresler Knipe&#8217;s Pyga Stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some say that being a mechanic at the Absa Cape Epic is almost as tough as riding the race itself. Louis-Bresler Knipe did both this year and, with his partner Francois Theron, still finished in 41st place overall.<\/p>\n<p>While Knipe prefers running his Pyga Stage with 110 mm travel in the rear for every day use, he dropped it to 95mm for the Absa Cape Epic. He did however keep the RS-1 fork at 120mm. The carbon hoops from cSixx hoops continue the South African flavour and orange colour theme. While FRM components provide some weight saving in the cockpit.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-2-0-47308700-1458309421.jpg\" data-fileid=\"698092\" data-fileext=\"jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-fileid=\"698092\" class=\"ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed\" alt=\"Pyga Stage 1-1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-2-0-47308700-1458309421.jpg\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"text-2xl font-bold\">Specification list:<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"specsList clearfix\">\n<li><span class=\"row_title\">Frame<\/span><span class=\"row_data\">Pyga Stage<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"row_title\">Fork<\/span><span class=\"row_data\">Rockshox RS-1 120mm<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"row_title\">Shock<\/span><span class=\"row_data\">Rockshox Monarch XX 95mm<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"row_title\">Rims<\/span><span class=\"row_data\">cSixx 29 XCO Carbon<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"row_title\">Front Hub<\/span><span class=\"row_data\">SRAM<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"row_title\">Rear Hub<\/span><span class=\"row_data\">Novatec<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"row_title\">Front Tyre<\/span><span class=\"row_data\">Vittoria Mezcal 2.25<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"row_title\">Rear Tyre<\/span><span class=\"row_data\">Vittoria Mezcal 2.25<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"row_title\">Handlebars<\/span><span class=\"row_data\">FRM Enduro Carbon<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"row_title\">Stem<\/span><span class=\"row_data\">Ritchey WCS 70mm<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"row_title\">Headset<\/span><span class=\"row_data\">Cane Creek<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"row_title\">Brakes<\/span><span class=\"row_data\">SRAM Guide RS, SRAM Centreline 160mm rotors<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"row_title\">Shifters<\/span><span class=\"row_data\">SRAM XX1<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"row_title\">Derailleurs<\/span><span class=\"row_data\">SRAM XO1<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"row_title\">Cassette<\/span><span class=\"row_data\">SRAM XX1<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"row_title\">Crankset<\/span><span class=\"row_data\">SRAM XO<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"row_title\">Chainring<\/span><span class=\"row_data\">cSixx 32T<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"row_title\">Chain<\/span><span class=\"row_data\">SRAM X1<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"row_title\">Pedals<\/span><span class=\"row_data\">Look S-Track<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"row_title\">Seatpost<\/span><span class=\"row_data\">FRM Carbon<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"row_title\">Saddle<\/span><span class=\"row_data\">Specialized Power Saddle<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-2-0-24950600-1458287917.jpg\" data-fileid=\"697847\" data-fileext=\"jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-fileid=\"697847\" class=\"ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed\" alt=\"Pyga Stage Louis Bresler Knipe-11.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-2-0-24950600-1458287917.jpg\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"table-layout: fixed; 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Louis-Bresler Knipe did both this year and, with his partner Francois Theron, still finished in 41st place overall. While Knipe prefers running his Pyga Stage with 110 mm travel in the rear for every day [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43706,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[259,1513,24,2984,335],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-18473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech","tag-bike-check","tag-bikes-of-the-epic","tag-cape-epic","tag-louis-bresler-knipe","tag-pyga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18473","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18473"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=18473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}