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These bikes deserve a dedicated thread ! Took mine for its maiden ride this morning at Rietvlei bike park, was also my 1st ride on a 29er. What a Bike !!!

Mate of mine had his PYGA stolen in Parow yesterday. PYGA One Ten 29 size large Raw aluminium Wheelset: ZTR flow with Schwalbe Nobby Nics and Red Hope hubs. Drive Train: XO cranks 3 x 10, XO front and rear derailleur, XO gripshift Bars: FSA 750mm , Seat post Rockshox Reverb dropper post with WTB speed saddle Fork: Rockshox Reverb dialled to 120mm Pedals: shimano XT trail. The serial number is unique: NUTR001

I see both companies are planning / testing 650b bikes. Morewood's will be an upscaled Zula and Pyga's a downscaled One-ten. No doubt that both will be good bikes, but I wonder which one will be the better one? Does anyone have any extra info on the bikes? What I know / heard so far: The Pyga will be a 120mm bike with a slightly slacker head angle than the 29er. A longer travel version is planned for later. Some pics: http://www.bicycling.co.za/bikes-gear/20-hot-bikes-and-6-trends-for-2013/2/ http://sphotos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/c100.0.403.403/p403x403/543107_10151227576966380_1471098960_n.jpg

OK, here we go again......now play nice children! I want to ride so this is what I am doing and anyone is welcome to pitch and join in. Bring a light for the 17.30 ride. 16.15 RIDE: meeting at Fratelli's, cnr Conrad & Hillcrest, Blairgowrie. (leaving 16.30 & returning 17.30 to join up with the 17.30 gang.) 17.30 RIDE: meeting at Fratelli's, cnr Conrad & Hillcrest, Blairgowrie. (leaving 17.45 & returning before 20.00 for pizza and beer with anyone who wants to stay.) No lists, groups, gangs, snakes, rubber or lycra required....just pitch up and ride! I'll be the Irishman on a Pyga.

Ok there have been a few Pyga threads here and really good reviews in the press about the One 10 29'er. But it still seems to be trail bike and I'm not sure it would make sense to choose a Pyga if you werent riding trails all day. Thoughts please since I have to add I'm dead keen to get a Pyga nonetheless.

After the spygate of Wikileaks and Bradley Manning, the USA faces another spygate disaster called PRISM and Edward Snowden. But then we all knew the US could monitor us with Echelon, so what is the big hype? Was it because the Chinese tried to hack them at their own game? It seems the US citizens are not concerned about the progamme but rather that it may be used to spy on US citizens as well.

Hi from Portugal. I've come here as there are very few Pygas in Europe at the moment so I'm hoping there is a larger pool of knowledge here to get advice from. I'd would like to pick some of you Pyga owners' brains and compare some of your builds. I'm getting a large OneTen29 frame and would like to build a sub 12.5Kg bike but at the same time keep costs sensible. My plan was to go full XT drivetrain with SLX brakes, Rockshox Revelation Forks (20mm axle) and Truvativ T30 cockpit. I'm still undecided on wheels but was thnking of ArchEX on Hope Pro II Evo hubs (or similar) or Pacenti TL28 Rims on the Hopes. I believe both the Arch and Pacenti build to around 1900g for the wheelset. Tires will either be Rocket Rons or Ikons. Do you think with the above spec I'd be below 12.5Kg? What specs are you guys running and what sort of weights are your bikes coming in at?

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Not sure who's around but all welcome of course. Plan to do the normal Spruit route up to and around Emmerentia and then on to Alberts Farm and back to Fratellis. Ride is +/- 25km and will be a gentle pace to ease us into the year. 17.45 RIDE: meeting at Fratelli's, cnr Conrad & Hillcrest, Blairgowrie. (leaving 18.00 & returning around 20.00 for pizza and beer with anyone who wants to stay.) Will be dark around 19.15 so bring lights. Look for me on the silver Pyga. HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I see the Heckler 27.5 has been launched Frame price in US$ is 1299. Aluminium only. mmmmm.... this or a pyga for a few rand more? pyga seems better value. any thoughts?

Venue: ADA Training and Outdoor centre, Leeuwenfontein Farm www.adasa.co.za >> Click here for directions Time: 9am to 3pm Cost: R50 (Kids under 12 free) Bring: Helmets, shoes and pedals (NB) Food:There will be boerie rolls, prego rolls and drinks on sale Early confirmations for the JHB event are: Specialized | Merida | Raleigh | Diamond Back | Lapierre | Momsen | Cube | BMC | Morewood Cadence Nutrition | Pyga | Giant | Pinarello

I'm in the market for a new bike in the lead up to the Tour de Tuli in August. Does anyone have any advice on the Trek Superfly 100 AL Pro vs. the PYGA ONETEN29? Would like to support local bike builders but not sure about the backup.

Was a good ride last week, even with Mikebike's broken collar bone.......so this week will be SLOWer! Everyone welcome of course. Plan to do the normal Spruit route up to and around Emmerentia and then on to Alberts Farm and back to Fratellis. Ride is +/- 25km and will be a gentle pace to avoid more race snakes breaking themselves. 17.45 RIDE: meeting at Fratelli's, cnr Conrad & Hillcrest, Blairgowrie. (leaving 18.00 & returning around 20.00 for pizza and beer with anyone who wants to stay.) Will be dark around 19.15 so bring lights. Look for me on the silver Pyga.

After the success of last week, 23 riders, we better do it again! Plan to do the normal Spruit route via the top of Delta Park, up to and around Emmerentia and then on to Alberts Farm and back to Fratellis. Ride is +/- 28kms and will be a gentle, until dark of course when everyone seems to turn into speed freaks! Everyone welcome of course. 17.45 RIDE: meeting at Fratelli's, cnr Conrad & Hillcrest, Blairgowrie. Leaving 18.00 & returning around 20.00 for pizza and beer with anyone who wants to stay. Will be dark around 19.15 so bring lights. Look for me on the silver Pyga.

Hi All, Im not sure if I should start a new topic, but the other ones have so many replies it makes it very hard to see what to do (like 150 pages of replies). In short I'm looking for a bike suitable for Enduro style riding. So far I have the following down to consider: Specialized Enduro 29" Santa Cruz Bronson C X01 spec Santa Cruz Nomad C X01 spec Pyga 140 - X01 Groupset, 160mm Pike RC3 up front, SRAM RS Guide brakes (180mm front /160mm rear) (XT group set also an option for a few grand less) Giant Trance Advanced Yeti SB66/SB95/SB75 all options - just waiting for the Yeti dealer to get me quotes Any thing else you guys know of that we can get here (Im not keen on importing, I would like to have one of my local bike shops supporting and being able to maintain the bike)

Pyga are great looking bikes at the best of times .... but just look at what happens when you add a touch of performance enhancing bling. Here is Scott Soothill's Pyga (thanks for the pictures) after he made a few purchases of FUNN components from www.performancebikes.co.za

Bought a Rock Shox Revelation (29" Tapered) 140 mm travel for a Pyga Oneten29. Pyga suggests a 120-130mm travel fork for this frame so I had the travel changed to 120 mm. Exposed stanchions now measure 115 mm?? Should I be concerned and have it changed back to 140 mm?

Hey guys, I'm riding a Cannondale Scalpel 3 (alloy frame) 29er lefty that I have had since last year August, so not even a year old. In that time I have bent (beyond any truing) four wheels. Three of the wheels were WTB ST i19 wheels and the most recent was an Alex Rims EVO 2.0. It has always been the front wheel that has been bending. I am around 80kg (176 lbs) but have been as light as 75kg (165 lbs) when I bent the first one. I know the wheels have been built properly, three different mechanics have built them so it can't be their error. It is also not while I am hitting any big jumps or anything, I know I dont have enough travel for that, one of them was a big crash where I wouldn't be surprised that it buckled but the most recent was going through a switchback, quite slowly too. I check spoke tension and pressure before I read EVERY time, because of the recurring issue. I also know the shocks are set correctly for my weight. Does anyone have any idea why I might be bending these wheels? Am I too heavy for the lefty shock? I am seriously considering selling my bike and replacing it with something like the Lapierre Spicy 327 or the PYGA OneTwenty 650B. (Around the R35000 mark (approx $3100)). Any advice or suggestions would be welcomed. Thanks!

I've just been looking around at the current stock of new suspension techs coming out and notice that Fox's iCD system seems to have been all but dropped. I find this quite strange as my experience with it has been nothing short of revelatory, and every review I've seen has been similar. Strangely, I have a Pyga with a 120mm Fox iCD front shock (issues with stock when I ordered meant i got "upgraded" to this as opposed to CTD... Initially I was wary, but agreed to try it out and was hooked). This combo, which doesn't make sense on the face of it, has been brilliant. Getting rid of all the fussiness of "climb" settings etc, while making the lockout so easy to use its quicker than changing gear, actually suits a trail bike more than these multiple option setups where people often just plunk them into the middle setting for the entire ride. I've been hoping to see full trail setups come out with iCD as, in my opinion, having a single switch to control lock out front and rear and (dreaming here), travel adjust on the front would really finish off these long travel superbikes and leave suspension designers free to plump for the plushest riding bikes, without compromising for ultimate climbing efficiency. Instead, I'm seeing the technology fall away and while something like the Pike would be a lovely upgrade in travel and feel, it would feel like a downgrade in use-ability for flat and uphill riding (purely just knowing that even with a remote lockout I'll never use it as actively as the iCD). Thoughts?

Event Name: WP Gravity Enduro Round 2 When: 11 May 2014 Where: Helderberg, Western Cape Category: Enduro WP Gravity Enduro Round 2 Date: 11th of May 2014 Registration: 7:00am Start time: 9:00am Entry Fee: R200 - Entry Form Prizes for the event include Money for the elite winnersA set of Leatt Knee Guard Enduro for the elite classGive away prizesSponsors PygaLeattFive TenDial'd BikesXFusion Remember to bring food and drinks as this will not be provided on the day. Please email us if you have any queries. Go to Event Page

We just returned from the Jhb2C after the most incredible journey of out lives. We also experienced the spirit of mountain biking on Day 8. It could easily have turned into a disappointment if it wasn't for the generosity of the PYGA team. Day 8 was looming. After 7 days of hard riding it was certainly not going to be an easy day. Day 2 of Sani2C (Day 8 of Jhb2C) is notorious for being hard. We started in the C batch and with another day of perfect weather raced down the district road behind the tractor - only to drop a chain after 20 meters. We put it back on a few times but after about 2 km realised we were in trouble and decided to turn back. The rear axle / free wheel body on my partner's bike was bust and there was no way we were going to complete Day 8 and the almost 100km. However, help came from Patrick Morewood and his team in their PYGA van. They stopped and looked at our wheel and without hesitation offered us a replacement wheel with the same 1 x 11 configuration to use on the day! We do not have PYGAs (Yet) and their generosity in helping us was just incredible. We were not the only guys helped out. PYGA had 7 bikes given out to cyclists with a mechanical. If this is the service they give to cyclists, irrespective of the brand I cannot imagine what they would have done if I had a PYGA! Thanks Patrick and Cliff! PIerre and Jos

Tweeted by Sean Badenhorst from PMB XCO yesterday. http://instagram.com/p/mvPlbgE9Rv/. Apparently Louis Knipe riding a Pyga 110 cleared the rock garden in 8sec vs Nino's 12sec. Got skill that boy...and balls!

Which frame would you choose and why?

Hi guys Whats the difference between a Through axle and 12mm Syntace. The Chinese Carbon I'm looking at comes with a TA or QR at the back, want to go bigger/thicker/more stiff that QR so looking at the TA. But on my Pyga atm I have a 12mm Syntace, and I like it. G

Hi all, Well it seems I will be in the market for a new Full Suspoension bike thanks to a generous donation from a relative. Thanks Uncle Jimmy , I'll ride it like I stole it. So I'm currently looking at the Trance 650b or the PYGA 650b. Any other recommendations of suggestions? Thanking You.