Backyard Bike Checks: Show Your Bike Some Love and Win

[Wayne pudding Mol]

 

*Updated post

 

"Show your bike some love and win"

 

You asked and I will show.

 

My Pyga has had a rough life (she thinks so as all kids do). Having been raised as one of many many children, she often had to compete with the beauty of her Colnago sisters, the prestige of her US postal Trek of a brother and the waif thin 7.4kg Open hardtail that was the apple of her father's eye. Living amongst these beauties was not easy and one day the Stage decided that standard colours just wouldn't do so she went out and got herself a radiant paint job. Glitter infused purple gloss paint that would be at home on the nails of a seapoint hooker and bright orange decals to match. Now her siblings had something to envy and with her new looks in hand she decided to leave her family in the Cape and find a new home (in my garage). Paint isn't everything though, you have to be clean too. I've taken the time to strip her down, clean and polish every square mm, grease the pivots and weigh every component in preparation for putting her back together.

 

Time for some of that love you asked for...

 

Pyga 1.JPG

Pyga 2.JPG

Pyga 3.JPG

Pyga 4.JPG

Pyga 5.JPG

 

Now for some details:

Frame Pyga Stage Max

Fork Fox Factory Stepcast 32

Seatpost Enve Carbon

Headset Cane Creek

Stem Rapide 31.8 70mm

Handlebars Enve Carbon SWP 740mm

Grips ESI

Saddle Rapide T:F

Wheels cSixx XCM Series 9 Hope Pro 4

BB SRAM DUB

Shifter SRAM XX1

Brakes Trickstuff Picollo

Crankset SRAM XX1

RearDereilleur SRAM XX1

Casette SRAM XX1

Chain SRAM XX1

Pedals Shimano XTR

Bottle Cages Specialized

Front Axle Fox

Rear Axle Maxle

Shock Rockshox Monarch RT3

Rotors SRAM Centrline

 

Total weight including pedals, cages and Samurai swords: 11.21kg

 

I swear that is the best XC bike ever (in my unbiased opinion)

 

that .21 kgs needs to go Nakoota

Pedals, saddle, Ti bolts and rotors (but be careful, not many rotors fit nicely with those brakes and you will comfortably dip below 11

[Nakoota]

I swear that is the best XC bike ever (in my unbiased opinion)

 

that .21 kgs needs to go Nakoota

Pedals, saddle, Ti bolts and rotors (but be careful, not many rotors fit nicely with those brakes and you will comfortably dip below 11

 

Switching from the 22mm Rovals to the 26mm cSixx's was unfortunately a gain

 

I'll start with pedals, 160mm SRAM Centrline on the front and a carbon saddle when I find one I like.

[Andrew_Smith]

 

*Updated post

 

"Show your bike some love and win"

 

You asked and I will show.

 

My Pyga has had a rough life (she thinks so as all kids do). Having been raised as one of many many children, she often had to compete with the beauty of her Colnago sisters, the prestige of her US postal Trek of a brother and the waif thin 7.4kg Open hardtail that was the apple of her father's eye. Living amongst these beauties was not easy and one day the Stage decided that standard colours just wouldn't do so she went out and got herself a radiant paint job. Glitter infused purple gloss paint that would be at home on the nails of a seapoint hooker and bright orange decals to match. Now her siblings had something to envy and with her new looks in hand she decided to leave her family in the Cape and find a new home (in my garage). Paint isn't everything though, you have to be clean too. I've taken the time to strip her down, clean and polish every square mm, grease the pivots and weigh every component in preparation for putting her back together.

 

Time for some of that love you asked for...

 

Pyga 1.JPG

Pyga 2.JPG

Pyga 3.JPG

Pyga 4.JPG

Pyga 5.JPG

 

Now for some details:

Frame Pyga Stage Max

Fork Fox Factory Stepcast 32

Seatpost Enve Carbon

Headset Cane Creek

Stem Rapide 31.8 70mm

Handlebars Enve Carbon SWP 740mm

Grips ESI

Saddle Rapide T:F

Wheels cSixx XCM Series 9 Hope Pro 4

BB SRAM DUB

Shifter SRAM XX1

Brakes Trickstuff Picollo

Crankset SRAM XX1

RearDereilleur SRAM XX1

Casette SRAM XX1

Chain SRAM XX1

Pedals Shimano XTR

Bottle Cages Specialized

Front Axle Fox

Rear Axle Maxle

Shock Rockshox Monarch RT3

Rotors SRAM Centrline

 

Total weight including pedals, cages and Samurai swords: 11.21kg

 

 

Where is the Heart button?

[Kranswurm]

 

*Updated post

 

"Show your bike some love and win"

 

You asked and I will show.

 

My Pyga has had a rough life (she thinks so as all kids do). Having been raised as one of many many children, she often had to compete with the beauty of her Colnago sisters, the prestige of her US postal Trek of a brother and the waif thin 7.4kg Open hardtail that was the apple of her father's eye. Living amongst these beauties was not easy and one day the Stage decided that standard colours just wouldn't do so she went out and got herself a radiant paint job. Glitter infused purple gloss paint that would be at home on the nails of a seapoint hooker and bright orange decals to match. Now her siblings had something to envy and with her new looks in hand she decided to leave her family in the Cape and find a new home (in my garage). Paint isn't everything though, you have to be clean too. I've taken the time to strip her down, clean and polish every square mm, grease the pivots and weigh every component in preparation for putting her back together.

 

Time for some of that love you asked for...

 

Pyga 1.JPG

Pyga 2.JPG

Pyga 3.JPG

Pyga 4.JPG

Pyga 5.JPG

 

Now for some details:

Frame Pyga Stage Max

Fork Fox Factory Stepcast 32

Seatpost Enve Carbon

Headset Cane Creek

Stem Rapide 31.8 70mm

Handlebars Enve Carbon SWP 740mm

Grips ESI

Saddle Rapide T:F

Wheels cSixx XCM Series 9 Hope Pro 4

BB SRAM DUB

Shifter SRAM XX1

Brakes Trickstuff Picollo

Crankset SRAM XX1

RearDereilleur SRAM XX1

Casette SRAM XX1

Chain SRAM XX1

Pedals Shimano XTR

Bottle Cages Specialized

Front Axle Fox

Rear Axle Maxle

Shock Rockshox Monarch RT3

Rotors SRAM Centrline

 

Total weight including pedals, cages and Samurai swords: 11.21kg

 

Very cool bike.I regret selling my Pyga

Was this bike not for sale recently?

[Frosty]

Is it the full bike and all, or can we post just the bits we’re maintaining?

 

What started with a dirty chain, in need of a clean, turned into a complete bike wash.

 

Edited April 10, 2020 by Frosty

[Wayne pudding Mol]

Switching from the 22mm Rovals to the 26mm cSixx's was unfortunately a gain

 

I'll start with pedals, 160mm SRAM Centrline on the front and a carbon saddle when I find one I like.

Nice wheels

 

I like the Farr carbon one - comfy and light

[Kalahari Vegmot]

Is it the full bike and all, or can we post just the bits we’re maintaining?

 

What started with a dirty chain, in need of a clean, turned into a complete bike wash.

 

What hubs are those?

[Eppie]

My steel vintage 80s DHC.

[Frosty]

What hubs are those?

Token - had these wheels since 2007 and still going strong.

Edited April 10, 2020 by Frosty

[Nicdog]

Custom built SL4 Tarmac s-works commuter.

High gloss raw carbon off-set with metallic gold.

 

45SL carbon rims, full carbon besides stem and handlebar, Shimano Ultegra brakes, gold chain.

 

Custom respray by Andrew Harris in Durban and built by Marko from TrailWolf Cycles in Pretoria. 

Detailed it myself. Machine polished all clear-coated surfaces using the Rupes LHR75E, then coated with Gtechniq Crystal Serum Light ceramic coating (5 year life span), and finally topped off with Gtechniq EXO v4 hydrophobic coating (18 month life span).

 

6kg without pedals.

Edited April 11, 2020 by Nicdog

[CAAD4]

Not bad, but how much extra weight from all those layers???

[Nicdog]

Those top coats are a micron thick, and the bike minus pedals comes in at 6kg.

[Block]

<p>

 

Canyon Ultimate CF SLX Etap - My Baby...

 

Been cleaned for after lock down lifts...

 

Spec Sheet:

 

• Full Sram Etap AXS Disk group-set.
• Selle Italia SLR Carbon Flow Saddle
• DT Swiss Aero 1400 Wheelset
• Size XXS
• Garmin Vector 3 Power Pedals

[Block]

Share your secret with us. How do you get your drivetrain so clean and shining.

[johnson]

'04 KTM Raceline 26

 

I Bought this bike new in '04 and it was used in it's standard form till about '17 covering roughly 15000km's. I Saw some threads around here about building monster cross and gravel bikes and decided to give it go since the old 26" was getting used less and less.

 

I Got hold of a Bontrager 700 disc wheelset and bought a rigid carbon fork from fellow hubber MTBTG. I Use a 11-36 cassette but the chainrings were changed to 28-44 to get a better top speed.

 

Shimano XT-785 2x10 grouopset

Shimano XT M8000 brakes

Bontrager 700 disc wheelset

Pirelli Cinturato Velo 700-32 tires

Ritchey Comp seat post

KTM 80mm stem

Farr Endurance carbon 720mm handle bar 

700 Carbon rigid fork

[johnson]

Just some side note's on all of my bike's:

1. They all got Fizik Gobi saddles fitted. They just fit my ass well.

2. They all got some version of Shimano SPD peddles fitted. I Use one pair of shoes for all my riding.

3. They all got their brakes switched to right hand front brake.

Reason for the brakes are that I started offroad and motocross riding and racing when I was 7. So after being used to having the front brake on my right hand for years I couldn't adapt to riding a bicycle with the brakes other way around.