The original вЂposter bikeвЂ™ of the day, everything was top spec 50mm of Marzocchi air suspension front and back and all new XTR groupset. Sintessi later named the same model the вЂBromontвЂ™. That bike didnвЂ™t only look great but was the bike that powered Dave Cullinan to win the Downhill World Cup in Bromont, Canada in 1992. It had revolutionary suspension design, and it was the frame that a number of brands вЂre-badgedвЂ™ and rolled out in their own range including Sintesi, Kona, Diamondback, Saracen, Haro, to name just a few, but the Iron Horse FS Works, 1993 model, was the one chosen for this project. Not everyone will instantly recognise the name, but this bike is one of the most iconic designs of all time. After considering a number of options, notably the GT RTS, Manitou FS and the ProFlex/Offroad they landed on the Italian made Verlicchi. Working together the PYGA family came up with the great idea of re-creating their interpretation of the first вЂproperвЂ™ suspension bike, one that performed and had a pedigree. To break up the monotony PYGA envisaged the bling retro-look bike blended with the modern trail bikes of today and have made that vision a reality with the Pyga Retro Dream Build. TodayвЂ™s bikes are all starting to look so samey. Carbon performs really well but the look is sleek, modern and basically getting pretty boring. With the rise in popularity of carbon framed bikes, PYGA believe something has been lost from the вЂsoulвЂ™ of mountainbiking. Everyone would surely agree that back in those days, if you didnвЂ™t have a pair of purple anodised quick release skewers you really werenвЂ™t a serious mountainbiker, were you? Those early designs had one thing in common вЂ“ they all looked fantastic with anodised parts and florescent paint. You could chart the PYGA familyвЂ™s passion even further back to the beginning of mountainbiking, right back to the early 90вЂ™s when suspension design, good and bad, exploded onto the scene (donвЂ™t mention those unified rear triangles). In fact, another PYGA board director who used to compete has his original race bike from 1997 on permanent display in the Marin Museum of BicyclingвЂ™s Mountainbike Hall of Fame in Fairfax California. However, the PYGA mountainbikeвЂ™s team history, heritage and passion for the sport dates back way before 2012, through founder and bike designer, Pat Morewood, who launched Morewood Bikes in 2002. PYGA are all about brilliant mountainbikes and have been riding, racing, designing and building them since 2012. With a solid nod to the past and their racing heritage, Pyga Mountainbikes have build a special, one-off retro themed Hyrax dripping with all the best modern parts. Pyga have built a modern retro Hyrax with a nod to the classic Iron Horse FS Works with plenty of purple anodising.

Iron horse bike frame