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Monday, April 26th, 2010
Its always good to start the season with a win. Even though Josiah Middaugh made my job a lot easier by flatting when he poached my line…
More complete post later. Click here for XTERRA report and complete results.
I got the job done on the bike- this moon landscape course is very particular- there were lots [...]
XTERRA Las Vegas | 1 Comment »
Monday, April 19th, 2010
2009 Pic from mtbr.com
The suspension on my Epic 29er was so dialled -
it rode like a couch…
Specialized killed it:
Burry won, Todd 3rd and Susi 4th.
Hectic busy with packing and travel - more later.
1 ) Burry Stander 01:23:13
2 ) Geoff Kabush 01:23:13
3 ) Todd Wells 01:23:15
4 ) Christopher Sauser 01:24:19
5 ) Roel Paulissen 01:25:27
6 ) [...]
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Saturday, April 17th, 2010
Todd Wells, Burry Stander, Christoph Sauser
Burry and I enjoying Afrikaans
Amber enjoying the view
Off season fun | No Comments »
Saturday, April 17th, 2010
Amber and I went for a warm up with Todd Wells, Burry Stander and Christoph Sauser along the ocean path in Monterey.
Short Track starts at 3.15. Its a short lap of off road riding- after 25min the bell rings which signals the last lap. This race is all about raw horse power and gallons of [...]
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Saturday, March 20th, 2010
Pic by Gery Perkin
Good luck to fellow Specialized riders Christoph Sauser and Burry Stander on their quest to win the much heralded Cape Epic mountain bike stage race. 1500 riders from all over the globe tackles the 730kmin 8 days with 15 000m of climbing on sunday.
Read more about the Specialized team and their charity, [...]
Burry stander, Christoph Sauser, specialized | No Comments »
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
TV interview for www.i-am-specialized.com. Photo by Gary Perkin
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Monday, September 14th, 2009
Lukas Flückiger, Julien Absalon, Burry Stander, Ralf Naf, Mathias Flückiger. Champery World Cup podium.
A week after winning the under 23 World Championships in Australia, 22 year old South African Burry beat two time Olympic champion and 4 time World Champion Julien Absalon to win his 1st UCI World Cup victory. (Burry is currently 2nd the [...]
29er, Burry stander, I am Specialized, Race Reports, specialized, specialized tires, todd wells | No Comments »
Friday, September 4th, 2009
Pictures by Rob Jones and CyclingNews.com
Burry just won his 1st rainbow jersey at UCI MTB Worlds in Australia. This kid is amazingly talented, really nice, good with business and we will see him go a really long way. He is currently ranked 2nd in the UCI World Cup series.
Burry is a fellow Specialized team mate [...]
Burry stander, I am Specialized, south africa, specialized | No Comments »
Monday, April 20th, 2009
Loved the Specialized 29er Epic. Andy pimped my ride between thrashings. Note my new race kit for 2009. Made by Luma.- more later.
Christoph won comfortably. Todd had a flat, I gave him my CO2 and he finished 6th- which allowed him to win the Omnium-(Short Track and XC combined) Great for Todd, Specialized and the [...]
29er, Balega, Burry stander, Christoph Sauser, Equipment, Triathlete magazine, bobby behan, sea otter, specialized, specialized tires, todd wells | 2 Comments »
Sunday, April 19th, 2009
Bobby Behan, car fanatic and Specialized Factory Racing team manager with Mike Sinyards’ Mini Cooper Works.
Todd Wells won today’s Sea Otter Short Track on his new Specialized 29er hard tail (20lbs)- Burry Stander got 2nd, Lene Byberg got 2nd in the ladies and Sam Hill won the Down Hill.
In the short trak the guys dominated, [...]
2008, 29er, Burry stander, I am Specialized, Sponsors, specialized, specialized tires, squirt lube, todd wells | No Comments »
Sunday, April 5th, 2009
Specialized tire specialist Frank Stacey and I talking tires at the Stellenbosch testing in January 09.
Photo by Gary Perkin.
I have been incredibly busy since my arrival in the US 2 weeks ago. Moved to Reno NV from Bend OR, did 3 days’ tire testing with Specialized and I bought a car. (yes, the legendary Red [...]
Equipment, I am Specialized, specialized, specialized tires | No Comments »
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
Spot the Caveman? (In Specialized’s all red.) Nervously peering around the pack on the far left. Typical triathlete, I distrust all forms of pack riding. I like to blaze the open road/trail, pick my own lines, and set my own pace. Here, (on the 1st few kms of open roads) busy little 18 year olds [...]
Gu, Race Reports, sani2c, specialized | 5 Comments »
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
My bags are packed and I’m ready to go… my last day in Stellenbosch for 2009. Scary thought. I’m leaving for Durban in the morning for the start of the Sani2C mountain bike race.Its probably the most stage race I have done in South Africa. I did the Cape Epic in 2005 and 2006 with [...]
Burry stander, specialized | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
Burry Stander doing rolling resistance testing on the rollers. He rode at 25km/h and at 35km/h with about 20 different tires and measured the wattage needed to hold those speeds for each tire. On the right (reading the power tap numbers) is Benno Willeit, our Specialized mechanic, and on the left is Tire Specialist Frank [...]
Bicycle, Equipment, specialized | 3 Comments »