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Clipping or cutting tires

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

This is a quick post to explain to John Harrington (facebook discussion on 24 August ) about clipping tires.

(There is more, but I couldnt screen shoot the whole thing- was born in the 70s)

These Specialized Captain 2.00 tires  clogged with mud at XTERRA Vermont in 2009 (Read more about the race, rotten foot and tire [...]

Conrad Stoltz profile on XTERRA.TV

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

Hats off to the XTERRA TV crew and Whit Raymond (commentating)- those guys surely knows how to make one look good.
Thanks for the good times and good memories!

A funny broken arm story from way back

Monday, July 26th, 2010

Heavily modified Caveman cast
My 2005 off season reading was Brian Lopes’ book on mountain biking skills. As a fairly competent mountain biker, I was amazed at how much there is still to learn about the art of making an off road bicycle go fast.
My favorite quote from the book was: “if you [...]

Pre season lab testing with my coach, Ian Rodger

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

Filmed at the Specialized Team camp held in Stellenbosch in January 2010.
www.iamspecialized.com

Chatting with Macca at Alcatraz triathlon

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

From iamspecialized.com

Stoltz, Bucher win XTERRA East Championship

Monday, June 21st, 2010

The next XTERRA champion, Evan Carlson, 14 years old, won his XTERRA Sport race. AND he knows all about tires pressures…
Stoltz, Bucher win XTERRA East Championship
06/20/2010
Flying out in a few hours and packing like crazy. Luckily our canceled flight of this morning (would have been home already) will leave today after all. Instead of tomorrow… [...]

Getting technical- bike set up for XTERRA Waco

Sunday, May 30th, 2010

I’m very lucky to have a full quiver of Specialized bikes to chose from!
After watching a few youtube videos on the Waco course, I decided to travel to Waco with my 29er Epic (Aluminium)- it loves rocky, rooty and twisty.  But 30min into pre riding the course on wednesday I had to “call a friend” [...]

XTERRA Waco, Texas

Monday, May 24th, 2010

Picture and story borrowed from www.slowtwitch.com
Conrad Stoltz won his second straight XTERRA 2010 USA Championship race and Renate Bucher her second ever with definitive victories at the XTERRA South Central Championship at Waco, Texas today.
Stoltz followed his XTERRA West Championship win at Lake Las Vegas last month with a 2:02:21 finish for the 1.5 k [...]

These pics are better for Monterey/ Sea Otter post below…

Saturday, April 17th, 2010

Todd Wells, Burry Stander, Christoph Sauser

Burry and I enjoying Afrikaans

Amber enjoying the view

In search of the truth

Monday, April 12th, 2010

Daniel Godfrey HUGO, we (your Specialized Team mates) are sitting here wondering; what had REALLY happened in New York?  Your New York blog post was cute and all, but
 
We want the REAL New York Story!
 

“Meet that Bobby Behan dude”- slowtwitch.com interview

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

The time we put red dye in Bobby’s gloves…

The time we “lined them up like soldiers”…
Meet that Bobby Behan dude
Written by: Herbert Krabel
Date: Wed Mar 10 2010
[Many Pros really wanted to meet Bobby Behan the last few months when word got out that he was in charge of the new Specialized Triathlon [...]

Good luck to Specialized riders Susi and Burry at Cape Epic

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, [...]

Interview with Crank.co.za: Conrad Stoltz interview: The “Junior”, The “Frenchies” and the infected foot.

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

“We expected Greg Bennett, but its the South African, Conrad Stoltz, who wins the only ITU leg in France” 1999
[“I’ll bet this is the strangest interview you’ve ever done,” says Conrad Stoltz as he locks his Specialized road bike to a lamp post outside a Stellenbosch coffee shop.
Thirty minutes earlier, he had to [...]

Breakfast with Lance Armstrong

Saturday, March 13th, 2010

Lance choppered onto stage, stayed 41 minutes and 23 seconds before Range Rovering out, President Zuma style in a motorcade.
While on stage, he dazzled us with his whit and amazing speaking skill. He chatted with the iconic Phil Liggett and his new South African Team Radio Shack team mate, Daryl Impey.
The day before there was a funds [...]

SPECIALIZED ANNOUNCES THE TRIATHLON TEAM TO BEAT IN 2010

Friday, March 12th, 2010

MultiSport | March 11, 2010
Poised to dominate the triathlon world in 2010, Specialized has launched its first-ever comprehensive triathlon team, with multiple athletes in each of the three major specialties: Long Course, Short Course, and Xterra. Hand selected by Bobby Behan, Specialized Global Marketing Manager for MTB and Triathlon, the team athletes represent the best [...]

Training Technology: The Caveman eats his helmet.

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

After nearly 2 decades of being a pro triathlete, the Caveman finally stumbles out of his grotto, knuckles dragging, to discover the wonders of training technology!
I know I’ll get a lot of flack for this one.  (Ga Von Twitt- give me the best you’ve got!) Especially after this blog post about how backward the Caveman [...]

More Specialized Team camp

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

TV interview for www.i-am-specialized.com. Photo by Gary Perkin

Specialized Team camp in Stellenbosch, South Africa

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

Caveman on a road bike. (Specialized Tarmac SL2) by Gary Perkin

Specialized SHIV Tandem concept bike

Friday, December 18th, 2009

Some call it the Supersonic Divorce Machine, some call it The Red Rocket, but I know where my money would be if ever there was a Manufacturer Tandem Olympics.   Say it was a 6km drag race, I would put Fabian Cancellara and Mario Cipollini (circa 02) on this thing, wear ear plugs for the [...]

The Mario Cipollini board room at Specialized HQ

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

The Lion King “Super Mario” Cipollini was a delight to follow- on the road and in public. His flair for fashion, clothing and glamour bordered on preposterous. It was delicious. But he was a remarkable sprinter who hated climbing and was quoted “If I wasnt a professional cyclist, I would be a porn star.”
But Mario [...]