Posts Tagged ‘Conrad Stoltz’
Conrad Stoltz talks about Stuffitts
I had long forgotten about the impromptu interview/chat at XTERRA Alabama with Mike Huebner from Stuffitts.
This morning I accidentally spotted a @Stuffitts Tweet. Mike has been a busy man, he edited and managed to create a coherent video clip from the couple of hours we chatted at the Oak Mountain State Park.
Considering I literally ran away from my 1st TV interview when I was 17, I think I’ve come a long way in terms of my relationship with the cold lens. Of course, after years of practice, I now speak English much more deliciously…
Here I briefly show the Avia AVI Stoltz trail racing shoe and of course, a Stuffitts demonstration.
Clipping or cutting tires
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 story here) Not knowing Vermont, I didnt bring real mud tires, so I had to make do, so I used a sharp wire cutter and clipped every 2nd knob out of the center line of knobs. Which would help the mud shed (fling off) the tire easier when speed increase.
Real mud tires are narrow (sinks to the bottom of the mud where the real traction is) with few, but tall knobs. Tall knobs provide more grip (like paddles or spikes) and few because, too many knobs will let the mud pack onto the tire and make a thick sausage like the pic above.
Downhill racers are famous for cutting tires to suit certain courses.
Off course, a rainy pre race taper allows for plenty of cutting time, so here is my product. Cant see on the pic, I clipped every 2nd knob out of the center row of this Specialized Captain for better mud clearing.
Of course, its a tedious job, it takes seemingly hours and 1 slight mishap and you can throw the tire in the garbage.
Before the new fast rolling Specialized Renegade tire the Specialized Factory Team (especially Susi and Burry) used to cut the Fast Trak knobs shorter for less rolling. (and less stopping/cornering 🙂 ) But now they’d cut Fast Trak tires for more grip on somewhat muddy courses. If it gets real muddy, they’ll go with a full on mud tire. Except Burry. He just sticks to low knobs and goes with the sliding- I saw it 1st hand at Sani2C…
Interview with Espírito Outdoor
Conrad Stoltz fala ao Espírito Outdoor
POSTED BY Rodrigo Langeani on ago 19 under Entrevista, Mountain bike, Triathlon, XTERRA
Conrad Stoltz XTERRA World Champs
BTW, if your Portuguese is a bit rusty, copy and paste the text into GoogleTranslate.
A partir de hoje o Espírito Outdoor fará uma série de artigos dedicados ao Xterra. Serão entrevistas, dicas e curiosidades. E para abrir a série nada melhor do que Conrad Stoltz.
Se o Xterra tivesse um embaixador, provavelmente ele seria o sul-africano Conrad Stoltz, 3 vezes campeão mundial de Xterra. O atleta também conhecido como Caveman (homem das cavernas em inglês) falou em sua entrevista, exclusiva para o Espírito Outdoor, do seu início no esporte, seu treinamento, a construção da sua piscina na África do Sul (uma história engraçadíssima que será pauta de um artigo semana que vem) e seu papel no desenvolvimento de novos produtos esportivos junto a Specialized e AVIA seus patrocinadores.
Espírito Outdoor: Quanto tempo faz que você corre XTERRAs?
Conrad Stoltz: Eu comecei a participar de XTERRAs em 2001. Mas fiz meu primeiro triathlon quando eu tinha apenas 14 anos.
Click here for the rest of the interview with Esprito Outdoor
My fellow countrymen urged me to do this
So, vir Volk en Vaderland, hier gat hy nou… Ayoooba!
A clever story about a flat tire, Caveman teeth and ingenuity.
I never tire of this episode from XTERRA Richmond Virginia 2009. “Tire” pun intended…
Dan Hugo and I pre rode the XTERRA Richmond course shortly after our arrival from XTERRA Northwest Cup in Coeur D’Alene, where I had a 4 inch nail puncture my tubeless tire in 2 places. See previous blog.
My replacement tire was in the mail, so I rode the tire with the 2 nail holes, and just put in a tube. Of course it flatted. I changed the tube. It deflated faster than I could pump. Before putting our last tube in I carefully inspected for sharp objects.
It also deflated faster than what I could pump.
We still had a lot of riding to do and I wasnt going to call it quits.
I was going to make that tire tubeless again- no matter what!
First I used a bottle cap to scoop the sealant from the healthy front tire and put it in the rear. With the 2 huge holes.
Hoping the front tire seals up, (since I took out almost all the sealant) I poured energy drink in the tire…
