The “professors” at XTERRA University the day before the race. XTU is a 90 min session where a few pros talk about the Art of Xterra, the course, equipment, nutrition and take questions from the audience.  Lesley Paterson, Josiah Middaugh and the other guy. Not sure what I was talking about here. (Now that we have a great 29er, can we get tires THIS wide?” Maybe we can have a byline contest?

The last few days before the race was very demanding in terms of press, appearances and meeting and greeting. Not much

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Conrad Stoltz on Specialized 29er Epic at Bend Super D by www.allsgood.com

This is the 2nd of the 29er trilogy. XTERRA USA Champs report next…

Bend Super D. A “Super D” is a long somewhat technical downhill race which involves some pedaling. When I heard Bend is having a Super D down Funner and Storm King from Wainoga ski park, I just couldnt resist. Funner is just such a fun trail, plus you get to shuttle for 2 days. Unfortunately I cold front rolled in, and it POURED with rain for 2 days straight. So I didnt do any shuttle runs.

Even though I have a garage full of long travel Specialized bikes (2010 Stumpjumper and 2010 Enduro), I went for my Specialized 29er Epic. Only 4 days after the Cyclo Cross race (on this same bike) I only had to make a few small equipment changes to race two wildly different races. But it didnt stop the guys at the start gate from laughing at the white paint job, Renegade rear tire and 140mm rear rotor. He who laughs last…

This race appeals mostly to the trail rider type- which is 80% of Bend. (As opposed to the tight red spandex type) I did try to tone it down with baggy pants, booties, my Specialized Vice helmet and Oakley Moto Cross goggles. In the process I learned that that white

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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

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…

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