Posts Tagged ‘Conrad Stoltz’
XTERRA Las Vegas. How to ride dry creek crossing
Click image or link: Conrad Stoltz riding XTERRA Las Vegas creek bed
1) Choose a good line
2) Bring speed
3) Bring guts
4) Bring cutting edge dual suspension 29er.
Caveman’s Ford Fiesta for sale at Kelfords
The good folks at Kelfords Ford & Mazda are selling the Demo Model Ford Fiesta I have been test driving for you:
2010 Ford Fiesta 1.4i Trend. (Thule bike racks and Specialized bikes not included)
35 000 Km
Price R135 000
This is a great little car. Liezel and I fell in love with it right away. The Fiesta handles great, feels nippy in traffic and city driving, she turns on a dime, and if you wind her up tightly, goes fast enough to widen the smile already on my dial.
The interior is a lot more spacious than you may think, considering its a smaller car. With the split rear seats down, we could fit huge amounts of sporting and camping goodies for adventurous weekends away. With the bikes and/or surfboard on the Thule Roof racks we once even packed the double bed (mattress) on top of all the other gear… Plenty of leg room, head room (I’m 6ft2) and in terms of ergonomics, I cannot think of anything I could improve on.
This car is modern. VERY modern, considering my previous ride. The small things I like: (things I dislike about some other cars who try to think FOR me as opposed to OF me)
– No unnecessary stupid beeping. This car only beeps when your (or passengers’) seat belt is not on, and when you are about to leave the lights on, and if you have less than 80km in the petrol tank. (it beeps once to notify you when on the road, and if you start the car with less than 80km left, it beeps once softly upon starting up.)
The dash shows all kinds of data, including fuel economy, distance left on fuel in tank and avs fuel economy. (rated at 5.9l/100km, but I got more like 6.7- we often had two XL bikes on the roof, and with a slight;y heavy foot, I did get a few love letters from the traffic dept.)
The technology I enjoyed the most was the Bluetooth connectivity- I could use my iPhone hands free via the cars’ impressive sounds system. Calling was so easy and the sound quality so good, I saved phone calls for drives. It also boasts Voice Activation and other fancy technology beyond the grasp of a mere Caveman.
If you’re interested, please contact Tristan at Kelfords Ford & Mazda in Somerset West.
| Tel: +21 851 3333 Fax: +21 851 3834 info@kelfords.co.za |
Kelford’s Ford & Mazda 11 Victoria Street Somerset West 7130 |
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Tristan, (currently getting ready for Ironman) and his crew are kind, warm hearted and offer exceptional service. They’re very active in the Multisport community, sponsoring Team Kelfords and Dan Hugo. And the Caveman. Thanks so much, Tristan for your support & kindness, and also “H”-ie for all the drop-offs and pick-ups at the airport.
The Fiesta is great for an active lifestyle- like motor pacing from Pringlebay to Hermanus…
Getting ready for XTERRA Grabouw course pre ride:
My previous ride: The Family Heirloom: I gave up the prized Grand Luxury Express to drive the Fiesta. My dad bought this Toyota Cressida GLE new in 1988- also the year I did my 1st triathlon- lots of sentimental value. Also great for cross training- like push starting, pumping tyres by hand etc
I know a hot stuff mobile when I see one. Check out this blog as further proof: Red Rocket and other cool cars blog.
Caveman’s South African Time Trial Champs 2012
Caveman finishes 6th at South African Time Trial Champs
Time: 51.18. 38 Seconds behind the winner, Reinardt Janse van Resnburg. But only 4 seconds behind Darren Lill, who a year ago won and beat me by a minute, and 18″ behind SA cycling legend Robbie Hunter.
Speed: 46.77 km/h (28.5 mph)
Position: 6th Elite man
Normalized power 411W. Average 397W. What IS normalized power? Because of the serious rolling hills in the course. I had a 55×11 gearing but still spun out at 72km/h(45mi/h)- so I tucked and saved the powa for the climbs on thee way back.
I was happy with my ride- considering the TT was only 4 days after XTERRA Grabouw – from which I had some seriously sore quads for 3 days.
For the geeks, here is the power file:
http://www.trainingpeaks.com/sw/KVEQMHS27LBP3YZHZRKLMQVOLA
As you can see on the graph, (Click on the image above of follow link below to Training Peaks power file) the course in Nelspruit was very hilly. Big rollers, losing altitude on the way out and climbing the nasties on the way back. The course had a whopping 347m in elevation gain over 40km or 38.49- depending how you feel about GPS measuring distance and speed over hilly terrain…
Conrad Stoltz wins XTERRA Grabouw
Caveman wins XTERRA Grabouw. 2012 is looking good so far. 4 races, 4 victories. (some small and some lucky but a win is a win)
The biggest XTERRA in the world! 2000+ participants. Had to be held over 2 days (Lite and Full distances) to fit everyone in! Testament to great organization, sponsorship and media coverage but also South African’s love for adventure, nature and suffering…
Believe it or not, Caveman 1st individual out the swim. Must be that hectic swim training-click for blog.
Stunning bike course. Other than the all rocks and single track, I really like the Fynbos here. (Indigenous Western Cape vegetation) Checked it out on the pre rides as, there are more rocks and sand here than on the back of the moon.
One Caveman, one week, 3 races, 3 discilpines. Actually 5
A pic from 10 days ago, checking out SA TT course in Nelspruit aboard below mentioned “funny, uncomfortable road bicycle with dangerous wheels.” In fact, its my Specialized S works SHIV TT – UCI legal and all. Finally quite comfortable and able to deliver decent Watts.
Since January- 7 weeks, 4 races, 4 wins.
Time to really turn the screws: 1 week, 3 races, 3 disciplines. (technically 5)
Race 1, Feb 26: Sunday: XTERRA Grabouw. 1st. See previous blog
Monday: Fly to Jozie, drive 4hrs to parents farm near Lydenburg. Ride TT bike on trainer to flush junk out of legs. Visit folks and take this mundane pic of sunset from stoep:
