Conrad Stoltz

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After a few years dabbling in BMX racing, rugby, cricket, judo and running, I started racing triathlon at age 14. A few years later I turned pro in 1992- fresh out of high school. Other than the 24 years' of racing triathlon in South Africa, I raced 6 seasons in France and this is my 13th season in the USA.

I also enjoy mountain bike racing and mix it up with the "tall socks" when the schedule allows. [Sea Otter and Whiskey Off road this year in the USA, and Argus MTB Challenge in South Africa.]- leave this part out if its not time relevant.-CS

Achievements

4x XTERRA World Champion
ITU Cross Tri World Champion
9x XTERRA USA Series Champion
44 XTERRA career wins
2x Olympian
Winner Chicago Mrs Ts 2002
5x All African Triathlon champion (road)
5x South African Triathlon Champion (road)

My first knobby tire bike...

February 18, 2009

I was a rabid cyclist at the age of 5. It was the year 1979 and it was Christmas.

Santa (my dad minus the Santa costume) wheeled in the most amazing bike I had ever laid eyes upon- in fact, it was a little motorbike. Minus the engine!

It was black with yellow plastics: Mud guards, a number plate, (#1) even a little bottomless petrol tank. The suspension was HUGE. (ok, I was 5) Double coil springs in the rear. It had a long banana seat and a cutting edge back pedal brake. Most important- it had knobbly tires. At last, the “knoppe bande fiets” I had been dreaming about.

Of course the bike was way too big. The frame had some ridiculous guarantee, so my parents bought the bike too big as it “would last forever” and I would “grow into it”.

I remember not really being able to ride it properly for a while. (even though I was a little Greg Minnaar on my little purple 12” tire bike) Soon I had built jumps in the back yard and went “skidding” with the other kids on an open piece of dirt behind George the Greeks Café.

I loved that bike and went everywhere on it. After years of faithful service and many a scuffed knee or elbow it got stolen. (like most bikes in Africa) By then the BMX mania was in full swing, after a respectable mourning period, a birthday became a peek at heaven with a shiny Kamikaze racing BMX with a Cro mo frame, bear trap pedals and a big red racing plate “88”.

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