Tumbleweed

I liked how the light caught this St Joseph's lily in the morning...

There was a walk to raise funds for the local branch of Lifeline yesterday... Took the dogs along for the walkies... Ruby hated the "hills"... Scar hated his reflection... Ghost just wondered what was holding everyone up... The walk went past my boys' gran's plaque at the bird sanctuary, where we stopped to give the woofs some water. I sorta got Ghost's face in the reflection...

Is it CSA or Drug Free who issue the TUE?

I went up the road to see my flower guy, and met the midget wrestler on the way home for a drinkie..

There's also the people who believe Lance's cancer was aggravated - or even caused - by his doping. V12, is there any link between doping and the aggression or progression of cancers in the body?

That drug doesn't even require biological passport anomalies to root out the users. The testers just look for riders with the shiniest coats... Next time you go to the vet, ask for chewable Rimadyl*. Dogs love that stuff...must be good. *Use with corticosteroids is apparently not advised...

Thanks. Just had a brief look - was in a rush to get out the house - and the frame is definitely toast. Think the wheels are okay, and the cranks probably are too. Guess I'll be shopping for a new fixie frame this weekend. Anyone got something in medium?

It's not excusing anything, but I agree with your sentiment. SAIDS don't exactly come across the most efficient nor trustworthy organisation.

I needed to do a bit of comfort eating this morning after reversing over one of my bikes while leaving home ...

Wait, we haven't had a thread about rumours that KV's selling the Epic for a while as we usually do... Maybe he's keen to flog it because, well, you know, cyclists and dope and all that negative stuff...

If Suzy gets popped for doping, the Internet will explode...

No disputing that! I would just like some more info on what actually happened...too much of vagueness.

Does an 11-month sentence sound more like a "you should have known better" than a "you cheated" sentence to anyone?

The CSA not commenting muddies things. UCI who listed her doesn't seem to offer more than an AAF mention on this: http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/CleanSport/17/32/52/20160203SanctionsADRVEN2.0_English.pdf Does anyone actually know anything more about this?

Lose a nut, win the Tour*. *Technically...

So he came and went...

Ponies are so yesterday. Unikitty porn's where it's at...

Hit the branches harder and they'll start backing off as you approach the next time...

Skynet became self-aware, and what it became aware of pissed it off...

I posted this pic in the CC thread, but have changed it to black and white, so it's technically not a double-post... :-) Two hours or so or gentle drizzle while storms raged to the north-east...awesome

Specialized and Cannondale could do roaring after-market trade...

She has an autoimmune condition which causes irritation to her nose, which she scratches and digs into the ground. It's been clearing up nicely with the meds and liberal swathering on creams. She's good, though. Takes her tablets and treatments like a bike girl. This is most probably a cruel pic of her, but it had me laughing that girls always go to the toilet in pairs...even dog girls...

These are the daily meds Ruby is currently on. I would apply for a TUE for her, but she says her performance can't be enhanced...besides, she's beyond competing.

He's become quite a legend! Every time I take one of the other woofs in to see the doc, everyone asks after him! He won a lot of hearts during his stay there! He totally lives for his ball...and almost beats the others to it when I throw it- only Ghost is faster and he gets there first, but then drops it for Squamish to bring back to me.

They do...! And fetch is a lot easier for me. I throw the ball, it gets lost in the long grass, and they take longer to find it, so less throwing for me... Although, in the event of a ball not being available, Squamish has been known to drop a half-brick at my feet for me to throw for him...