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Cool video. I like the gentle start - none of this sprint for 1km to find your bike Le Mans style stuff... 500kms is seriously good going - well done.

You'd think they would be able to file an injunction correctly, and not get scolded by a judge for not doing the basics...

Armstong's blood values: http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m72sm83Gsm1qia2qvo1_1280.png I'm not a doctor, and don't really understand this, but from a stats point of view the red dots do look suspiciously out of place when compared to the green dots.

I don't think Pat McQuaid even has a clue what is going on in his own organisation, let alone anyone else's: UCI President Mistaken Over USADA Case: “I’ve read what they’ve said but as they’re not licence holders so I don’t know how they can ban them or what they can be banned for” “From the UCI’s point of view we can’t see how these guys can be sanctioned for life,” said McQuaid. “They are not UCI licence holders, so under what grounds can they be sanctioned?” Those are the words of the Pat McQuaid, president of cycling’s governing body, the UCI. The first quote is after speaking to cyclingnews.com, the second is after speaking to Velonews. He was commenting today on the lifetime ban issued by the US Anti-Doping Agency to Luis Garcia del Moral, Michele Ferrari and Jose “Pepe” Martí, all three staff or helpers of the US Postal Cycling team. Only President McQuaid needs to check the UCI rulebook . The anti-doping code applies to all licence holders, that is obvious. But Article 18 says it applies to all team staff as well, even if they have no team licence. So there are good grounds for the UCI to apply USADA’s ban worldwide. Here is the relevant rule (my emphasis) Non-License-Holders 18. 1. a ) Any Person who, without being a holder of a license, participates in a cycling Event in any capacity whatsoever, including, without limitation, as a rider, coach, trainer, manager, team director, team staff, agent, official, medical or para-medical personnel or parent and; b ) Any Person who, without being a holder of a license, participates, in the framework of a club, trade team, national federation or any other structure participating in Races, in the preparation or support of riders for sports competitions; shall be subject to these Anti-Doping Rules and these Anti-Doping Rules shall apply to each such Person as they apply to a License-Holder.

Cyclismas is rapidly becoming my favourite blog: The Legend of the 500 Lance is the most tested athlete, amateur or professional in the history of sport. We don’t know exactly the number but we think it’s around 300 separate tests that he’s undergone and he has never had a positive test. Tim Herman, Lawyer to Lance Armstrong, July 2010 Throughout his twenty-plus year professional career, Mr. Armstrong has been subjected to 500 to 600 drug tests without a single positive test Civ. Action No. 1:12–cv–00606–SS July 2012 http://dimspace.co.uk/lancetesthistory.png

Don't confuse stupidity for speed - I have loads of the former, and not much of the latter

goya-goya - firstly, there are a wealth of other punctuation marks aside from the ellipsis - they are all feeling rather left out in your posts and my mind wanders off every time I see one. Secondly, "comfortable satisfaction" can be replaced with "balance of probabilities". The standard is met if the proposition is more likely to be true than not true. No room for subjectivity. Thirdly, the arbitration panel is made up of either one or three independent experts who hear evidence from both sides and make a decision based on the standard above. Lastly, I realise that you are probably just trolling

Anna Zimmerman of 150wattsofawesome has a nice blogpost on why Lance should just shut it: http://150wattsofawesome.blogspot.com/2012/06/muting-lance-armstrong.html

From BikeRadar: Notable author Richard Moore suggested one solution for those who object to the antics: "If you don't like Sagan's victory celebrations there's one good way to stop them, chaps." His colleague Daniel Freibe agrees. "So, are Sagan's celebrations obnoxious? I say no - like he said in presser, people will tune in to see what he does next. Great for sport." There is no word yet from the UCI, which regulates everything from sock height to saddle tilt, on whether it would follow the National Football League in banning excessive victory celebrations.

A younger Peter Sagan - giving us all hope http://www.petersagan.net/data/download/24/krpec.jpg Pulling a Robby http://www.petersagan.net/data/download/16/ca3.jpg

2011: http://www.bikemap.net/route/1207259 2010: http://app.strava.com/rides/949096 http://www.easterncapemountainbiking.co.za/index.php?page_name=route&route_id=13

On a 6hr+ LSD ride I take the following: 1 packet of salted mixed nuts (cashews, almonds, macadamia etc) or 1 packet of trail mix (dried fruit and nuts) 4 Dutch Caramel waffles 1 small Blackcat peanut brittle slab 2 Jungle Oats breakfast bars 2 bottles of Game (refilled with water after about 4 hours) I don't usually eat everything, but it's nice to have a couple of options.

Agree fully - which is why I think products like Magicshine, Magic Lights, Pyrolights etc are fantastic - gets more people out on their bikes in the dark at a reasonable price. Great for road riding too - where seeing you are going is almost as important as being visible to motorists. I did my first Baviaans with one of these: http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Images/Models/Original/5241.jpg Just carrying 5 spare C batteries weighed a kilo. Here is a blog post I did ages ago about Baviaans : http://www.velotales.com/2008/06/trans-baviaans.html

That is at high drive currents. Exposure get around this by using multiple LEDs at a lower current, thus increasing performance. Lupine takes this idea to the max, using 7 LEDs, producing the brightest, super efficient lights, but at quite a cost. Also, the optics options for the XML are more limited, and tend to be more flood than throw.

Umm - the Toro uses 3 Cree XPG R5 LEDs: Toro Mk.3 bike light The Toro is the leaner brother of the MaXx-D; shaving 59g off the weight and still producing nearly 1000 lumen punch. The beam pattern of the Toro and the Diablo are identical making them perfect partners. Weight (incl. bracket): 278g Output: 975 lumens Power: 7800 mAh Lithium Ion battery Burn time: High (3 hrs) Medium (10 hrs) Low (24 hrs) Emitter: The Toro uses three Cree XPG R5 LEDs. The Cree XPG R5 is a more refined, higher quality LED of the same type used in the 2011 range. It keeps the same great beam patterns and colour temperature but the light has an additional 7-10% output over last year’s models. We are quoting 325 lumens per LED rather than the 300 in 2011. I'm a fan of the Exposure range, having a 2005 Enduro which just doesn't want to die, despite my best efforts with countless 24hr events and 8 Trans Baviaans races, and a Joystick. I recently bought MaXx D "for my wife". 337g for an all contained unit with no cables and battery mounts etc for 1285 lumens. Have a look at Bike Radar's bike light review : http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/article/best-mountain-bike-lights-28195/

I assume you are not driving through the Kloof? Normal car will be fine for that.

Another interesting Lance graphic. Talk about fingers in many different pies (or tarts): http://cyclismas.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/full-LA-chart-graphic.jpg From http://cyclismas.com/2012/06/lance-armstrongs-business-links-a-flowchart-by-dimspace/

Doesn't seem that vague: By Lance (Rider): (1) Use and/or attempted of prohibited substances and/or methods including EPO, blood transfusions, testosterone, corticosteroids and masking agents. (2) Possession of prohibited substances and/or methods including EPO, blood transfusions and related equipment (such as needles, blood bags, storage containers and other transfusion equipment and blood parameters measuring devices) testosterone, corticosteroids and masking agents. (3) Trafficking of EPO, testosterone, and corticosteroids as described in more detail above. (4) Administration and/or attempted administration to others of EPO, testosterone, and cortisone. (5) Assisting, encouraging, aiding, abetting, covering up and other complicity involving one or more anti--doping rule violations and/or attempted anti-doping rule violation . (6) Aggravating circumstances justifying a period of ineligibility greater than the standard sanction. http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/armstrongcharging0613.pdf

Today would have been a perfect day for the 9 to 5

From Cycling Tips: 1999: Alex Zulle? He was caught for doping previously but never tested positive in 1999. If not, then Fernando Escartín? 2000: Jan Ullrich? Well, he’s already admitted his mistakes, but he never tested positive. If not, Fernando Escartín again? 2001: Jan Ullrich again? The German Cycling Federation (BDR) has even banned him from Cyclosportifes. Maybe the deceased Kivilev then? 2002: Beloki maybe? He wasn’t caught for doing anything dodgy at the time. Maybe José Azevedo then? 2003: Maybe Ullrich was clean this year. If not, then Haimar Zubeldia is the new winner. 2004: Andreas Klöden is next in line. Even though guilty by association, you gotta love Klödi. If not, José Azevedo wins again. 2005: Basso? Was he on the gear at this time? Maybe Cadel Evans then. I’ll support that. http://www.cyclingtipsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/armstrong1150px.jpg From Bicycling Magazine, May 2011 (www.bicycling.com), produced by Charlie Layton (www.charlielayton.com) The thing to note from this diagram is that the riders in black: Admitted to doping or were banned or suspended by a sanctioning group for doping; Suspended or fired by their teams or individually withdrew from races for some connection to doping; Were convicted of doping or paid a fine to settle charges related to it. Riders in black did not necessarily test positive in that particular Tour de France.

Is that Daniel the Ginger wielding a spade?

And to add to my cracked chain stay, it turns out I had a cracked steerer as well (discovered when building up the replacement frame from the above crack).

Looks good...

I consider mountain biking to be riding before 8 in the morning, in the pouring rain, on a south facing mountain slope, cheered on by dancing girls, on the trails made by the lesser spotted pigmy hippopotamus. I've logged a sum total of 43m of mountain biking my whole life.

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