Two Riders Out Of Absa Cape Epic Due To Doping

[Tankman]

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Edited March 17, 2014 by Tankman

[Tankman]

 

Why does it matter to you...?

 

 

 

 

We had your name here on the hub before the man in the white lab coat had test results back.

 

 

Just kidding.... we nearly did!

 

If they failed the test, tested positive and are being given a life time ban ... why keep their names a secret?

 

Are they perhaps not guilty, are the tests inaccurate or have they not been given a chance to plea their case?

 

Why release this information then in the first place?

[schmoose]

Blind, you can't smoke a bifta round the back of the food tent anymore if you're a back marker.

 

Someone should fill these epic chops in about what mountianbiking is. If its not bad enough that this bladdy race has filled our trails with noobs in matching lycra dragging their back wheel around every corner, now we have to deal with noob dopers.

[slabs]

Blind, you can't smoke a bifta round the back of the food tent anymore if you're a back marker.

 

Someone should fill these epic chops in about what mountianbiking is. If its not bad enough that this bladdy race has filled our trails with noobs in matching lycra dragging their back wheel around every corner, now we have to deal with noob dopers.

 

Here is a great article written in 2012 from a totally unrelated matter:

 

http://www.bikemag.c...-dopey-smokers/

 

Some beauts:

 

They don’t get caught because mountain bike race promoters barely have $200 bucks for Port-a-Johns let alone $10,000 for drug testing guys and gals who are racing to win a free jersey and $50 gift certificate from Performance Bicycles.

 

I have mentioned in earlier blogs and Bike magazine stories that mountain biking has its roots (literally) in the cultivation of marijuana in Northern California. Growers needed a fast way to escape from U.S. Forest Service patrols raiding their garden plots in and around Marin County. That’s similar to NASCAR’s Southern roots as high-speed back roads moonshine runners.

 

Smoking dope only helps after a race, or so I’ve heard. Recovery is important but I don’t think eating two sleeves of Oreos and a jug of YooHoo can be considered recovery. And I certainly would never advocate driving home buzzed after a hard race. That’s what that tent is for.

 

So here’s my thought for today: Don’t use performance-enhancing drugs. Spend your money on a lighter bike or better yet, a lighter you. Ride with faster people and learn to keep up with them. You may not win races, but you’ll be able to sleep at night while the Crybaby is still wailing.

Edited March 19, 2014 by slabs