should they legalise performance enhancing drugs?

[Jenna-lee]

Shimano all the way.... but thats not the issue here! For now anywayz

[dirtrider]

Holly at least we meet new people every day ! Ok so what if we did meet yesterday , just play along . Jenna I usually get paid for my valued advice but in your case I will make an exception ! Please feel free to use all my very informative remarks .

[Tumbleweed]

Holly at least we meet new people every day ! Ok so what if we did meet yesterday ' date=' just play along . Jenna I usually get paid for my valued advice but in your case I will make an exception ! Please feel free to use all my very informative remarks .[/quote']

 

your face is familiar. do we know each other?

[scotty]

! Please feel free to use all my very informative remarks .

 

Clueless tubeless vs tubes ???

[dirtrider]

Has this been discussed before ?

[scotty]

Think so.

 

Jenna hope some hubbers take up your request for their comments on doping to be publsished.

[DaSH82]

You can use my 2c worth...

[Tumbleweed]

jenna, looking at the threads that have generated as much interest as this one, maybe you can do a story about legalising adultery with megan fox?

[Jenna-lee]

lol

[DaSH82]

holy roller - you could be onto something there... .

[Gert Janse v Rensburg]

 

 

What's the bet Rabobank's marketing director called the cycling team's boss when the Rasmussen story broke?

 

Just so I know.... What happened to the oke... what does he do now... for who does he ride.... I know he hasnt been Convicted of anything

 

[Spinnekop]

OK....so let's jump in......

 

Jenna-Lee.

 

Just remember......the rules and regulations are there more to protect the riders..........in a sense that if the rules are not there and the risks of getting caught is 0 (Yes Chunky, I know....) then the TEAM would FORCE the riders to take stuff that might (?) kill them. 

 

If it is NOT legal, the team cannot "force" anyone....

 

For me.....I have been cycling in the Elite bunch and the Sub-Vets bunch for about 14 years now.......and personally I think it is PATHETIC to dope just to keep up with the local guys......seriously....the racing is NOT that hard that you cannot compete on a top level with some hard training....

 

As for the Pro Peleton doing the Euro Circuit.....well, THAT is a different story........

I think there is NO amount of training that you can put in to compete successfully at top level in the overseas bunch........

 

And they don't just use orange juice.....

 

 

[madison]

Maybe slightly off topic, but Patrick Sinkewitz yesterday denied dropping his buddies Kloden & Kessler in the S%#t by naming them as his traveling companions to the Freiburg University for a doping trip. He went further to say that doping brought a 2-5% increase in performance & that it does not turn a donkey into a race horse. He calculates the cost of him being caught at over 1 million Euro. That must be the most expensive tube of testosterone gel ever.

[Christie]

The biggest problem imo if doping ever gets legalized would be to retain sponsors. CSC, Tmobile, Discovery all pulling out of cycling, some of them because they dont want their brand to be associated with dopers. Even if dope were allowed, some sponsors would still feel that pro cyclists are a bunch of dopeheads, and would not want to be associated with cycling.

 

2 very big & high profile teams are already looking for sponsors for 2009, looks like the pros are cheating themselves out of their salaries.

[GreyOwl]

Pro Wrestling does alright!!!

 

I mean, its fake and you have to be blind not to see the drugs...

[Christie]

Hmmm, good point GO, and perhaps very relevant comparison to pro cycling !