Recent content by 9000ft

I haven't done Pikes Peak yet now that it's paved to the top. I haven't done Guenella Pass from Georgetown either. That one would be a beast although there are some flatter recovery sections.

Re: With the lack of oxygen in the atmosphere you'd have to get creative with the PEDs.

Re: Don't go too soon after they've graded it. It will be very soft. Better to go a week or so afterwards when the traffic has had a chance to compact it.

Re: That it's good for the Kazakh mafia to have your back?

Thank Dog for Lance Armstrong. The clinic would be a much less entertaining place without him. :D

That's not the point I was trying to make. If one of the main arguments against doping is it's inherent unfairness - that "clean" riders of higher talent can and are beaten by less talented "dirty" riders, how much more "fair" is it that a few riders - maybe less talented riders have more...

So the linked article is about a runner but if you read through the whole thing, it talks about long standing world track records set during what is widely considered the 'state sponsored PED era' and the coach thinks those can be broken with advanced training methods. What strikes me is...

How else can you explain Saint Greg? He's the only one though.

Do you really think whether or not LA raced clean or not was that big of a deal in the eyes of the majority of the general American public? "Fans" want spectacular performances, even many, probably most of the so called "real" cycling fans who post on forums like CN lament "boring" performances...

Disk brakes for bikes - all kinds of bikes - are a pretty well sorted out technology. Compatibility issues between brands for neutral support aside, I'd think the risk of failure wouldn't be any larger than any other piece of new gear that's being used in any races.

Thank Dog for Lance Armstrong. The clinic would be a much less entertaining place without him. None of the other dopers inspire nearly as much passion and un compromising dogma (except maybe Saint Greg in the opposite way) as Lance Armstrong.

I met LeMond briefly at a SCCA club race during my auto racing days when he was dabbling in auto racing. To be honest he wasn't very friendly and didn't seem to be interested in talking bike racing but I suppose he figured he had spent enough years being "fan and sponsor friendly" and he just...

In the clinic world anything an athlete ingests or is injected (no never mind, ALL injections are suspect) with except water and Mom's good home cooking is suspect. (of course Mom once shopped at a grocery that Dr. Ferrari shopped at 5 years ago so she's suspect too) An athlete that uses...

I should have also mentioned that overheating is only one issue. Power is the main advantage. Anyone who says rim brakes are anywhere near in the league of disks for braking power and modulation hasn't ridden a bike with disks. Hauling down a road at 40-50 mph into a sharp turn (I have 2010 Dura...

Armstrong worse than Satan. Armstrong the NECROLANCER.