Recent content by alanshearer

Do you have an example?

I have no problem with USADA giving deals to riders in return for their cooperation. I also don't have a problem with the likely fact that those deals were lighter than any kind of deal that would have been provided to Armstrong. I do think the actual deals they got were ridiculously light...

As an idiot master fattie, this is my favorite thread of the forum. I so love it when it resurfaces to the front page.

My point wasn't that Phelps is beyond suspicion. My point wasn't even that there's anything wrong with the speculation. My point, rather, was that the original post of this thread was not speculating. It was an accusation. It implied that Phelps doping was a foregone conclusion. The...

The difference highlights the double standard. Sanctioned athlete, whose name is easily obtainable, cannot be discussed here, even though solid evidence exists for both the doping violation and the sanction. Cyclingnews moderator response -- delete all threads and posts mentioning his...

If Phelps were represented by Martin Hardie, this thread would have long since been shut down. So if you want protection from wild accusations here, it's best that you're a third rate cyclist represented by a fourth rate dickwad. By the way, the first post wasn't speculation, it was an...

I agree. Any cyclist eating Chinese meat in China fails the IQ test. I also thought clen clears from the system pretty quickly, especially if it's the result of contaminated meat (in which case the dosage is likely to be pretty low compared to a clen regimen). It might depend on when he...

Funny. I always thought that was the loophole, at least for amateurs. Seems like there's nothing to prohibit an amateur from letting the license lapse to dope, so long he or she stops before taking out the license again. Am I missing something?

<cough> bullsh*t <cough> <cough> eat me <cough> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROxvT8KKdFw

You didn't read the article. It was that he did it on certain equipment that caught his eye. Froome was only 5:20 off riding a tricycle backwards. Brailsford was able to post that, on a TT bike and with a higher cadence, he had grand tour potential.

Maybe you should re-read my post paying specific attention to where I said, "None of this is to say that doping among juniors is not a problem or that is not something that should not be discussed. Nor should the appropriateness of juniors being sponsored by a supplement company be off limits...

I've always thought junior development for USA Cycling was about being part of and maintaining the "in" club. Wealth may play a big part in that, but it's not the only thing. You want to **** off USAC? Bypass their "pipeline" and system and take a group of kids to Europe to race on your own dime.

I think the insinuations being thrown about in this thread cross the line. It's one thing to spread rumors about a pro, or even an adult. It's quite another to do the same about specific juniors or junior teams without any evidence or based solely upon some guilt by association. (And yes, by...

I get why there may be no U23 women's event, but it makes no sense other than UCI doesn't give a crap about women's development to not hold a junior women's world champsionship.

"We like our credibility." Oh, wait . . .