Recent content by chase196126

Having a team doctor on a cycling team is an extremely good idea, in my opinion. A doctor who has a large amount of experience treating cyclists, or any other sport, specifically for years may be able to diagnose issues and correct them in a much more timely manner than going to a local clinic...

Honestly, opinions like this sicken me. Cycling may have some major issues with drugs but stopping a beautiful sport to try to clean it up will simply kill it, or relegate it to the same popularity as Race Across America. You say it is completely irrelevant what other sports do in comparison...

Exactly. I am not trying to claim that I am a good rider, or even a mediocre rider. I am simply trying to encourage those that are many times better than me to do the same in the future. I can't expect others to share a large amount of information without myself being willing to do the same up...

doperhopper: Your post gave me another idea for adding to this thread. If anyone has data from when they were younger to compare to current/later outputs, we might get a decent idea of how much improvement is possible over a period of time (AKA, he sucked as a Junior but now he is world...

Hey all, With reading all the posts about the Tour wattage measurements, I thought of a little idea. There are a handful of pro riders (myself included) that post on this forum; with 131313 (I hope i got enough 13's :p) being very respected in particular. My idea: If any other Pro's are...

My experience with the out of comp. system was a bit different from the norm because I was added as a potential Tour of California rider. Everyone who could potentially be racing the race had to submit whereabouts for 3 months before the event. For some reason the system they used for us did...

The biggest issue I had with out of competition forms this year was how to list where I would be during training on the bike. Since cycling isn't like swimming or other indoor sports that are in a fixed location, it is almost impossible to list where you will be short of "the roads of ____"...

Thanks, I appreciate it. For me doping is not even a thought/option. If I never make it any higher than the US domestic fields, that's fine. I would rather race clean and know I reached the limit of my natural ability. From the experiences I have had so far I believe that the choice between...

From all that I saw when I rode on Trek last year, it is EXTREMELY unlikely that Axel was sending anyone to shady people. It is kind of funny to the perception of that team here after being a part of it. Doping was NOT an issue in any way. My guess is that Dale simply got burned out on...

I hope this is not a team wide effort. I will be more than a little irked if I lost an overall podium at Altoona to an organized doping program. Papillon was there, but DNF'd on stage 3...

Spetsa, I don't attempt to be naive about the state of doping in the sport, and I am not in any way claiming that doping is not still happening. I raced with Dave Clinger locally in 2009 and watched his amazing "transformation" from 50 pounds overweight to the leanest rider in Utah (in...

Berzin, Your postings are generally of high quality and I respect them, but this goes a little far. Having someone make a comment about how many suspicious performances happened at nationals without specifying whom leaves a lot open to speculation. The general feeling here in the clinic is...

Come on, man. Being a pro in the US is not a cause for suspicion. There may be individuals that are doing shady things but it is completely unfair to the vast majority of US pros to label them as dopers simply for being pros.

Basso was not TECHNICALLY using Chorus. Record 11, up until the 2011 model (which Basso is not riding), did not have any cutouts. The 2011 Record levers have 2 cutouts compared to 2011 Super Records 3 cutouts. Basso is seen in that photo riding 2010 Record shifters, thus no cutouts. The...

I feel bad for the dude if his story is real, but it seems like the chances of that are pretty slim. If I'm not mistaken he did mention that the guys would pay in cash to use his credit cards on the internet. If that was the case maybe what showed up on his statement would not have looked...