Recent content by durgadas

I am seriously dissappointed in Cycling.tv's business practices. I'm not sure why provding poor customer service and account management is a good way to endear yourself to the cycling community, but speaking for me, it's NOT. In three days I could have a Web site with more proper account...

Discussed to death Sorry about the typo in the poll. In the pocket of the IOC is what I meant. Yes, well, sorry for the UCI fatigue, but I'm sick of hearing about their mismanagement and it's just taken me a while to get up a head of steam. Had hoped for some more detailed comments, but I...

I've got some problems with the way the UCI is running things, and I'd like to get some feedback on what I say here. I know that I've tended to post provacative stuff here before, but this I hope you will think this better considered. Here's my theory: 1) Internationalization of cycling is a...

Silly Whiner, Tours Are For Men I was a fan of the Brothers Schleck up until this Tour. They speak as though they are concerned for the overall health of the racers, but it's the racers themselves that decide how fast to go, and how many risks to take. Maybe they are better served trying to...

The House Always Wins So... doesn't anyone else want to mention the most disturbing part of the entire proceeding? Just watch CBS' or 60 minutes coverage online: SPONSORED BY VIAGRA. How about this stunning statement: "A representative for Anheuser-Busch told THR that Armstrong will continue...

Well, cycling fans, you wanted it, you got it. You got a UCI to look deeply into doping, and what you got (surprise!) was a power-hungry group that is now extending it's tentacles into every area of the sport, extracting money from everyone and everything. They are over-regulating every aspect...

Hahahaaaa, Alexi Wins Again Alexi's status as a loose cannon is, once again, confirmed. He's like a savant-level loose cannon. 25k views already, Alexi! It was the same when I was 19 years old (42 now) and hearing about him for the first time- the same crazy polarizing reaction to the guy...

I was with you until the last paragraph. Enforcement CAN'T work in any capacity beyond making the efforts to cheat more subtle, a lessening of humanity from the equation or both, until one has to examine one's willingness to keep asking for an increase in both. Try to consider the OTHER...

There is always a bigger fish. I think that's all I need to say.

Cheating is wrong? Or just short-sighted? Or neither? So think about your ideas of wrongness a little differently, please. Consider more than you might otherwise. Cyclists are humans, needing human understanding, not black and white ideals, and even those are selective in their focus. That...

Exactly- I saw this movie also. Nice point, Choocher. They say it nicely in that movie, and frankly watching Freakonomics had me thinking of Lance, Floyd and their ilk, along with many other top sportsmen in other sports also. I find it interesting that it's really Americans who have this...

No, deterrents don't work. Your comment is full of the assumptions perfectly suited to this post, but I think I already refuted all of them already when I posted originally, so in the words of the Prime Minister of Britain "I refer the right honorable gentleman to the response I gave some...

Reading this article today made me think that people who write about and think about doping are not considering this topic in a really rational way: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/26/AR2011022604083.html Especially this comment in that article: "I am...

My Suggestions for Training for Surgery As someone who has gotten a similar knee surgery (ACL replacement after 20 years of not having one) recently and was an elite cycling coach for more than 20 years, I'd make a couple of suggestions. When you say you'd like to "build up your legs" you're on...