Recent content by Fester

That's more or less what happened with the 50 % rule in the 90s.

I'm guessing you didn't look up "carboxyhemoglobin". Come on guys, you have the world's knowledge at your finger tips.

I can't see how, CO binds to hemoglobin forming the useless carboxyhemoglobin, rendering the molecule void and raising hematocrit (useless hematocrit/hemoglobin). It's why smokers have higher hematocrit. It only makes sense as a biological passport masking strategy, rather than a performance...

UHC was given the liberty to go hunting for stage wins while the Portuguese teams focused on GC. Also, who's not to say the Volta wasn't a big objective of that team? In terms of talent, it's not being developed, but it's certainly there; the Santa Maria da Feira amateur team for example which...

Iron reserves take weeks and months build, no from one moment to the next. Given the risk of hemochromatosis, posting such stuff on a forum is highly irresponsible.

Didn't he name the supplier as Dr. Rosa(? or something) the basque?

This is absolutely shocking.

You missed Siutsou with 8/10

Well, 6.6w/kg is 6.6w/kg regardless of sex, race, religion... About 99.9% of men couldn't keep up in a pro tour peloton either. Also there is a lot more to cycling that strength and endurance.

Anecdotally, there was an Italian woman way back that rode the Giro with the likes of Coppi and Bartalli... her name escapes me, but it's an amazing story.

All children of the empire; Kenya, Malta, Man, Canada, Australia It's not a bad thing the fact that Britain and its cyclists are from a mix of backgrounds. Personally the concept of national irks me. It shouldn't be a factor, only someones worth should matter... Alas I think it will be...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_Street,_Dunedin It's made for bike racing, both up and down! Incidentally and rather sadly one of the girls died. I can't imagine it's possible to get up that with 39x23 unless you're Sergey Honchar or someone.

The whole notion of development and "keeping up with the times" is flawed. There hasn't been a significant improvement to the safety bicycle since the derailleur was introduced, if the arbitrary rules were remove a TT bike might look like this: and do 131kph... just saying there is no...

I fully agree with the opening post. TT bikes are daft, they don't prove anything, other than the legislation ruling equipment in cycling has been wanting. Either go the whole hog and allow engineers to create the fastest bikes they can, something along the lines of a HPV or get rid of them...

LOL, not very strong... every army needs its infantry, every cycling team needs its domestiques. Not very strong is an excellent rider who has ridden for some of the worlds top teams.