Recent content by MarkvW

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    Simeoni/Armstrong Tour de France 2004 - stage 18 - video link

    Re: Lance Lance is an obvious dumbass. Good bike rider though. Great responder to EPO.
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    Official Lance Armstrong Thread: Part 4 (Post-Settlement)

    Re: Re: The fact that Lance got the brunt of it was REALLY GOOD THEATER. Anybody who doesn't appreciate that drama should take another look at it. It had everything! It was a wonderful balloon-deflater to those who take bike racing way too seriously. It was so entertaining. (But of...
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    WADA Getting Ready to Reinstate Russia

    Re: Isn't the whitewashing enough?
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    Vinokourov - Kolobnev Case

    Anybody know what happened with the case where Vino was accused of buying the race? Did it just fade away?
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    Driving into cyclists the Emma way

    Re: When you come up with a way to fix lousy driver behavior, let me know. Then I will agree with you. Until then, separate bike lanes! It gets more people on bikes, etc...
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    Team Ineos (Formerly the Sky thread)

    I'm glad Sky is dead! I'm glad it crashed and burned!!!! BWAHAHAHAHA!
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    Official "another interesting piece I found on Floyd Landis" Thread

    Re: The immunize idea is brilliant. The corruption it would expose would be staggering. Anybody know whether Fraud paid back his victims?
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    Driving into cyclists the Emma way

    Re: Re: Once you get out of town and into the sticks, are the Australian locals cool to cyclists?
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    Driving into cyclists the Emma way

    Re: Re: The thing to address is safe and protected bicycle paths. Then more people (voters) ride, and the total environment improves. IMO.
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    WADA Getting Ready to Reinstate Russia

    The more you think things are different, the more they are the same.
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    Open letter to Froome

    Re: That's not really fair. Merckx is an idealist in his approach to cycling. The post Merckx made is entirely consistent with that. There's room for all points of view in pro cycling. All the way from fans of organized crime to noble idealists.
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    Shoes for wide feet

    Lake presents some good options. I am very satisfied with my Lake shoes.
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    Calling out dopers, ignoring others, Omertà and hypocrisy

    In any legitimate sport, booing is a symptom of a problem which needs to be addressed. In professional cycling, it's just another day at the filthy circus.
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    Moderators

    Froomelove is needed. But only in moderation!
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    JV talks, sort of

    Re: Re: Franchises for life is interesting, but once you have that what percentage is there for the UCI middleman? I think the good old boys in the UCI would be nuts to incorporate that model because it would ultimately be suicidal. Still...they are shortsighted morons and they have done...