Recent content by proffate

do we know how Seixas is on gravel, especially going downhill?

Love this headline from the mis-translation machine that is Cycling-uptodate, > “He wasn’t allowed to work with Mathieu” – Red Bull - BORA master tactics secure Tim van Dijke podium at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad So brilliant, right up there with "keep the rubber side down" and "remember to eat"

luke lamperti with two consecutive top 10s in grimy spring classics. Toughest Californian ever

And Reggie Miller is just a terrific cyclist right?

Reducing rider jobs is not just what happens, as discussed at great length in this thread. But it is one side effect, yes. However I don't think there's any evidence beyond pure speculation that it would negatively impact the sport or participation in it. How many kids are going to decide...

And limits the advantage of well funded teams. I guess versatile doms like wout, wellens, kwia would be even more valuable. And even a dom can be fun to watch when they put in an epic individual performance. I have no problem with sprints but surely fewer stages go to sprints if the teams are...

Drive by shooting I also love that Froome is like tier 7

Smaller teams also makes the race more interesting as you have to make alliances or take risks

Good lead out by haller. Not of his own man, but for someone

If you're trying to say glp drugs have not revolutionized weight management you're just being contrarian. The US recorded its first ever drop in adult obesity. Bariatric surgery is a thing of the past. Fortunes have been made by the pharma companies. None of this would be true if there had...

Romeo looks like he's on an ebike

At some point as you drop weight, performance diminishes. I think that point is different for everyone. Or do you think Froome just wanted it more than anyone else in his generation? The entire glp1 drug revolution has pretty conclusively proven, to me, that discipline is a myth. We are slaves...

The sentence you quoted is the context of why the study is conducted, not the outcome. And intense exercise is not just triggering abnormalities, although sudden death is certainly a very visible negative outcome. More reading here. High intensity/high volume (i.e. racing) for decades will cause...

But you don't need to race to enjoy bikes, and the incremental health impact of "racing" vs "riding for fun" is probably actually negative.

Masters racers, especially at the pointy end, have the biggest egos of anyone. People with normal size egos don't keep racing compulsively and obsessively so far past their youth. So yes of course the egotistical types are willing to enhance. I'm pretty sure the risk from the drug is less than...