Recent content by silverrocket

That's exactly the message I got from your post, but aren't you just saying what everybody else is saying: that he didn't get big results for most of his career and suddenly started quite late in his career? The reason WHY is an entirely other issue, and on that I'm not necessarily...

Informed cycling fans heard Armstrong's confession in the context of all the other information we already had about his "nefarious" activities throughout his career. Armstrong wants nothing to do with us because our opinions have been shaped by too many facts. The general public and the...

You say people that think Horner didn't get the big results in the past that he is getting now have a "limited understanding" of how "pro cycling actually works". You then proceed to explain why Horner didn't get big results until relatively recently. I'm not sure you made the point you wanted to.

I don't think it is a matter of class, but a matter of most people being woefully uninformed about the entire Armstrong matter.

I think the weight of evidence favours expert analysis over both a child raised by wolves and a poster who believes it is "blindingly obvious" that Froome is doping.

We can't, our arms are too weak and spindly.

They didn't get there before 7am, which is why Horner just left for the airport. My question is that since someone at Radioshack, at the team hotel, told the testers where Horner was actually staying, why didn't they call up Horner and tell him the testers had screwed up but were on their...

Actually bears mate in the spring. Fall is when bears are doing the last of their frantic feeding before winter and a lot of those berry bushes are near the roadsides. Banff Bike Fest actually takes place around the time of bear mating season (and elk calving season) and Parks Canada was very...

For Paris-Roubaix they get a cobblestone, but for winning in Edmonton they should have given Sagan a piece of asphalt with a pot hole in it.

Also, to those wondering why the wonderful Rocky Mountains aren't being used: Yes, flooding in the Canmore region forced the cancellation of the one climbing stage there, but the other big problem is that most of the mountains are found within national and provincial parks that have...

Me and many other Albertan cyclists are excited to have a pro race here, but mostly just praying the organizers wouldn't screw up and embarrass us in front of the world. Sigh... Actually I was at the prologue in Edmonton and already embarrassed that the city couldn't be bothered to redo the...

Let's be realistic. You could probably win the Vuelta by 2023, but to come from nowhere to win the TOUR in 2023 you'd need some sort of blood-borne disease. I hear bilharzia is nice...

Why? If admins/mods don't explain the reasoning behind their "commands" we will never learn to moderate ourselves.

I heavily snipped you post, since it was filled with unsupported counters to my supported claims, and thus completely useless to furthering the conversation. Yes, they have studied why people with West African heritage perform better in explosive events like sprinting. Yes they have found...

That's where my previous "cultural" point comes into play. Jamaicans that are gifted in the explosive sports go into sprinting. Afro-British gifted the same way often end up playing football. Afro-Americans gifted the same way often end up playing American football, or perhaps baseball, and if...