Cyclists and receding hairlines

[yespatterns]

A widows peak has nothing to do with baldness. It is just the way your hair grows across the front of the head. Some people (male and female) have it, some do not.

Hah, no I'm just mentioning that I have my share of hair issues and not throwing stones in a glass house. The out loud musing comment is probably true. Looking at leipheimer, froome, piti, (does horner count ? I keed) etc. etc., it just made me wonder.

 

[roundabout]

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[Kotar_Rhakoz]

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What is that supposed to prove?

 

[roundabout]

What is that supposed to prove?

Nothing.

Just the first thing that came to mind when cyclists with receding hairlines are mentioned.

 

[Kotar_Rhakoz]

Nothing.

Just the first thing that came to mind when cyclists with receding hairlines are mentioned.

Good.


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[jens_attacks]

What is that supposed to prove?

don't know but i laughed hard. danielson bald looks ridiculously funny

 

[DFA123]

I think male pattern baldness is linked to high natural levels of testosterone. So I guess that men with higher natural testosterone are probably more likely to become professional athletes. Could be some correlation there, though not necessarily related to PEDs.

 

[D-Queued]

My father still has a full head of hair in his 60s but one of his brothers, my uncle, started losing his in his early 20s.

Ok, I give.

Trying to stay within the theme of the Clinic, which one is the doper?

Dave.

 

[SundayRider]

Ok, I give.

Trying to stay within the theme of the Clinic, which one is the doper?

Dave.

Ridiculous thread if ever there was one.

 

[blackcat]

I think male pattern baldness is linked to high natural levels of testosterone. So I guess that men with higher natural testosterone are probably more likely to become professional athletes. Could be some correlation there, though not necessarily related to PEDs.

alpha reductase

 

[ciranda]

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Seven different people.

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Yes!

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This dude has a team because of hair.

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Hero.

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[Cycle Chic]

from a good authority

I remember asking a very high profile DS what he thought of doping and he said..

' well you,ve seen the amount of riders with receding hairlines ??'

I had a good scout of the peloton at the time..about 3 years ago...and it actually didnt seem true... but that was his way of saying that the doping caused baldness.

 

[yespatterns]

I thought so too (high test, more likely to go bald).

And what's this about exercise induced lower t? Is that real?

Just to address this, yes, long training lowers testosterone. Maybe some of the more educated posters can elaborate, but the seasons i did ~200 miles a week cycling and 30-55 miles a week running for a marathon prep at the same time, my T-levels fell off pretty hard. Pretty sure there are some studies easily found on google also. I think has to do with long slow distance more than anything else, even though I was mixing in intervals, bricks, and fartleks.

 

[burning]

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This reminded me about a legendary thread.

http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=13462

 

[mewmewmew13]

yoohoo mods! ^^^
if we are going to allow this thread how about a return to the fun days of Contador's Head ..and then there was HgH Lantern Jaw or something like that...

 

[blackcat]

yoohoo mods! ^^^
if we are going to allow this thread how about a return to the fun days of Contador's Head ..and then there was HgH Lantern Jaw or something like that...

Cavendishes teeth?

 

[blackcat]

Cavendishes teeth?

 

[Kotar_Rhakoz]

Ok, I give.

Trying to stay within the theme of the Clinic, which one is the doper?

Dave.

Neither, I was just adding the example as everyone seemed to be trying to link baldness to maternal grandfathers. I was just putting it forward as something different as they both had the same maternal grandfather yet totally different hair loss stories.

 

[RedheadDane]

yoohoo mods! ^^^
if we are going to allow this thread how about a return to the fun days of Contador's Head ..and then there was HgH Lantern Jaw or something like that...

Cavendishes teeth?

Aaah... those were the days...

 

[Cycle Chic]

yoohoo mods! ^^^
if we are going to allow this thread how about a return to the fun days of Contador's Head ..and then there was HgH Lantern Jaw or something like that...

yoo hoo how about Mods back off and let threads run their course !

 

[Kokoso]

Honestly, I think it's more the training induced lower testosterone or helmets, just figured I'd put it here to have an (clinically) open discussion. No biggie.

Lowered testosterone should act the other wa round actually. They should retain their hair and if so cyclists should be hairiest fraction of population probably

 

[classic1]

This thread is awesome. A mate of mine used to speculate about the receding hairlines of all the AIS riders back in the late 1990's-early 2000's.

He even asked one of them straight up one day 'how come all you X$%T5 have receding hairlines'. The rider he asked just laughed. Gold.

 

[Helvellyn]

I'm fairly sure that the apparant increase in premature baldness directly correlates with comb-overs becoming less fashionable. Personally I'm old school and opt for the comb-over rather than the Horner look

 

[wirral]

I would like to expand this topic to puffy cheeks appearance and dubious-looking shiftiness when being interviewed.

 

[D-Queued]

I would like to expand this topic to puffy cheeks appearance and dubious-looking shiftiness when being interviewed.

The clearest doping admission always includes: "I am tranquil".

Dave.