State of the forum 2024

[Rob5091]

We'll soon have WADA posting here.

 

[JosefK]

As I'm struggling with iron intake and have similar issues to mayomaniac's grandma regarding supplements I actually found the idea of EPO interesting... I'm just a bit shy to actually ask my doctor for it. Not sure health insurance will pay for it, either.

Might really be worth asking your doctor about it. After all, EPO's legitimate uses are for medical treatments (for some types of anemia and related issues).

 

[Sciatic]

Might really be worth asking your doctor about it. After all, EPO's legitimate uses are for medical treatments (for some types of anemia and related issues).

Probably depends on what country you’re in, or in countries with only private health what your insurance coverage says. . . But my doc (hematologist) said he would start me on an EPO-type med if my HGB drops below 9.0
(It has been as low as 9.5). And I think that’s the standard used in the U.S.

 

[BR2]

Probably depends on what country you’re in, or in countries with only private health what your insurance coverage says. . . But my doc (hematologist) said he would start me on an EPO-type med if my HGB drops below 9.0
(It has been as low as 9.5). And I think that’s the standard used in the U.S.

The idea never came up before, it's always more like "well, try another kind of supplement, and if it doesn't work, bad luck", but Josef is right, after all it's meant for medical treatment... it's just that when I hear EPO I'm immediately thinking of doping.

Okay, in case I get it I will report back... but will I be able to post on the forum any longer when I do?

 

[RedheadDane]

Okay, in case I get it I will report back... but will I be able to post on the forum any longer when I do?

Maybe only in the Clinic section...

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Okay, in case I get it I will report back... but will I be able to post on the forum any longer when I do?

We will expect faster, more powerful and longer sustained contributions

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I wasn't fully satisfied with my performance in the ITT, and then my situation worsened during the night where I threw up a few times and hardly got any sleep.

Then I made the error of trusting a cocktail of Paracetamol and feeding advices from Biniam Girmay to make me feel better, but instead it led me to faint on the kitchen floor during the afternoon.

However I expect to be able to follow tomorrow's stage, and while I won't be wearing the pink jersey, my forehead will definitely still have a reddish colour.

 

[topcat]

I wasn't fully satisfied with my performance in the ITT, and then my situation worsened during the night where I threw up a few times and hardly got any sleep.

Then I made the error of trusting a cocktail of Paracetamol and feeding advices from Biniam Girmay to make me feel better, but instead it led me to faint on the kitchen floor during the afternoon.

However I expect to be able to follow tomorrow's stage, and while I won't be wearing the pink jersey, my forehead will definitely still have a reddish colour.

I’m pulling out and my excuse will be BULLSHlT.
Remco thread is going off. Mad stuff, lol.

 

[Mayomaniac]

The people in the Remco thread are making the classic Richie Porte mistake: Flying all spring long only to fade badly at the Tour.

 

[Red Rick]

Peaking for the rest day even.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

I feel like Nibali at the infamous 2020 Giro! My numbers are better than ever but I simply can't keep up anymore . Something new is happening. Maybe a sign that I should focus my efforts on the classics at this stage of my career

 

[gregrowlerson]

I love that this thread has become its most active on the rest day.

 

[gregrowlerson]

The idea never came up before, it's always more like "well, try another kind of supplement, and if it doesn't work, bad luck", but Josef is right, after all it's meant for medical treatment... it's just that when I hear EPO I'm immediately thinking of doping.

Okay, in case I get it I will report back... but will I be able to post on the forum any longer when I do?

Another name change? To Red Roads?

 

[gregrowlerson]

I hope you manage to secure a deal with a Motoman, so you'll be able to get a fresh supply of URL Grey past the mods before the end of the Giro.

I think I just (finally) got this hahaha

 

[gregrowlerson]

Many Remco fans now wondering if they could have set up a Covid bank and take turns transfusing the Covid out of Remco to help him continue the Giro.

The only fans that may have done this were Vino's fans.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

We will expect faster, more powerful and longer sustained contributions

Looking again at what I wrote, that pretty much defines every contribution ever by @Libertine Seguros : do we have her haemocrit measurement?

 

[gregrowlerson]

Looking again at what I wrote, that pretty much defines every contribution ever by @Libertine Seguros : do we have her haemocrit measurement?

Libertine Seguros posts are like the Mona Lisa: cannot put a price to it.

 

[gregrowlerson]

I'm off the heavy gear now.

All I need Motoman to bring me is a never ending supply of bags of popcorn, so that I can keep up with the Remco thread.

One conspiracy theory is that Remco learned shortly after stage 9 that there was a thread in his honour, and when he saw that it was approaching 666 pages long, he quit the Giro so that he could catch up on it all.

But don't worry guys, he'll soon realise that the next 666 pages aren't too far away, and that this is all much more tiring than actually participating in grand tours.

So he will be back on his bike in France....or Spain......possibly dependent on how many bans we get around here.

 

[topcat]

Greg is pushing 7 w/kg (7 words per keg of beer). This may sound good, but he’s getting dropped by most people in the Remco and Roglic threads. Forum a deux vitesses.

 

[RedheadDane]

Now for the big question:
Is @topcat Pedro Delgado?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Now for the big question:
Is @topcat Pedro Delgado?

If Red Rick is actually Petacchi, then why not?

 

[RedheadDane]

If Red Rick is actually Petacchi, then why not?

Are you Samuel Sanchez?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Are you Samuel Sanchez?

No, I'm a redhead named Dane.

 

[RedheadDane]

No, I'm a redhead named Dane.

You're not me!
(I think...)

 

[Samu Cuenca]

You're not me!
(I think...)

You're not sure if you have multiple personalities?
Toby was talking to himself yesterday, so you wouldn't be the only one.