Todays idiot masters fattie doper

[Cookster15]

People with normal size egos don't keep racing compulsively and obsessively so far past their youth

No doubt this is true of a small minority. But most keep racing because they enjoy it and it’s good for your health as you age (assuming you don’t crash). At least that’s why I did - not because I had an oversized ego?

But point taken with a large enough sample size no doubt you would get some willing to dope to win masters races.

 

[smaryka]

I stopped about 2007 due to family commitments. But I never really suspected the top guys at our club of doping and certainly not blood doping like we know the pros dabble in.

This was my point. That's nearly 20 years ago you stopped, and right before road racing (in the UK where I am) went mainstream. Have you taken a look at the scene in recent years when forming your opinion that it's both crazy and difficult to dope to win master's races? The Overton window has shifted considerably.

 

[red_flanders]

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 the inherent risk of crit racing anyway.

They also tend to have the financial resources.