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.

 

[ColonelKidneyBeans]

EPO in prefilled syringes is often the brand name Eprex, but in the U.S. that isn't used as much in medical settings (which perhaps makes it less available) because most insurance doesn't cover it. But if someone is going to bother to dope with EPO, it makes much more sense to buy the ampules and learn to inject themselves, which any diabetic can show them how to do. That way they can do smaller dose more often, as you would expect a rider to do. The ampules come in 10,000, 20,000, 40,000 units. I believe the same would be true for the pre-filled auto syringes so likely too big a one-time dose for doping.

I'm unfamiliar with US healtcare, in the country i live and work the various brands of EPO and its derivative are mostly available in prefilled syringe/autopen for ambulatory purpose (with the smallest dosage being 500 UI), vials are seldom seen outside of the hospital. Everything is covered by state sponsored healtcare for a small out of pocket fee.

But yes while it requires a bit more "technique" than IM subcutaneous injections are not that hard. The vials are good for 7 days after the first use, so they might end up being pretty wasteful for a microdosing regimen, unless multpile athletes are sharing.