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Rocksteadyeddie

7,971 posts

226 months

Thursday 18th September 2014
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Vocal Minority said:
Dr Imran T said:
They certainly are dull! I not overly keen on circuit racing. I don't see why they couldn't just run a regular stage race - I can only guess it is better for the fans + perhaps easier to organise?

Also, exactly what has donning the 'Worlds' jersey done for Rui Costa? The format needs to reflect the performance of any one rider throughout the cycling season in my opinion.
The rainbow jersey has precursored a quiet year of late

Rui Costa has had a distinctly middling year.

Gilbert damn nearly didn't win a race in it.

Cavendish didn't have his most successful year (though being yoked to the team sky plan probably didn't help.

What was Hushovd like in 2011?
Curse of the Rainbow Jersey.

HereBeMonsters

14,180 posts

181 months

Thursday 18th September 2014
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Hour record attempt tonight lads. Reckon he'll do it?


okgo

37,849 posts

197 months

Thursday 18th September 2014
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Yes, with ease.

I could get within spitting distance of the hour record based on the numbers (CdA/watts), so if a powerhouse such as Voigt cannot batter it then I would be very surprised.

anonymous-user

53 months

Thursday 18th September 2014
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I could probably beat it too, based on me being a total bad ass and once I came second in an elimination race at Newport

www.steephill.tv for live eurosport stream if like me you are too tight to pay for it! smile

Love his playlist, assume this is being played in the velodrome whilst the record attempt is on!

Republica “Ready To Go”
P.O.D. “Feel So Alive”
Metallica “One”
AC/DC “Hells Bells”
AC/DC “Highway To Hell”
Farmerboys “Here Comes The Pain”
Ugly Kid Joe “Goddam Devil”
AC/DC “Thunderstruck”
Black Sabbath “Paranoid”
Metallica “Frayed Ends Of sanity”
Europe “Final Countdown”


Edited by anonymous-user on Thursday 18th September 17:38

Gizmoish

18,150 posts

208 months

Thursday 18th September 2014
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Looks like a good turnout at the velodrome. He'll smash it.

Anyone know what the rules are on punctures etc?

anonymous-user

53 months

Thursday 18th September 2014
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43 years old ffs!

Dr Imran T

2,301 posts

198 months

Thursday 18th September 2014
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HereBeMonsters said:
Hour record attempt tonight lads. Reckon he'll do it?

What does he have to beat? Aren't there different records or categories? I can't remember.

He's actually not 'that' good of a cyclist. Sure he's entertaining but as we know, the big boys will set the records.

Don1

15,936 posts

207 months

Thursday 18th September 2014
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At least he has inked his name in the books.

Gizmoish

18,150 posts

208 months

Thursday 18th September 2014
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Dr Imran T said:
HereBeMonsters said:
Hour record attempt tonight lads. Reckon he'll do it?

What does he have to beat? Aren't there different records or categories? I can't remember.

He's actually not 'that' good of a cyclist. Sure he's entertaining but as we know, the big boys will set the records.
He's better than you, and he got off his arse and did it.

Of course Tony Martin will smash it - might even get close to 60km. But for the time being, the mark is his.

okgo

37,849 posts

197 months

Thursday 18th September 2014
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Matt Bottrill's coach said he would have done between 52 and 53km (he is remarkably accurate with his predictions and they did testing on the track). No wonder he was denied an attempt by the UCI due to a rule that wasn't written in - all competitors must be part of bio passport system.

Grandfondo

12,241 posts

205 months

Thursday 18th September 2014
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okgo said:
Yes, with ease.

I could get within spitting distance of the hour record based on the numbers (CdA/watts), so if a powerhouse such as Voigt cannot batter it then I would be very surprised.
Hutch thought that as well but.... wink

okgo

37,849 posts

197 months

Friday 19th September 2014
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Incorrect.

The regs have changed significantly hence someone like Voigt can beat it.

anonymous-user

53 months

Friday 19th September 2014
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Grandfondo said:
okgo said:
Yes, with ease.

I could get within spitting distance of the hour record based on the numbers (CdA/watts), so if a powerhouse such as Voigt cannot batter it then I would be very surprised.
Hutch thought that as well but.... wink
To be fair Hutch was using a bike from 1974...

Hutch's bike



Voigt's bike



I feel for Bottrill because I would love to see peopel like him go for the record but I do think that for the continuing credibility of the sport having riders sign up to the UCI bio passport system for record attempts such as this is the right thing. The alternative is people like me turning up after a few months intensive training and a sackful of drugs to give it a shot...

HereBeMonsters

14,180 posts

181 months

Friday 19th September 2014
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I've always wondered, seeing as I'm not cycling competively, and have no intention of ever doing so, am I allowed to get some of these performance enhancing drugs? Would make a change so I could keep up with my mates on a long ride!
The appetite suppressant ones would probably be the place to start for me! lickburger

Kermit power

28,634 posts

212 months

Friday 19th September 2014
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Whatever the background on rule changes, and whatever the degree to which it will now tumble further when the real big guns have a crack at it, nobody can say it wasn't a fitting way for such a great entertainer to end such a long career! Well done to the man and the legs! smile

CoolC

4,213 posts

213 months

Friday 19th September 2014
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HereBeMonsters said:
I've always wondered, seeing as I'm not cycling competively, and have no intention of ever doing so, am I allowed to get some of these performance enhancing drugs? Would make a change so I could keep up with my mates on a long ride!
The appetite suppressant ones would probably be the place to start for me! lickburger
I've often wondered the same biggrin


okgo

37,849 posts

197 months

Friday 19th September 2014
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HereBeMonsters said:
I've always wondered, seeing as I'm not cycling competively, and have no intention of ever doing so, am I allowed to get some of these performance enhancing drugs? Would make a change so I could keep up with my mates on a long ride!
The appetite suppressant ones would probably be the place to start for me! lickburger
Get yourself some clenbuterol, that st strips the fat like nothing else.

HereBeMonsters

14,180 posts

181 months

Friday 19th September 2014
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okgo said:
HereBeMonsters said:
I've always wondered, seeing as I'm not cycling competively, and have no intention of ever doing so, am I allowed to get some of these performance enhancing drugs? Would make a change so I could keep up with my mates on a long ride!
The appetite suppressant ones would probably be the place to start for me! lickburger
Get yourself some clenbuterol, that st strips the fat like nothing else.
Interesting... type

Rocksteadyeddie

7,971 posts

226 months

Friday 19th September 2014
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HereBeMonsters said:
okgo said:
HereBeMonsters said:
I've always wondered, seeing as I'm not cycling competively, and have no intention of ever doing so, am I allowed to get some of these performance enhancing drugs? Would make a change so I could keep up with my mates on a long ride!
The appetite suppressant ones would probably be the place to start for me! lickburger
Get yourself some clenbuterol, that st strips the fat like nothing else.
Interesting... type
Have a read about the American journalist / amateur rider, Andrew Tilin, who got a Doctor to sponsor his year long experiment on performance enhancing drugs. The Doper Next Door is his book.

There was a really good article on it but I can't lay my hands on it immediately. Here's a summary: http://www.podiumcafe.com/2011/11/22/2580086/andre...

jesusbuiltmycar

4,534 posts

253 months

Friday 19th September 2014
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Rocksteadyeddie said:
HereBeMonsters said:
okgo said:
HereBeMonsters said:
I've always wondered, seeing as I'm not cycling competively, and have no intention of ever doing so, am I allowed to get some of these performance enhancing drugs? Would make a change so I could keep up with my mates on a long ride!
The appetite suppressant ones would probably be the place to start for me! lickburger
Get yourself some clenbuterol, that st strips the fat like nothing else.
Interesting... type
Have a read about the American journalist / amateur rider, Andrew Tilin, who got a Doctor to sponsor his year long experiment on performance enhancing drugs. The Doper Next Door is his book.

There was a really good article on it but I can't lay my hands on it immediately. Here's a summary: http://www.podiumcafe.com/2011/11/22/2580086/andre...
I found this article about trying PEDs quite interesting

http://www.outsideonline.com/fitness/Drug-Test.htm...

OutsideOnline said:
After the EPO kicked in, I rode a 200-miler and I felt strong, fresh, ready to hammer. The next day I easily could have ridden another 200.
His conclusion is strongly against it though:

OutsideOnline said:
With the EPO, even if somebody gave it away, I wouldn't go down that road. Using it is too much of a literal and figurative headache, and if you get sloppy there's always the danger of nasty results. And I would never touch steroids again, unless I had some specific medical need. It's all just too powerful, too strange, and it's hard to read a list of the side effects and not feel like you're playing Russian roulette.