Monday, June 14, 2010

Moto-doping or Just Dopes

  What the HECK!? If anyone, Pro or amateur, is caught with an electric motor in their down tube then they should be SHOT! This possibility is in a video at the address below:
motor Doping : http://bikeblips.dailyradar.com/video/bike-with-engine-doped-bike-and-cancellara-roubaix/
I think if this is a big hoax then those who were behind it should be SHOT! I'm sick over this in my sport in particular and all sports in general. The sports game is demanding more and more from those who participate for bigger more astonishing results on more demanding contests. I'm also sick of those who are constantly on a witch hunt, looking under every rock and around every corner for a conspiracy...SICK OF IT!
  Just focusing on my sport of cycling in particular I understand the need for improvement & amp my recovery, the two go hand in hand. The first week I rode 100 miles, yes thats dog miles and equals 700 in people miles, it took me two days into the following week to start to feel strong enough to push the envelope. I realized early on that my current performance, which equals endurance/ recovery on the ride and after/ breakaway power/ and sprint ability, were not close to the days of my cat 3 races of 30 years ago.
  With this in mind I look through those eyes  at the Pro ranks who count their performance in watts, heart rate and seconds find themselves losing bits and pieces of this as they approach late thirties.  Of course there are exceptions to every rule in nature including this one.
  All this intrigue over doping chemically and electrically reminds me of the movie "Cool Runnings". The coach of the Jamaican team was a world champion bob sled driver 20 years pryer who had all his medals taken away when he was found putting weight in the front of the sled to gain speed.  When the subject was discussed with his current team he told them, "if your not enough with out them (gold medals) you'll never be enough with them". Sound familiar?
 Does that really justify the hundreds of millions spent on the policing of drugs or are their other ways to stop their use besides botched and mislabeled tests? Or since everyone wants the heights of the races and riders to be push beyond their limits is it the fans who are accountable? The UCI has a different way to handle each rider they claim is doping according to there celebrity with their mishandling of there own regulations.
  So who is the dope? UCI for misconduct and ham handed stupidity? The owners for putting the sales of jerseys and high tech bike gear ahead of the health of the riders? Or maybe even the riders themselves who are willing to do anything for that edge in the hardest sport in the world? After all, all the other guys are doing it right?
  These questions go back to the beginning of pro sports and maybe they are joined at the hip eternally. What then is the answer? You tell me although I think that doing anything past your limit so that you need injections, transfusions, oral meds or electric motors just to be competitive means your the dope.
If I pass you on the road stop at Peets, because your buying...the coffee.

1 comment:

  1. For me, I call BS on the electric cheating. although I think if there is a way possible to cheat and there is a dollar at stake, someone will. Although I am new to cycling and over the hill for racing, I never would if I could. I love the purity of it. Its me, the bike, and my ability to learn, ride and see how much I can improve myself. I started for the joy of riding. If that ever changes, look for my bike on Craigs list.

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