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Performance enhancing 2 point 0!

Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2010 9:48 pm
by Ramsey
Bike doping?!

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/boardma ... ike-doping

Any Tripleshotters running the new electronic Dura Ace grouppo and going suspiciously good?!

Re: Performance enhancing 2 point 0!

Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 9:21 am
by Lister Farrar
Some might say anything that's not lugged steel 8 speed is bike doping. :wink:

On the other hand, to paraphrase Henry Ford, whether you think your bike makes a difference, or don't think it does, you're probably right.

(motorized bikes excepted of course!)

Re: Performance enhancing 2 point 0!

Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 9:33 am
by gav_eaton
Hey, Dave Spiers is running Di2 now and seems to be riding exceptionally well!

I think we need to x-ray his bike to just to be sure he's 'clean'!

Very scary if this is actually happening in the pro peleton though. Imagine how much extra help you could get from an additional 100-200 watts. Drug and blood doping doesn't even come close to giving you that much benefit!

And with many standard pro bikes coming in well under the 15lb minimum (and having to add additional weight to comply with UCI regs) - it wouldn't be hard to sneak it in with negligible weight difference.

Re: Performance enhancing 2 point 0!

Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 9:43 am
by Josh.E

Re: Performance enhancing 2 point 0!

Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 9:39 pm
by Brian S
WAAAAAY too much time on that guy's hand.