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Jul 11 12 3:22 PM
Won't Finger His Brother
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Jul 11 12 3:28 PM
Can't Recognise A Footballer
Lake Palmer aka Monk wrote:'My Understanding' 'Biological passports' - you absolute chancer. I told you about that on the other thread about drugs in sport from my 'mate' at working for WADA. And white blood cell count ????? I might be setting myself up for a fall here as you've probably googled the fuck out of it. By white blood cells are about immunity, red blood cells about carrying oxygen. The main biomarkers for the passport will be about the testosterone/epitestosterone ratio and the erythroctye levels.
Jul 11 12 3:33 PM
Dan L wrote:You can be very fit and fat if you eat enough - and cyclists eat a shit load. When you can't go any further on a bike it's not of your physical capabilities, it's because you've run out of energy, so it's importand you keep eating. With running, because of the increase in load you body has to carry, it will reach it's limit before you run out of energy. And you notice the belly more on cyclists because they're dressed like the only gay in the village. Running stuff's a bit more flattering. Based on a sample of me, I've noticed that fitness can be sports specific. When I'm fully trained up for stuff I can swim, bike and run all day but you stick me on a rowing machine and I'm fucked after half an hour - but that said, without a doubt running is harder than cycling. It's very strange you can run like that for that long but not be able to do a spin class or something with relative ease.
Jul 11 12 3:49 PM
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Jul 11 12 3:51 PM
out-funnied by Big C
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Jul 11 12 4:00 PM
moniker monitor
Jul 11 12 4:03 PM
Big C wrote: Cyclists are right up there with snowballists for me.
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Jul 11 12 4:04 PM
Barks like a dog
Jul 11 12 4:05 PM
Dan L wrote: Big C wrote: Cyclists are right up there with snowballists for me.LOL - that gags got to be knocking on for five years hasn't it?Glad I've proved the correlation though.
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Jul 11 12 4:06 PM
Jul 11 12 4:10 PM
Lake Palmer aka Monk wrote:Yeh the gist is correct, but you've made out your Big Bobby Balco or something. Actually the gist isn't correct as Dan M was alluding to specific reasons why Wiggins is clean, not just why cyclists in general are clean. Otis - Well there was this one time I had a fly in my soup and that is a true story, it was only one those really tiny ones though, looked like a spec of basil, might even have been a midgy but waiter waiter there's a midgy in my soup would not have cut it. Surprisingly even though I shouted it out nobody else actually wanted one.
Jul 11 12 9:26 PM
TootingHammer wrote:Dan L wrote:You can be very fit and fat if you eat enough - and cyclists eat a shit load. When you can't go any further on a bike it's not of your physical capabilities, it's because you've run out of energy, so it's importand you keep eating. With running, because of the increase in load you body has to carry, it will reach it's limit before you run out of energy. And you notice the belly more on cyclists because they're dressed like the only gay in the village. Running stuff's a bit more flattering. Based on a sample of me, I've noticed that fitness can be sports specific. When I'm fully trained up for stuff I can swim, bike and run all day but you stick me on a rowing machine and I'm fucked after half an hour - but that said, without a doubt running is harder than cycling. It's very strange you can run like that for that long but not be able to do a spin class or something with relative ease.Surprise you can remember that far back...
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Jul 12 12 9:55 AM
Axe Wound Connoisseur
Father Fred wrote:There is masses involved in the tactics and the different aims of different teams in different stages. Judging when to attack or sprint, or how hard to push yourself on a 40k time trial (too little and you lose, too fast and you run out of energy and lose) is clearly very difficult. But skill is not the key ingredient, but as other have said being in the peloton cms from numerous other riders at 35 plus mph, or descending at 50 plus mph takes a lot of balls and no little amount of skill. Cycling is mainly about fitness, endurance, power, teamwork and last but by no means least - balls of steel, and the mental strength to suffer day in day. And the ability for them to injure themselves but still carry on..
Jul 12 12 10:40 AM
Dan L wrote:TootingHammer wrote:Dan L wrote:You can be very fit and fat if you eat enough - and cyclists eat a shit load. When you can't go any further on a bike it's not of your physical capabilities, it's because you've run out of energy, so it's importand you keep eating. With running, because of the increase in load you body has to carry, it will reach it's limit before you run out of energy. And you notice the belly more on cyclists because they're dressed like the only gay in the village. Running stuff's a bit more flattering. Based on a sample of me, I've noticed that fitness can be sports specific. When I'm fully trained up for stuff I can swim, bike and run all day but you stick me on a rowing machine and I'm fucked after half an hour - but that said, without a doubt running is harder than cycling. It's very strange you can run like that for that long but not be able to do a spin class or something with relative ease.Surprise you can remember that far back... Don't make me throw peanuts at you....I'm back on the trail, won't be long now. Although I'd still struggle to match the family Tooting 5k times on my bike
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Jul 12 12 11:15 AM
Predictions Thief
Jul 12 12 11:58 AM
Robbo Di Robbio wrote:?
Jul 12 12 12:45 PM
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Jul 12 12 12:56 PM
Got his Mojo back "What a cunt, for sure"
Jul 12 12 12:58 PM
A Man of Constant Sorrow wrote:Odd you have a dig at Robbo and myself but defend Mimi - yet he's the worst, bragging is his entire personality...
Jul 12 12 1:04 PM
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