tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post646330017403864099..comments2023-10-06T03:21:26.130-07:00Comments on trust but verify: Friday RoundupDBrowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718913310467614671noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-55653144877023915022007-05-05T20:19:00.000-07:002007-05-05T20:19:00.000-07:00G'DayCompetitive cycling tends to bring out the wo...G'Day<BR/><BR/>Competitive cycling tends to bring out the worst in cyclists - which causes them to cheat and turn on each other, as we have seen in the 2004 doping scandal in Australia.<BR/><BR/>However, competitive cycling is only an offshoot of recreational cycling, which has a much more prevasive and offensive culture, as we see through the utter lack of consideration cyclists show for other road users and pedestrians (including for their safety), particularly through their 'Critical Mass' campaign.<BR/><BR/>What these things all show is that there is a particularly dangerous and toxic culture at all levels of the cycling sport, which manifests itself both through the nasty people attracted to cycling, and through the nastiness people develop through prolonged exposure to cycling.<BR/><BR/>This is why I really really hate cyclists.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, cheerio, cobbers!Striderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15899284023364084846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-44923818675571186082007-05-04T20:40:00.000-07:002007-05-04T20:40:00.000-07:00In the cyclingnews.com report on the big meeting t...In the cyclingnews.com report on the big meeting they include this: <BR/><BR/>"However, after today's meeting, McQuaid seemed to be ready to keep riders from racing before the evidence has been sifted through. "If great riders have to be excluded, the will is there. Other riders will replace them. Clean riders," he said."<BR/><BR/>Lovely. Nuf said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-65240563544016266562007-05-04T19:51:00.000-07:002007-05-04T19:51:00.000-07:00Hey 6:41,Yes, the riders who dope deserve lots of ...Hey 6:41,<BR/><BR/>Yes, the riders who dope deserve lots of blame. No doubt. But it is the job people who govern the sport to deal with such problems. They have totally and utterly failed to do so through the years, because of power games, and egos, and money. This three way meeting they just held is good example. A good definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. This meeting is more of the same, and it's still not going to work. Time to try plan B.<BR/><BR/>syiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-51056247011223076552007-05-04T18:41:00.000-07:002007-05-04T18:41:00.000-07:00Hey Idiot,And I mean that literally. Bike racing ...Hey Idiot,<BR/><BR/>And I mean that literally. Bike racing is in the sceptic tank because racers chose to dope. It's like blaming a high murder rate in a give city on the district atourney's office being outspoken, aggressive and proactive. <BR/><BR/> No one feels good about a chemically aided competion ... fans, sponsors and the general public. Don't blame the USADA for the high preponderance of performance enhancement drug usage in competitions. Each and every time a racer makes the decision to enhance his or her performance with chemicals, the purity of the sport gets drug down a notch. Wake up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-39437559849923018722007-05-04T09:22:00.000-07:002007-05-04T09:22:00.000-07:00I'm glad you mentioned the Velonews piece even tho...I'm glad you mentioned the Velonews piece even though there is no Landis content. For people who are even slightly informed about the present state of cycling that Velonews report practically reads like a parody. It could have come straight from the Onion. (It's not Velonews' fault, just the content of the meeting.)<BR/><BR/>SciFiTwin has good snark on it, but I'll add two things:<BR/><BR/>1) They have no "buy in" from the riders on their decisions. They are not going to get anywhere until they get real rider buy in to the way they handle doping problems.<BR/><BR/>2) This is the clearest example of "WE HAVE TO LOOK LIKE WE ARE DOING SOMETHING" I have ever seen.<BR/><BR/>They just don't get that the SYSTEM is broken. These guys really need to be saved from themselves before they drive the sport further down into the septic tank.<BR/><BR/>syiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-8996545478594433202007-05-04T08:40:00.000-07:002007-05-04T08:40:00.000-07:00Anon,It means the database behind the forum had a ...Anon,<BR/><BR/>It means the database behind the forum had a hiccup (or worse). Hopefully someone at DPF will figure it out and get it back on line.<BR/><BR/>- Rantdaniel m (a/k/a Rant)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16126545986721397012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-81536753077037134672007-05-04T08:16:00.000-07:002007-05-04T08:16:00.000-07:00did WADA finally shutdown DPF? I get a mysql erro...did WADA finally shutdown DPF? I get a mysql error? What is that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com