tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12831567.post8029570760132739917..comments2024-03-28T08:40:23.164-05:00Comments on Guitar Ted Productions: Musings On Pro Road CyclingGuitar Tedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10960580677548417562noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12831567.post-71956246911631784632011-05-22T22:37:48.593-05:002011-05-22T22:37:48.593-05:00@Edwin: Yeah, I am also not very interested in man...@Edwin: Yeah, I am also not very interested in many "professional" sports. Not just because of doping, but yeah, I hear ya on that. <br /><br />@Bruce Brown: Funny to think of how riders might have dealt with a tack-throwin' competitor back in the day. I'm thinking it wouldn't take about a year to settle the score. <br /><br />Also, I just don't think "going back" to anything here is the answer, really. Just give me something believable where the athletes are not pampered, spoilt brats that cheat at the drop of a hat. (Not just cyclists, but really almost all "professional" athletes)<br /><br />It's interesting how many folks like amateur athletics over that of the Pro ranks, and I think it is for these very reasons.<br /><br />@Ari: It saddens me that the passions of someone like yourself, (or myself) that loved the beauty and suffering of road racing have to turn away because things are so jacked up now. It could be so much better. Just really depressing to think about.Guitar Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10960580677548417562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12831567.post-40107213577634209132011-05-22T22:11:46.438-05:002011-05-22T22:11:46.438-05:00I have lost all interest in road riding and much p...I have lost all interest in road riding and much prefer to be out in the country on some gravel. I don't miss spending almost all of july stuck to the t.v.<br />Will Lance ever go down? That is the question.<br />AriArihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13083766829086663770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12831567.post-59108833490198840222011-05-22T14:59:06.351-05:002011-05-22T14:59:06.351-05:00Yeah, let's get back to the days when riders c...Yeah, let's get back to the days when riders carried little bags of tacks with them in the Tour de France to scatter across the road so their competition would flat. Or they would hitch a ride when nobody was looking. Now that was more fun than the doping version of these grand tours these days. ;-]BBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175134318927287110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12831567.post-13549528645325351732011-05-22T10:15:41.768-05:002011-05-22T10:15:41.768-05:00GT,
Unfortunately, the reality is that doping is ...GT,<br /><br />Unfortunately, the reality is that doping is prevalent in sport; at all levels and most any sport. It is sad but true. Like you, I am very tired of all the press that the sports get. But I don't believe any of them in any sport: MTB, skiing, weightlifting, running. There was a guy busted in table tennis. It is ALL. A bunch of lies and the authorities are part of the problem. Negative drug tests does not mean clean sport.Edwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01523629856192398149noreply@blogger.com