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Sheppy Wong Liked a reply to forum topic EWS Doping Thread Disappearance
11/28/2018 5:44pm
Pondering your middle paragraph here. Your skills only really shine through when you have enough energy to use them. Back when I used to race bikes a lot of my tactics and line choices later in the course/day were decided on by how much energy I had or thought I would have by that part of the course. On a side note really surprised by what top enduro racers are shoving into their bodies. They have the time and resources to consult with an M.D. or academic, and to train with allowed nutrition and scientifically proven methods. Why are they...
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jeff.brines Liked a reply to forum topic EWS Doping Thread Disappearance
11/26/2018 4:15pm
Please articulate this one... First off, I'm not saying the testing wasn't real, I'm saying supplements such as these fall more in a grey area than EPO. EG - I could order them online right now, or go to a health food store and likely find something with them in it - and buy it without a license or a doctor on US soil. Sorry, but that's not the same as a pharmaceutical. Second, I'm suggesting doping is very vaguely defined in enduro. The EWS itself has only a few hundred words in the rule book (at the end) on...
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DubC Liked a reply to forum topic EWS Doping Thread Disappearance
11/26/2018 4:13pm
Not sure about this, even the "normal" ingredients list has stuff on it that I would question putting in my body daily if I was a pro athlete at their levels - artificial colors and flavors. Maybe that's just me. Considering that supplement photo (wow!) and the EWS's doping policy is it really that surprising that a couple of the most yolked and successful guys got popped winning endurance events that seem suited to those with a more slender physique? If it's in supplements being taken long term (as it at least appears in Graves' case), maybe they would have...
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mnebraska Liked a reply to forum topic EWS Doping Thread Disappearance
11/26/2018 4:10pm
Has anyone seen Yoann’s latest Instagram post related to this? He seems to suggest that Richie and Jared aren’t the problem but may be having an example made out of them. And he talks about things he has seen that are much worse than some supplements with bad ingredients
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jeff.brines Liked a reply to forum topic EWS Doping Thread Disappearance
11/26/2018 4:09pm
Lot of mixed feelings on this one. On one hand I've been around competitive cycling, in just about every discipline, for most of my life (20 years?). Doping and cycling have been synonymous since I can remember. Like others in this thread (and on Pinkbike) I also want to give them the benefit of the doubt, but struggle to do so, as I was probably the biggest "lance is clean" guy going...and was made to look a fool. (this happened other times too) I also find it a bit unnerving and a bummer to see that photo of Graves taking...
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sideshow Liked a reply to forum topic EWS Doping Thread Disappearance
11/26/2018 4:06pm
Interesting news. I'd suggest reading the interviews Jared and Richie just did on the subject first. Then read about the substances. Then remember that this is all still in the early days of being dealt with - don't get ugly on here, let the process cast a verdict. And, unlike the Team Rumors thread, keep things factual if possible and not just wildly speculative. This is science, keep things moving in the vein of facts and figures.
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11/22/2018 3:21pm
GET YOUR STOKE ON!! Evan Geankoplis , Richie Rude , Thomas Vanderham and now this!!
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iceman2058 Liked a product review Vital Rides the New Öhlins RXF36 EVO Air Fork
11/19/2018 7:42am
Another new Öhlins fork, you say? Yes, and no. While the RXF 36 Trail fork that launched earlier this year was a whole new, bottom-up redesign, the RXF 36 EVO is actually where a lot of the ground work for that fork was laid down. Building on the strengths of the original RXF 36 while addressing some of its weaknesses, the RXF 36 EVO looks set to finally deliver the kind of fork performance we would expect from the Swedish squish masters. The EVO officially launches today – dig into the review below to learn more and to get our...
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davetrumpore Liked a reply to forum topic EWS Doping Thread Disappearance
11/14/2018 2:29pm
May I give you some reasons why not to do this, not the least of which is that you created an account today just to make this post. Perhaps trying to keep some anonymity? The testing took place at the French EWS and riders tested were the podium and a few randoms. Myself and Sven posted photos of the riders waiting for testing in race recaps to respective editorial outlets so it's pretty easy to see who all the potential players are here. So of course it would be big names regardless of who it is (the rumors are multiple...
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twestengineering Liked a reply to forum topic EWS Doping Thread Disappearance
11/13/2018 8:46pm
Regnier's screenshot was taken from the editorial article on Enduro Tribe. He has circled the amount of time that it might take for results to be public (more than a year). "By knowing this investigation process and referring to it, Chris Ball rejects the outcome of this case for a long time. On average, the results made public by the AFLD and the competent federations take more than a year to be made public. By then, everything would be pure speculation and rumors" http://www.endurotribe.com/2018/11/dopage-ews-selon-chris-ball-une-enquete-de-lafld-est-en-cours/
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iceman2058 Liked a reply to forum topic EWS Doping Thread Disappearance
11/12/2018 3:37pm
In an attempt to gain a little clarity, at least in regards to the timeline, we reached out to Chris Ball (the managing director and founder of the EWS), here is what he had to say regarding this issue: [i]"We are aware of an ongoing inquiry by the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD), but have yet to receive any formal notification of the process. Until that inquiry is completed and we are notified of the outcome we are unable to comment. We respect the formal process in place and will base any further action on the outcome of that process, not...
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sspomer Liked a reply to forum topic EWS Doping Thread Disappearance
11/11/2018 12:32pm
There was a tweet from Reece Wallace that stated he'd heard of some doping test failures and to get the cheaters out of the sport. Remy Metailler commented on the tweet saying he'd seen the list of riders and that "it didn't look good" (loose quote, i forget specifically). A vital member posted a screenshot of the tweet yesterday here in the forum. i homepaged the forum post. it had a fair # of views and 30 or so replies/questions/etc. all of a sudden, it was gone. scared me for a bit, but then realized the user must have removed...
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sspomer Liked a forum topic EWS Doping Thread Disappearance
11/11/2018 12:31pm
Just wanted to let everyone know that Vital did not remove the EWS doping thread. It seems as if the user who created the thread has deleted it. Every Vital user has the right to delete their forum posts at any time. Because I featured it on the homepage, once the user deleted the post, it was automatically gone from the homepage, too. It also looks like the tweet from reece_w that kicked off that whole post has been removed from his twitter account. - [i]edit - reece has since reached out to us and said all he'd heard was...
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odin Added a comment about video Chris Akrigg: Big Wheels Keep on Turning
11/7/2018 1:58pm
Amazing!
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ezmb Liked a reply to forum topic FOX Moving to Georgia and Reno
11/1/2018 8:22am
Nice job California. Drove another company away.
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Brian_Peterson Liked a reply to forum topic FOX Moving to Georgia and Reno
11/1/2018 8:22am
Cost of doing business in California isn't getting any cheaper...
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luckymixes Liked a comment about video LUDICROUS LEOGANG - Vital RAW, World Cup DH Day 1
6/8/2018 4:26pm
This is one of the best Raw edits ever! I think I pressed rewind every single clip haha.. That track is sick, despite what internet hecklers may say! Awesome job!
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5/15/2018 7:28am
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