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Originally Posted by look 171
How did doping get into this.
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It started when a couple of our resident dopes chimed in, cock-sure they knew
exactly what went down, just from reading one rider's account. The usual suspects, among them one of the notable deep thinkers of PPOT. We were once burdened with a less than capable co-worker like this, whom we came to refer to as "often wrong, but never in doubt".
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Originally Posted by look 171
Ah, what the hell. I did this with some of the top local riders ( there were a couple of National riders who actually were on the Olympic back up team) all the way into the mid to late 90s. I too was 20 something and wanted to win llike everyone else. There were no dope that I could see. It never cross my mind because I knew that stuff can kill me. This is only a game, not a living like most European youth. Back then and today as well, not all are doping. As a matter of fact, there are very few that do it compare the to amount of people who are racing.
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Oh,
doping, not
dopes. Gotcha. Just becaue you didn't see it, does not mean it was not there. The guys in the gym were very, very guarded about it (for obvious reasons). Like heroin addicts, they don't exactly advertise to those outside of their inner circle.
The only way I caught on in the gym is because one of the guys my roommate and I lifted with suddenly started to get really big and strong. We had worked out together for over a year, and all of a sudden this guy just took off. Same routine as us, but his weights soon eclipsed ours by a very substantial margin. We kept pressing him for his "secret", never even considering for a moment he was on the juice. There was just no reason for him to be using it. It took months for him to come clean, and even then he was exceedingly nervous and insisted we never, ever tell anyone else. Once we were "in", though, it was simply amazing how many confided in us, and asked if we would like to "participate". Folks you would have never guessed. Vanity can be a horrible master.
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Originally Posted by look 171
I am talking about organized and lic racing, not a bunch of people tearing across the city on a Saturday evening.
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Ah, from dopers back to just dopes. I believe our leading dope tears around Portlandia/Berserkley in the dark, in the rain, in heavy traffic. But - and this is important - he never causes anyone any grief or puts them in an unsafe motor vehicle/bike situation because, well, because he is just so damn good. Hell, along with his cape, he wears his red underwear on the outside, he's so damn good. "Often wrong, but never in doubt"...
Anyway, no one will ever really know what happened here. We have a whole pack of (surprise) collaborating "witnesses" vs. one motorist. In our society, unfortunately, the motorist will always be guilty until proven innocent. We see that quite clearly with our resident dopes, right here in our brave little world of PPOT. Deep thinkers, one and all...