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@ryanxj2: have you ever been to Virgin? Everything is not a trail and meant to be stomped up, even though a lot of the area looks like that because of people like this

Name of the game for a lot of people in UT, AZ, and CO. It's a shame that willful destruction of the crypto means nothing to a lot of the residents and visitors in the area

@hunter1031: anyone who is tested would probably rely on test suspension since its effects clear rapidly from the body. Otherwise, any test will do in the off season if youre not worried about giving a sample

The negligence bit is hard to swallow. I can see why fans who have never been tested before would accept this as truth. For anyone who has to comply with testing, the story sounds like even more bullshit being piled on. I was a division I college athlete, and we knew the ins and outs of WADA regs and procedures like it was the Bible. Partially because lots of guys were taking all kinds of PEDs, and partially because you didn't want to fuck up and get popped for something dumb. Either way, an olympian would have been under significantly more scrutiny than I was, and it's unbelievable that he could have been so negligent and ignorant of the substancea for years in competition The negligence and accidental ingestion plea works, so do what you gotta do, I guess.

@davetrumpore: I honestly don't give a shit about this, but the logic has some flaws. These flaws point to the fact that Jared Graves should be considered both a cheater and a villain. Obviously a cheater for having PEDs in his water bottle. A villain for knowingly allowing Richie to drink from his bottle with a strong very high probability that he would get tested and fail. Allowing his friend and training partner to unknowingly take a risk that could ruin his entire career would mean that Graves is up there with the lowest of the low scum bag athletes that have ever existed. He's an Olympian and none of this would be a mystery to him. However, I believe that Jared is a good guy and wouldn't do that to a friend; Especially when he could have just said "I don't have any water, ask someone else." Basic logic is why people are skeptical of Richie's statement and bothered by the ruling. It's pretty obvious that he cheated and used a classic legal move to avoid being crushed by the EWS

You can also clear testosterone from your system very quickly. I mean, I wouldn't know anything about beating collegiate WADA testing

I think that most people would agree that eliminating all testing and allowing a performance enhancing drug free for all would be best for the sport

@PhoS: that's crazy. I'm 195 geared up, and I thought that 80psi was too divey and soft. I run 95psi +/- depending on the terrain. If the terrain is too mild, there's a good chance that I'll be on my hardtail instead

Money can buy tuning from Anthony Diaz, Vorsprung, Avalanche, Farrhad, etc. Worth it