iammarkstewart

@Willikers...."To censor somebody who has a different opinion from you..." Plenty of folks seem to not understand this, including you. No one censored you. Lack of civil discourse leading to people telling you to shut up isn't censorship...it's just their opinion countering yours and being sick of yours. Likewise for you. None of your comments were removed and you weren't banned. As far as this cheating talk, there's already, just in one screenshot, evidence of a boatload of people who sneak the start. If this didn't happen at every race involving wheels I'd say someone wasn't trying to find the limit. Some of these riders found it. If it was really so bad they could go Olympic track style and if you're over the line at the start, it's a re-do, and if you're over again you're done. Puts all the pressure on the front of the grid but you pay to play. Otherwise, UCI could just employ The Stig to ride around with the racers and kick them off their bikes at the most inopportune time if and when a penalty is required. We've seen that work, sort of...

@djyosh: You got nothing! NOTHING!

@Shatner: Hey, there's no proof Schurter's done anything of the sort... ...yet.

@whitebirdfeathers: Until that year he stopped at a crash scene.

@warmerdamj: I know what vetted means. Been involved in hockey a lot of my life. I said "semi" to be cheeky so I could be a jerk with my passive-aggressiveness with crash protocol. Besides, you made my point for me on "semi". You just explained how "fully" vetted isn't a guarantee of anything. So for as many train wreck hockey players there are think of how many more above board players there are. I'd extend that to pro riders. And it doesn't matter how good or bad you are, insurance is always an elephant in the room. Any rider can have that bad couple of seconds. In fact, Ms. Hannah is our case in point.

@justinfoil: Funny how there's complaints about mid-pack assholes and now we find ourselves in need of mid-pack assholes...

I'm not a racer but in any "event" I'm in I try to be "top of the bottom quarter". Guess that means I'm always stopping...

@justinfoil: You could say any privateer racing EWS (or whatever) is already "semi" vetted as they're meeting the qualifications to get into the event. The team just has to make sure the rider agrees to the rider safety waiver whereby they have to stop their progress if they see a higher-ranked racer down due to crash... Yes, I took my passive-aggressive pill today.

It's not wrong, but I'm not getting the green with that blue...

I actually don't know what this is supposed to mean, but judging by reactions and downvotes you've made some ridiculous reference to Ms. Richard's weight/build? Which doesn't even make sense. Then again, I don't go trying to find some smack to talk about a WORLD CHAMPION when I can barely get out for a ride once a week, or anything else for that matter. Chunky? I'll wager my 200 pounds of chips pre-flop on yours any time.