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Old 09-13-15, 10:12 AM
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Hello. I like to think I'm a pretty fast rider. I'm usually 2 or 3 in our group rides. The group I ride with is made up of all fast riders and is ultra competitive. I want to give myself an "edge". I'm thinking of doing a couple of cycles of e p o. If things go well and I get good results I want to enter some local amateur races. My goal is to eventually get sponsored.

Also. I'm 23 years old. I currently ride @ 200 miles a week.

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great.

what was your old user name?
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I'm new here.
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"thinking of doing a couple of cycles of e p o, eventually get sponsored"

WOW!!!!!!!
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Sounds like a solid plan. Shoot up every other day.

BTW, I think we need a new subforum for all the parody and troll posts.

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Are you the same guy showing off your quads in the dated-looking bathroom? I'm guessing yes.
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How has this thread, no matter if sincere, not happened until just now? Awesome.
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Epo is old news, us fast guys are installing hidden motors nowadays. More results with less work.
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This is a terrible troll......too obvious. Seriously, up your game.
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You can get a hematocrit centrifuge on ebay for like $100.

Veternary EPO. Medical supplies on Amazon or a large animal supply store like Tractor Supply.

Do HGH, steroids, and EPO for a few years WITHOUT COMPETING. Then quit the drugs for a while and begin racing.

You will enjoy the benefits for years without even breaking the rules. Look at Valverde. Big doper then, but still fast.

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Originally Posted by Epoguy
Hello. I like to think I'm a pretty fast rider. I'm usually 2 or 3 in our group rides. The group I ride with is made up of all fast riders and is ultra competitive. I want to give myself an "edge". I'm thinking of doing a couple of cycles of e p o. If things go well and I get good results I want to enter some local amateur races. My goal is to eventually get sponsored.

Also. I'm 23 years old. I currently ride @ 200 miles a week.
If you need epo just to get sponsored, you must really suck at cycling.

You need to bump your mileage to 41 per day
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Until you get your hematocrit over 60, you're nothing.
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I can dial it up to 400 watts without epo. Just imagine how sponsored I could get with epo !
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Until you get your hematocrit over 60, you're nothing.
I can do that without epo. I just forego liquid nourishment for several days. My blood flows like lava.
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0/10 for imagination. Try again.
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Wow!

"If you need epo just to get sponsored, you must really suck at cycling."

are you sponsored? I just want to have an edge. I'm not looking to join a team and make money. I already have plenty of money. I just want to do amateur racing road and mountain bike races. I put in plenty of time in the saddle. Cycling is my full time job. As I said before, I already have plenty of money. I just want people to admire me. I want to see the competition cringe when I show up for a ride or race.
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Originally Posted by Epoguy
I want to see the competition cringe when I show up for a ride or race.
Then get a tri jersey and a camelback.
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Originally Posted by Epoguy
I want to see the competition cringe when I show up for a ride or race.
Print out this thread and show it to them.
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There have been some amateur riders around here that have tested positive. I don't get it. They were masters riders on top of it. Crazy.
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Worst. Troll. Ever.
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Originally Posted by smarkinson
Worst. Troll. Ever.
Hard to say. Tough competition in the bad troll department.
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Originally Posted by Homebrew01
Hard to say. Tough competition in the bad troll department.
Tough competition indeed but I stand by my original statement. A good troll ideally needs to be able to trick people that what they are posting might be real and genuine. As the say: "You can fool some of the people some of the time" but this guy hasn't fooled anyone.
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Originally Posted by bengreen79
Then get a tri jersey and a camelback.
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