Cycling cheats.

[Hillian1]

Not content with leading the way with drugs, Pro cycling has now been found to hide motors within the bike frames.

Shame on the sport.

http:// http://news.sky.com/story/1633189/hidden-motor-found-in-cyclists-race-bike

 

[RandyWanger]

Don't think this is a new thing. Sadly. Made me think of this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynLMfzLTc8M

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Not content with leading the way with drugs, Pro cycling has now been found to hide motors within the bike frames.

Shame on the sport.

http:// http://news.sky.com/story/1633189/hidden-motor-found-in-cyclists-race-bike

Yes. Someone cheating means that the sport is a disgrace. Everybody must be at it. And nobody attempts to cheat in any other sport. Ever.

Cycling should be outlawed.

 

[Seasidesage]

How did they expect to get away with an engine? And for the size that you could have a chance of hiding, what sort of difference could it have made?

 

[Hillian1]

Yes. Someone cheating means that the sport is a disgrace. Everybody must be at it. And nobody attempts to cheat in any other sport. Ever.

Cycling should be outlawed.

Glad you agree.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Glad you agree.

How could I not?

 

[1066familyman]

To my knowledge this is the first time a hidden motor has been found in a competition bike, and they've been testing road cyclists for a lot of years now. The story here is of a cyclo-cross bike, which is slightly different to a road bike - not that I'm excusing the fact that a motor has been found.

Road cycling bike issues have been mainly down to weight and design, and laws have been made by the UCI for that. A bit like laws on javelins if you like. They've often seized bikes at the end of races and never found a motor yet, despite speculation that they exist. Of course, finding no evidence doesn't mean it isn't going on, but if they are in existence, it certainly isn't widespread like doping has been.

 

[Scappa]

U23 Giro d'Italia: 31 riders disqualified for holding on to team cars and motorbikes​

31 'Baby Giro' riders disqualified for cheating

British cyclist Noah Hobbs is one of 31 riders disqualified from the U23 Giro d'Italia for cheating.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[BrightonCottager]

I wish I'd had a team car to hang on to as I was labouring up some steep climbs on the Downs tonight. But there gain, I'm doing it for 'fun' and the beer at the end, not as my day job. Disgusting behaviour.

 

[Happy Exile]

Cycling seems to me like a sport that should go the way of bodybuilding and just openly acknowledge the need for two categories of competition: one for those who don't use performance enhancing drugs, one for those who do.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

How did they expect to get away with an engine? And for the size that you could have a chance of hiding, what sort of difference could it have made?

They don’t even pay road tax.