Nitrous oxide doping.

[oldroadman]

Wouldn't Amyl Nitrite be a better bet? For the final sprint to the line, your heart would be pounding like a drum and a lot of your blood vessels would be extensively dilated. The unfortunate side-effect of an extremely relaxed anal sphincter wouldn't really be much of a problem since, on the sprint, your bum wouldn't be anywhere near the saddle.

It's got to be a winner, and a lot easier to conceal than a gas cylinder.

Well once at the front those on your wheel may not wish to stay there very long....

 

[winjim]

You have to avoid anything that is proscribed, or would leave trace metabolites that are. And yes I do know the difference between Nitric and Nitrous oxides, and yes I meant Nitrous. Taking poppers would leave proscribed metabolites in the blood. I'm talking about using it to increase training benefits, not in the event itself, much like EPO doping, there's not much point in using it during the event. There was a recent study completed, using deliberately EPO doped riders, versus placebo doped riders, versus clean riders, up in the Alps. The results seemed to show no discernible gain to using EPO 'on the day' it works best by allowing the rider to train longer and harder in the run up to the event.

Fair enough. So what's your mechanism for your proposed performance enhancement? Stimulation of EPO production by inducing hypoxia? And would it really be possible to do that by chugging a single nos canister during a ride? And if it's not proscribed, why not just do it properly with a tank of the stuff? And what's the difference between that, and either training at altitude or using a hypoxic chamber, both of which are within the means of team Sky, who you seem to be accusing?

 

[winjim]

You might be taking this a little seriously.

I just want to know the details at I think it might be worth looking into as a cheap training option. I can't afford a hypoxic chamber, you see.

 

[Tim Hall]

What about sleeping with the windows shut, then moving on to sleeping with a bin bag over your head, then swing bin liner, before peaking at carrier bag?*













*For the benefit of any children reading, don't try this.

With an orange stuffed somewhere?

 

[winjim]

We used to hotbox my mate Dave's Citroen BX fairly regularly. I bet that worked.

 

[Dogtrousers]

We used to hotbox my mate Dave's Citroen BX fairly regularly. I bet that worked.

I misread that as "We used to botox my mate Dave's Citroen"

Actually, botox doping... Worth a try.

 

[Dec66]

Well once at the front those on your wheel may not wish to stay there very long....

Gives the phrase "Ass Saver" a new meaning...

 

[winjim]

I misread that as "We used to botox my mate Dave's Citroen"

Actually, botox doping... Worth a try.

Probably marginal aerodynamic gains to be made.

 

[Racing roadkill]

You might be taking this a little seriously.

What!!!!!!!!!!!!????!!!! Preposterous.

 

[CanucksTraveller]

All this talk of drugs reminds me of PJ O'Rourke's advice in one of his books about attempting to commit suicide using alcohol and drugs. He said you had to be very, very careful with the doses because if you underestimated at all, you'd just end up having a really good time instead.