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17 June

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From one piece What I Really Retired From, When I Retired as a Pro Athlete 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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Having the right people and good advice is more valuable to athletes than they might realize.

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The most successful athletes sound much older they are, and I think having the right people around you and getting good advice is more valuable than they might realize.

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The stress of marginal weight management may outweigh its benefits.

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I'm convinced that the stress of those years of marginal weight management outweighed the benefits. After almost all of my biggest wins came a week of some kind of illness

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25 May

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From one piece The Enhanced Games (“The Olympics with Steroids”) was a Tragic Collection of Losers (and I wish I could have been there) 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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More athletes will seize the opportunity of the Enhanced Games if big money is still available in future editions.

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If big money is still up for grabs in the next edition, more athletes will seize the opportunity.

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The Enhanced Games is a modern, dystopian adaptation of ancient Roman gladiators.

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The sport on display at the Enhanced Games wasn't swimming or running or weightlifting: it's a modern, dystopian adaptation of the gladiators in ancient Rome: Peter Thiel and his friends wish that they could watch slaves and prisoners kill each other for sport, cheered on by the masses.

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Raising the barrier to entry through high-tech equipment and medical enhancement limits the pool of participating athletes.

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If we raise that barrier to people who can afford high-tech custom shoes and suits, steroids, EPO, and medical care to use those without dying, we're "enhancing" the performance of a handful who have access, while drastically limiting the pool of athletes who could participate to begin with.

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19 April

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From one piece It Started with Disc Brakes: Are Bikes Designed for Pros, or for People? 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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The bike industry will need to separate designs for professionals and consumers to avoid losing customers.

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As race bikes get more expensive and the gap closes between entry-level and mid-level offerings, I think the industry will have to separate their designs for pros and for consumers (and bring down the prices), before racers lose more skin, and the brands lose a big chunk of potential customers.

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Professional bike racing teams will eventually resemble NASCAR or F1, using identical race bikes that differ from consumer models.

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A bike team will always have a bike sponsor, but it would be more like NASCAR or F1, meaning all of the race bikes will look identical, bear a Trek or Specialized logo, but will be nothing like the Trek or Specialized on offer at shops.

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Tubeless tires are an improvement for all users and applications except cyclocross racing and Paris-Roubaix.

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With better rolling resistance and the UCI weight limit on road bikes, I'll go this far: tubeless tires are an improvement for all users and applications other than cyclocross racing and Paris-Roubaix.

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13 March

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From one piece "Should Lance Armstrong's Best Friend Have a Cycling Team?" 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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George Hincapie is one of the least suitable people to run a professional cycling team.

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To me, he's the second or third-to-last person on Earth that should run a bike team (hi, Johann).

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The UCI may not be in its best interest to uncover doping scandals that might hurt its business.

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We'd think they're not trying if they don't catch anyone, but it's not in their best interest to uncover a scandal that might hurt their business.

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