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There's value in the blog above and beyond outing the occasional cheater. It makes people think twice. It prevents cheating from being normalized, like what hap
by erdojo 10y ago
There's value in the blog above and beyond outing the occasional cheater. It makes people think twice. It prevents cheating from being normalized, like what happened in professional cycling.
It also reminds society that a great number of us still value honesty and integrity, and believe that hard work should be rewarded justly. Too many people today say/do something bad and think a "heartfelt" apology will wash it all away.
I'm not in favor of mass internet shaming for kicks. But in cases like this where it's clear it was premeditated and the individual tried to scam their way out of trouble, and there was financial/other gain involved that robbed a more deserving recipient, I'm not bothered.
- wapz 10y agoWhat cheating are you referring to in professional cycling? I only know of all the doping... a blog like this would have no effect on that.
- arjie 10y agoThe water bottle thing. The sticky bottle. That's just one thing. I bet there's more.
- wapz 10y agoWow.. I didn't even know of the sticky bottle. Thanks.
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- vermontdevil 10y agoAnd electric motors
- erdojo 10y agoYes!
- Lio 10y agoPersonally I'm of the opinion that power meters and heart rate monitors should be compulsory for all professional bike races, the data kept privately in escrow for cases of suspected cheating. It's one thing a domestique getting a bit of a sticky bottle from a team car or someone drafting cars back to the peloton after a crash but now we have the specter of mechanical doping hanging over the sport. At least with power/heart rate data you could compare the cyclist's performance (speed, rate of ascent, etc) with the power measured at the pedals. If someone's power jumps 50 watts but their heart rate doesn't change over time you know something is up. Some riders have said they'd like to see power meters banned as it affects the tactics of the race. In that case all you'd have to do is hide the live data from the riders.