" There is a saying that goes... ' You can't bull**** your way up a mountain.."

sy · 05-11-2008 11:12pm #1

The future of cycling? Interesting articles on some African cyclists which appeared in a few cycling magazines last month

More articles here and here

I love the photo here . Puts all our bling in perspective;)

'68 Fastback · 06-11-2008 9:25am

I always wondered why you never see a africans in the sport, given their dominance in so many other sporting diciplines. Maybe thats all about to change?

Raam · 06-11-2008 9:36am

That's a great photo

TinyExplosions · 06-11-2008 9:43am

'68 wrote:

I always wondered why you never see a africans in the sport, given their dominance in so many other sporting diciplines. Maybe thats all about to change?

It says in one of the articles I read (not sure if it's one of the linked ones), that the reason is simply down to equipment and funding. Running doesn't take any equipment at all, and so you can train for years without having any money. Until recently, bike equipment was just too hard to get hold of, so training was hard, which made it harder to get interest from foreign teams etc... we could be entering a new era in the next few years -cyclists who can climb without the benefit of EPO!

Diarmuid · 06-11-2008 9:57am

Raam wrote: »

That's a great photo

Dunno if it's Euro enough though

'68 Fastback · 06-11-2008 2:13pm

Diarmuid wrote: »

Dunno if it's Euro enough though

F**k Euro...AFRO is the future!

" There is a saying that goes... ' You can't bull**** your way up a mountain.."

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