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OPINION
Well it seemed like a good idea at the time #1: The Floyd Fairness Fund video
Thu, May 20, 2010 17:21
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The first in an occasional series of things that might have seemed like a good idea at the time. This was one for those that really, really wanted to believe and it's sort of sad to see all of that faith so cruelly misplaced, it also gives an indication of why Landis eventually found the pyschological burden too much to carry.
That said, it's well worth clicking through to the Youtube version for the more recent comments – well it was when we first posted this anyway.
Any suggestions for future entries in the series will be gratefully received, so fire 'em in.
road.cc's founder and first editor, nowadays to be found riding a spreadsheet. Tony's journey in cycling media started in 1997 as production editor and then deputy editor of Total Bike, acting editor of Total Mountain Bike and then seven years as editor of Cycling Plus. He launched his first cycling website - the Cycling Plus Forum at the turn of the century. In 2006 he left C+ to head up the launch team for Bike Radar which he edited until 2008, when he co-launched the multi-award winning road.cc - finally handing on the reins in 2021 to Jack Sexty. His favourite ride is his ‘commute’ - which he does most days inc weekends and he’s been cycle-commuting since 1994. His favourite bikes are titanium and have disc brakes, though he'd like to own a carbon bike one day.
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Seems he's saying that it was still a mistake - he wasn't using testosterone at the time - he was using human growth hormone!
I think he's just saying that so that he doesn't get sued for perjury, or whatever.