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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-10-08 11:25 AM
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Cyclist using Viagra to enhance performance. Not kidding.
It appears the drug helps high altitude performance.

http://www.miamiherald.com/457/story/560121.html

Untold numbers of men -- and their partners -- can attest to Viagra as a performance enhancer in the bedroom.

Can it also perk up performance in a bicycling race?

Scientists at the University of Miami are studying whether sildenafil citrate can improve the speed of cyclists riding at altitude. The World Anti-Doping Agency is funding the two-year project to determine if Viagra should be added to the list of banned drugs in sports, joining steroids, human growth hormone and EPO.
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whistle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-10-08 11:26 AM
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1. You mean it is easier to cycle with an erection?
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gullwing300 Donating Member (204 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-10-08 11:28 AM
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2. Makes it imperative to get back to the motel quickly!
:D
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cbc5g Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-10-08 11:29 AM
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3. I thought Lance Armstrong just had a huge penis..I guess that explains it!!
JK!! :)
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-10-08 11:29 AM
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4. How exciting.
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Uben Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-10-08 11:31 AM
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5. How many pedals on that bike?
Sounds like they'll be needin an extra one!
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-10-08 11:35 AM
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8. But you don't want anything to get caught in the spokes.
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wtmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-10-08 11:32 AM
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6. Wouldn't it be kinda obvious?
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Liberal In Texas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-10-08 11:32 AM
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7. Makes sense. It was developed to control high blood pressure,
IIRC it opens up the capillaries and improves blood flow. The "performance enhancing" side effect was a lucky accident for the manufacturers.

I imagine it would help cyclists with blood flow as well.

:-)
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-10-08 11:36 AM
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9. Cyclist will try anything to gain an advantage.
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Lone_Star_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-10-08 11:39 AM
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10. Cyclist need love too...Oh, not that kind of performance
Well, it could still help enhance the victory celebration, no?
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-10-08 11:52 AM
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11. But it makes riding the next day rather uncomfortable for either sex.
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DCKit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-10-08 01:37 PM
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12. Viagra + Spandex = YIKES!!!!
And I thought the various combinations we already had were bad. Dayum.
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-10-08 01:44 PM
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13. There's no hiding your feelings. Still spandex is a lot more comfortable
Edited on Tue Jun-10-08 01:47 PM by alfredo
than those wool shorts we used to wear. The chamois would dry hard as a board when washed. I would have to rub them down with titanium oxide to soften them, then knead them to soften them more so they would not be a pain on the next ride.
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