With drug use being so prominent in several of our sports today I can’t help but think that our precious sport is already being infiltrated by riders on steroids. I know unicycling gives us great leg development, but have you seen the size of some of these guys’ quadriceps(huge & ripped). I would just like to hear others thoughts on this matter, especially those familiar with the competition scene. Are the athletes being tested prior to competitions? I sure hope so.
Heck, I thought this was a thread on how racing could give you hemorrhoids, and how some racers were dealing with it.
When it comes to steroids use, who cares?
Give yourself a chemical sex-change just so you can set a record that’s going to be beaten by the next generation because they’re more evolved or they’ve been genetically engineered? Why should anyone care to stop you? The government doesn’t prevent you from smoking tobacco or drinking alcohol or driving a car if you’re an adult…
Stop looking at those guys’ thighs! They’re guys!
Stop it! Down, boy!
In a big money sport like unicycling I’m much more concerned about excessive ibuprofen use (abuse) by the players and the massive perks being showered on the greedy coaches and owners.
Some riders have been known to overdose on Marmite due to the large quanities of vitamin B that it contains.
RE: Roid Racers
> help but think that our precious sport is already being infiltrated by
> riders on steroids.
I know, the signs are everywhere. It’s just that the stakes are so high!
Anything to get that edge. Anything…for the medal. 'Cause you sure don’t
get any money, career, or the picture on the Wheaties box (unless you’re
Andy Cotter)!
I can guess with a pretty high level of confidence that unicycle convention
organizers have probably taken a lot more drugs than our athletes ever
have… 
JF
Now, now!
Since when is Root Beer a drug?
Prescription Marmite, I can understand…
Nipple-spread ( ooh! I hope that doesn’t trigger one of those “censor” programs! ) could easily become a controlled substance under the present regime…
I don’t advocate the use of steroids and I am pretty sure the best guys are not using them. Mostly because if deflates the p-meter. We know that David Poznanter doesn’t use them.
>“My p____ just grew an inch!” David Poznanter, after riding an insane
> >downhill mud/wood obstacle in the pouring rain
If you don’t believe me, there were witnesses.
Hey…and stop looking at our quads!!
Re: Roid Racers
Regardless of steroid use, huge ripped thighs are not a result of spending time on a unicycle. If geared, or large wheeled unicycles played a larger role in competitions, then perhaps there would be a little truth to your perception, as long as the venues stayed short. Strong but not huge, well defined, sinewy legs, are a result of time spent unicycling.
Turning very large gears, at very high intensities, for short durations, is the only exception. Track cycling performed in veledromes, is an activity that promotes large well-defined thighs. There is a former gold medal track cyclist (I cant remember his name) who is now doing longer pro outdoor criteriums and road races. I saw him interviewed on OLN a few weeks ago before competing in a 2.5-hour criterium in downtown New York. He said he lost 40 pounds of mostly muscle in order to be competitive at longer durations. The weightlifting that helped with short explosive durations on the track, destroy speed at longer distances. He quit lifting weights. The before and after pictures look like the legs of two completely different individuals. They are still very strong and well developed, but much leaner.
With that said, when you see a unicyclist with large well-defined legs, they are most likely a genetic attribution, or a result of lifting heavy weights. Even large genetic legs will become leaner and sinewy as time spent unicycling increases. One can’t have both—if ones desire is large powerful looking legs, than lift heavy weights and limit your time on a unicycle. If on the other hand, one is interested in spending lots of time doing tricks, muniing, commuting, or distances riding, spend very little time, if any, lifting heavy weights. Heavy weights will kill your speed, climbing ability, and add very little to overall endurance. Muni, do tricks, distances, or whatever and expect the strong leaner sinewy look.
I have been unicycling for several years now and now have well developed quads( at least my roommate says I do - and he’s not gay I swear). Although he does give one hell of a leg/ buttocks massage.
All I’m saying is that the guys with the biggest quads seem to demonstrate the most control on the uni especially when riding mogul-like trails. “Roid Racers” I call ’ em. Maybe the top guys aren’t using roids yet, but you gotta wonder what level our sport could be brought to. Perhaps a new breed of unicyclist is in the making. I may even start my own little experiment 
I have been unicycling for more than 2 years and my wife never mentions me having well developed quads, and she isn’t gay either. Errrr….at least I hope. She hasn’t ever given me the buttocks thigh massage either. I may have to look into riding those mogul-like trails.
“Dan, meet Sned’s roomate. Sned’s roomate, meet Dan. What do you think of Dan’s buttocks, Sned’s roomate?”
You guys really ought to be a bit more careful bandying about terms like “top guys”, “breed”, “roommate”, “buttocks massage”, and “guys with the biggest” all in the same post!