Recent content by Philip.

we were in Salzburg at the beginning of September and bought a whole host of new Christmas decorations from the Christmas museum (open all year round)! Christmas cake being made tomorrow :)

thanks for all the advice, 300mm now off the shopping list

brilliant, thanks :)

Silly question time, I have a Canon EOS 700D which currently has a 18-55mm STM lens, do I have to stick with STM or can I use USM also. I ask because I may be able to get hold of a EF 75-300mm USM lens at a good price.

Wiggins' TUE were approved by British authorities, and the UCI, so who is at fault, Team Sky or the UCI? You can't accuse someone of cheating if they haven't broken the rules. It maybe against the spirit of the sport and possibly immoral but not illegal. You are correct though TUE should be...

Problem is proving intent to cheat, any TUE to prevent a condition occuring should be refused without hesitation. The whole medication thing is a minefield, you may remember skier Alain Baxter loosing his Bronze medal after using an American version of a nasal spray which contained a banned...

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Like I said earlier, Team Sky applied for and got TUE for Wiggins and others as preventitive measures. Now it seems this is not against the rules, therefore not cheating, but it does seem odd and why I think ALL TUE requests should be made public.

what makes you think they are not clean?

I agree, so the answer to the original question is yes, British Cycling is clean, they have not, to my knowledge anyway, broken any rules, the same goes for Team Sky. Unless anyone can prove otherwise of course:popcorn:

It doesn't matter what paper it is in, it is old news. It was always alleged that Armstrong was doping and was being covered up by those at the top, what matters now is the lies have to stop. Unfortunately with sport being at the mercy of money, any hope of clean sport has gone. Individuals and...

First off, if the Daily Mail told me today was Sunday I'd have a hard job believing them tbh, as for the Russians at the Olympics, that was a knee jerk reaction by the authorities that was, in my opinion, harsh, and the same applies for the Paralymics. Doping is prevelant I would guess in most...

I must point out that I am not Team Skys biggest fan, mainly because it has Murdochs money behind it, infact I don't really support any team, I just have favourite riders. Having said that I do have a soft spot for Movistar. In answer to your question I would think the same about any team...

So if they HAD to be made public, it may make the teams more reluctant to apply for TUE. It's worth pointing out that Wiggins' TUE was all above board and agreed by medical teams and the UCI, so who is at fault?

Canon Ixus 145, great for taking snapshots.