Genius upcoming Rapha t shirt

iainf72
iainf72 Posts: 15,784
edited June 2008 in Pro race
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Brilliant

Its an EPO spectrogram.
Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
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  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    I think they sent this one to a Belgian lab and they couldn't make head nor tail of it. The French lab said it was OK though...
    Le Blaireau (1)
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    PS I might actually considering shelling out for this. It's so niche, and appeals to the science geek within me,,,
    Le Blaireau (1)
  • jairaj
    jairaj Posts: 3,009
    what's an EPO spectrogram?
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    It's the way they test for r-epo, using a technique called gel electrophoresis. They apply the sample to one end of a gel plate, and apply an electric current across the plate. Different glycoforms of r-epo (the same epo protein but with different sugars attached to it) and isoforms move across the plate to different extents as their mass-to-charge ratio is different. This produces bands like the ones you see on the T-shirt. Natural epo tends to have a different pattern of bands from r-epo but the test is much more open to interpretation than e.g. the synthetic testosterone isotope ratio mass spectrometry test, which is basically a yes/no output.

    Whoah, science geekery got really carried away there!
    Le Blaireau (1)
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    jairaj wrote:
    what's an EPO spectrogram?
    Just ask any top pro cyclist.

    The Sydney lab said it's upside down. The UCI have asked for a re-print.
    Bjarne Riis is sueing for breach of copywrite law.
    Lance Armstrong has said he has got a TUE to wear one. :wink:
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    DaveyL wrote:
    I think they sent this one to a Belgian lab and they couldn't make head nor tail of it. The French lab said it was OK though...

    The French lab wrinkled it up until it looked right, but the Belgain lab insisted on ironing it first. :P

    I'm getting one. Wait til they release a Rapha edition suit with bike related lining in the jacket....
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    Rapha edition testosterone patches. Awesome. Sign me up.
    Le Blaireau (1)
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    Hmmm - it just looks like you've dripped the chocolate and strawberry parts of your Neapolitan ice cream down it ?
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    You could always have got a manufacturers jersey - I tried to get one when Amgen were setting up shop here in Ireland:

    amgen.jpg
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Looks to me like the spectrogram of vitamin C. Apparently it always stays clean but it's Rapha, so presumably it's woven from the hair samples collected by WADA and the price will probably make even Lance Armstrong's lawyer hesitate.
  • ACMadone
    ACMadone Posts: 300
    Where can you by the Rapha one from?
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    ACMadone wrote:
    Where can you by the Rapha one from?

    When it's released

    www.rapha.cc

    I'm just a Rapha fanboy
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    iainf72 wrote:
    I'm just a Rapha fanboy
    That makes two of us. Did you get the Hampsten jersey?
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    andyp wrote:
    iainf72 wrote:
    I'm just a Rapha fanboy
    That makes two of us. Did you get the Hampsten jersey?

    I believe one has been bought for me :)

    Today I'm mostly eyeing up the musette as a replacement for my current bag (a man bag if you must)
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    Nowt wrong with a man bag. :D
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    I'm not sure "spectrogram" is the right word to describe the output from a gel electrophoresis. I can't think what the right word is, though...

    And how much is a Rapha copy of The Rider? 50 quid?
    Le Blaireau (1)
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    £6. And worth every penny.
  • micron
    micron Posts: 1,843
    :lol: love the amgen jersey too, that's pretty funny
  • Noodley
    Noodley Posts: 1,725
    If you bought the rapha t-shirt could you deny it and claim it was your mother in law who did it?

    Much in the same way as iainf72 has done in claiming the hampsten jersey has been bought for him...
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    DaveyL wrote:
    I'm not sure "spectrogram" is the right word to describe the output from a gel electrophoresis. I can't think what the right word is, though...

    and shouldn't the image run from bottom-to-top rather left-to-right?


    Somewhere in the back of my mind is the nagging doubt that after everyone has ponied up for these shirts, some Professor Frink-type will tell us "Hoyvin-glayvin, what we see is the fingerprint of the chief component of bull poop, with the smell and the browness and the electrophoresis. Mw-hurgn-whey"
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    LangerDan wrote:

    Somewhere in the back of my mind is the nagging doubt that after everyone has ponied up for these shirts, some Professor Frink-type will tell us "Hoyvin-glayvin, what we see is the fingerprint of the chief component of bull poop, with the smell and the browness and the electrophoreis. Mw-hurgn-whey"

    That's just what the bitter poor people want to happen. Then they'll tell us their home made "Ride Clean" t-shirt cost a fiver.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    iainf72 wrote:
    That's just what the bitter poor people want to happen. Then they'll tell us their home made "Ride Clean" t-shirt cost a fiver.

    Whats wrong with that? I've made a "Gimp" helmet out of a few dozen "I support drug-free sport" wristbands and the zipper from my "Let Levi Ride" limited edition jersey.
    Mistress Gripper, I've been a baaaaad boy and need to be sanctioned by the governing body......
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • jimmythecuckoo
    jimmythecuckoo Posts: 4,718
    I am eyeing up "the musette"... does anyone know if it would take a laptop?
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    jimmythecuckoo wrote:
    I am eyeing up "the musette"... does anyone know if it would take a laptop?

    Don't think so - The specs are on the webpage but I think it's about 13" by 9".

    Just right for your magazine, paper, mints and aftershave. :D
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    By magazine of course you mean "Rouleur"? Come on, own up!

    I have to say, the recent issue featuring Alpe d'Huez is something I'd like to have a look at. Wonder if the local library stock it...
    Le Blaireau (1)
  • leguape
    leguape Posts: 986
    iainf72 wrote:
    andyp wrote:
    iainf72 wrote:
    I'm just a Rapha fanboy
    That makes two of us. Did you get the Hampsten jersey?

    I believe one has been bought for me :)

    Today I'm mostly eyeing up the musette as a replacement for my current bag (a man bag if you must)

    I've had the musette bought for me on those grounds :D
    http://www.atomicecho.com/cycling
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    leguape wrote:

    I've had the musette bought for me on those grounds :D

    Do you have it yet? If so, is it as nice as it looks?
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    iainf72 wrote:
    Do you have it yet? If so, is it as nice as it looks?
    Can you not drag yourself away from the RSS feeds for 15 mins and nip into Condor to have a look at one (I assume they will but it might be worth ringing first to chec)? :wink:
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    andyp wrote:
    iainf72 wrote:
    Do you have it yet? If so, is it as nice as it looks?
    Can you not drag yourself away from the RSS feeds for 15 mins and nip into Condor to have a look at one (I assume they will but it might be worth ringing first to chec)? :wink:

    I'm still playing dad at home, so nipping to Condor would involve careful begging and a 3 hour round trip :P
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    iainf72 wrote:
    I'm still playing dad at home, so nipping to Condor would involve careful begging and a 3 hour round trip :P
    Ah. Is number two here yet?

    Anyway, back on topic - Rapha's returns policy is very good so order one and if you don't like it you can return it and get your money back. I've done this with them before and had no problems whatsoever. Go on, you know you want to.

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