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The sad truth is that Mike joiner said nothing controversial and everybody knows he’s 100% correct on the issue at hand.

To put this in perspective, like vinay and mandrill I’m an avid cyclist. While I don’t race I have competed in the Wintergreen time trial ( close to Charlottesville Virginia) several times. This is a climbing time trial where the grade ranges from 10 to 20% over the last 4 miles, and Greg lemond described this as one of the most difficult climbs he’d done. Every time I competed I placed at the 50th percentile in my age group (50s) for men, yet every single time I was faster than the 20 something cat 1 semi-pro women cyclists. That just goes to show one just how big a difference there is in terms of power to weight ratio.

That’s the same reason that lia (aka bill) Thomas could smash every single female swimming record by a massive margin after transitioning, while being a mediocre athlete as a male the year before.

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