Zen
03-16-2009, 07:19 PM
Of Velo News-
Editor,
Over the last few years, if an outsider were to read any report or story about any climbing stage or any stage that had a bit of wind and rain, I'm afraid they would think that cyclists were superheros, as opposed to mere lycra-clad mortals.
When did it become so fashionable to allow the descriptor "epic" to roll off the tongue when speaking or writing of almost anything related to our sport? The word "epic" should be left to lore and our heads should be brought back down from the clouds, lest we forget that just last year "epic" stages were won and marred by cheaters, not heroes.
In doing a simple search on your site, the word is tossed around no less than five times (not including the story about Cape Epic) in just this month, which, by the way, is not even half over. Try expanding your vocabularies.
Andrew Utz
Editor's Note: Dang it, Andrew, you used the word three more times. Now our quota is completely used up for the month.
Editor,
Over the last few years, if an outsider were to read any report or story about any climbing stage or any stage that had a bit of wind and rain, I'm afraid they would think that cyclists were superheros, as opposed to mere lycra-clad mortals.
When did it become so fashionable to allow the descriptor "epic" to roll off the tongue when speaking or writing of almost anything related to our sport? The word "epic" should be left to lore and our heads should be brought back down from the clouds, lest we forget that just last year "epic" stages were won and marred by cheaters, not heroes.
In doing a simple search on your site, the word is tossed around no less than five times (not including the story about Cape Epic) in just this month, which, by the way, is not even half over. Try expanding your vocabularies.
Andrew Utz
Editor's Note: Dang it, Andrew, you used the word three more times. Now our quota is completely used up for the month.