January
2007
“Epic” as defined by Scot Nicol
Lenny Bruce said that satire is tragedy plus time. In
the parlance of cycling, insufferable torture plus time
equals epic. Or perhaps torture plus amnesia equals epic.
Once the wounds heal, don’t we forget the misery?
An epic can be planned or unplanned. Usually they’re
both miserable and sublime, but they are always worthy of
a story. If you swore to yourself that you’d never do
it again, consider it an epic.
