The Perfect Amount of Dumb
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I’ve referred to Frank’s fantastic Perfect Amount of Dumb article at least five times in my own posts. My reference is usually that I’m dumb but it’s cycling related dumb. I’ve got the dumb part covered, not the Motorcus part. I so love his unexpected title and the post, it needs to do another lap.
I was just watching Tyler Mini Phinney’s post Dubai TT interview thinking, this kid has the perfect amount of dumb to be great. He shops at the Big and Tall shop, so I like him already. And his brain is way up there, in the thin air, so he choses his words carefully, like climbers at 8,000 meters. He’s got It.
No American Cyclist has won a Monument. Abandy has won more Monuments than LeMan? Merckx forgive me for uttering that last sentence. Greg was our last best chance but this new Phinney-Carpenter hybrid might somehow, someday get on the stones, get really incensed, and prove he has the perfect amount of dumb.
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@PeakInTwoYears
Does this help dispel that feeling?
@Jamie
Jamie, dude, chapeau!
@Chris Au contraire, thank you!
@Teocalli I am in Summit County. A bit of a pedal away from the Butte. Enjoy, this season has been unreal with fresh snow. Be safe if you venture off piste, Avy season in full tilt.
@Joey Yeah the back country is loaded. Unfortunately there was a fatality this week in the region of Kebler Pass.
A bit left of topic this – but in my opinion on the shock and awe side of the perfect amount of dumb.. A local Aussie TV actor has just completed 15,500-odd K’s riding a zig-zag across the country – on a unicycle. He raised $1.5m for cancer research, his sister is dying of the disease.
Pretty fucking bit effort … see http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/samuel-johnson-sets-unicycling-world-record-for-his-sister-raises-14-million-for-cancer-research/story-fneuzlbd-1226826130251
Immediately thought of this article after hearing Mini-Phinney’s comments after his win in ATOC yesterday:
When asked why he decided to attack on the descent, Phinney said, “”Stupidity maybe? Sometimes you just have a voice inside that says go. I know I can go downhill faster than everyone else, mainly because I weigh more than everyone else. Something inside me said to go for it. I got to the bottom with a gap and said, ‘well, I’m committed now.’ I kept getting splits from the moto and it was looking good. The more I went the more painful it got, but I knew it would be worth it if I made it. It’s the best way to win, like that.”
It was a pretty gutsy move. And a lot of fun to watch.
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