favorite DH rider of all time?

7448stewart

Simples! Who's is your favorite DH rider of all time and why?

Go!!!!!

poah

none - the woman are too ugly to fantasise about and couldn't care less about the men

Stevo_666

POAH wrote:

none - the woman are too ugly to fantasise about

Not even Rachel?

cat_with_no_tail

CG of course!

The fact you even think this is up for debate quite frankly, sickens me!

paul.skibum

Steve Peat for me, CG is an awesome character and for a few years was a force in DH but as a racer Peaty has to be the gold standard of fun, professional and longevity. Seems like a nice guy too.

rockmonkeysc

John Tomac. Legend.
I have ridden with an ex Animal Orange World Cup rider and have never seen anyone ride as smooth or as fast. WC riders are on a different level to amateur racers.

CitizenLee

Shaun Palmer, Peaty, Rob Warner and CG.

Northwind

Stevo 666 wrote:

Not even Rachel?

I'll admit that Rachel is a very handsome man.

nicklouse

Northwind wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

Not even Rachel?

I'll admit that Rachel is a very handsome man.

Not sure if the head butting a truck helped though.

WindyG

Any of the women, I'm not picky.

poah

WindyG wrote:

Any of the women, I'm not picky.

clearly

dusk

Peaty, was my hero when I was growing up and he's still at the top level of the sport 15 years later

7448stewart

I think rat boy is going to be a big thing very soon and he's just a crazy guy, love watcjin him on this is peaty!

eric_draven

Nico Vouilloz
for me he was great,didn't seem to have a weak point in his riding,shame he left the sport far to early

mali01

Ratboy will be the personality to watch.

AAddict

Steve Peat, straight up legend.

Northwind

Bryceland is a great rider to watch but it's excrutiating when he tries to talk. I mean, most downhillers talk utter brain-hurting drivel anyway, but he does it in the worst accent in the world.

I like Marc Beaumont, he might not be the greatest of riders or the most fascinating of personalities but he seems to have a better than normal idea of how ridiculous the whole thing is.

Excellent, I got through that post without admitting my Dan Atherton mancrush. Aaaaaaaaaah ****.

j_l

Back in the day Top 4
John Tomac
Steve Peat
Cedric Gracia
Nicolas Vouilloz

Rob Warner = total knob

Current
Danny Hart
Sam Blekinsop
Josh Bryceland
Steve Smith

until not long ago Gee Atherton would have been my first but he needs to take him self less seriously....

welshkev

Cat With No Tail wrote:

CG of course!

The fact you even think this is up for debate quite frankly, sickens me!

+ potato

CitizenLee

I don't really find racing that interesting, so I just chose my favourite characters

Can't believe I'm the only one to mention Palmer though!

lostboysaint

welshkev wrote:

Cat With No Tail wrote:

CG of course!

The fact you even think this is up for debate quite frankly, sickens me!

+ potato

That.

rockmonkeysc

No mention of Sam Hill is surprising.

lawman

Ratboy has crazy style, Blenki can be a winner if he can remain consistant and Stevie Smith could go on to the best of all time I reckon, he's just getting better and better and already knows how to keep cool under pressure.

cat_with_no_tail

No mention of Missy Giove either for being a decidedly odd, fast racing, hard partying, drug muling nutter.

ej2320

Can't have a single favourite..
But my favourite riders of all time
CG
Fabien Barel
Peaty

Current riders
Danny Hart.. So much style
Adam Brayton
Sam Hill (If he finds his 2008 form)

Also Remy Metailler deserves a mention
Watch his Whistler edit.. Seriously so much style

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/Whistler-R ... -2013.html

rockmonkeysc

Danny Hart had one really amazing race and a couple very good races but seems to be struggling to get up to speed. Some of it might be the slightly old Glory (unchanged since 2010) isn't up to the job.

ej2320

RockmonkeySC wrote:

Danny Hart had one really amazing race and a couple very good races but seems to be struggling to get up to speed. Some of it might be the slightly old Glory (unchanged since 2010) isn't up to the job.

Agreed. I'd love to see him at his best and winning more races

lawman

RockmonkeySC wrote:

Danny Hart had one really amazing race and a couple very good races but seems to be struggling to get up to speed. Some of it might be the slightly old Glory (unchanged since 2010) isn't up to the job.

I think he just had one of those days in Champery, that one run you have in a lifetime where absolutely everything goes right. I think since then the pressure has got to him a little bit, he's still only like 21, give him a few years and I think he'll get more consistent as Ratboy now seems to be doing, although again he's had a huge amount of pressure on him from day one and I think that's what really separates the good from the greats, that mental edge that really counts when the pressure is on.

supersonic

Steve Peat. Obvious reasons really, went to same school, first DH rider I really saw.

The Northern Monkey

lawman wrote:

RockmonkeySC wrote:

Danny Hart had one really amazing race and a couple very good races but seems to be struggling to get up to speed. Some of it might be the slightly old Glory (unchanged since 2010) isn't up to the job.

I think he just had one of those days in Champery, that one run you have in a lifetime where absolutely everything goes right. I think since then the pressure has got to him a little bit, he's still only like 21, give him a few years and I think he'll get more consistent as Ratboy now seems to be doing, although again he's had a huge amount of pressure on him from day one and I think that's what really separates the good from the greats, that mental edge that really counts when the pressure is on.

Ratboy has the batshit-mental bit down to a tee!

veronese68

Giovanna Bonazzi, world champ in 1991 and 93. My favourite because she now makes really good ice cream and runs an ice cream shop near Verona.