marko Posted February 8, 2014 Report Share Posted February 8, 2014 Here are some that spring instantly to mind. Sean Wilson Andre Compton Martin Dugard Richard Hall Andrew Silver Bjarne Pedersen Nicki Pedersen Josh Auty Cam Woodward Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin king Posted February 8, 2014 Report Share Posted February 8, 2014 For me. Claus Vissing Ben Barker Nicky Allott Ole Olsen Tommy Knudsen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavan Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 I just don't like the way that Darcy Ward rides. Not a lot of skill level but a great deal of speed. With no consideration to any other riders on the track. His control over the bike is practcally non existant. Giving it far to much thottle and the bike goes onto the back wheel and at times into other riders. I just wished now after the years he has raced at Poole and around the world he would by now have started to use his brain, if he actually has one. If he can't slow it down then at least learn to control the bike a bit more. He would then be a great rider.has to be a wind up! If not then I'm afraid your speedway knowledge is shocking sir Riders I've never taken to include David Norris though he is fantastic in the commentary box. Although an Ipswich fan never really took to Chris Louis that much. Havelock was never a favourite though apparently you are not allowed to have that view 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 has to be a wind up! If not then I'm afraid your speedway knowledge is shocking sir Riders I've never taken to include David Norris though he is fantastic in the commentary box. Although an Ipswich fan never really took to Chris Louis that much. Havelock was never a favourite though apparently you are not allowed to have that view Of course you can have that view Gav - its the repetition 20 times over that gets up people's noses!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRITISHSPEEDPOWER Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 (edited) At last years world cup at Kings Lynn, during the Denmark victory parade a large number of Danish fans were cheering and shouting at the Danish team in Danish. Every member of the Danish team acknowledged the fans who had travelled a long a way to support them, apart from Pedersen who completly ignored them! Edited February 9, 2014 by BRITISHSPEEDPOWER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Some years ago my lad attended a training school run by Nicki Pedersen. You would never meet somebody who is so different to his public persona. He clearly enjoyed working with the kids and couldn't do enough to help, he worked on bikes, push started kids and explained everything really well. All this in some pretty horrible weather, shame to ruin the image but he is one of the nicest guys you could ever meet. Bloody ruthless on the track but one of the riders I would always be happy to pay to see ride. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalan Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Have to agree Nicki is a really nice guy out of race gear, like him on track to, always the pantomime villain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillipsr Posted February 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Nicki is one of my favourites. Really nice bloke and i love watching him ride. Yes he wants to win and will do that anyway he can but its a world championship riders should do everything to win Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRITISHSPEEDPOWER Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Some years ago my lad attended a training school run by Nicki Pedersen. You would never meet somebody who is so different to his public persona. He clearly enjoyed working with the kids and couldn't do enough to help, he worked on bikes, push started kids and explained everything really well. All this in some pretty horrible weather, shame to ruin the image but he is one of the nicest guys you could ever meet. Bloody ruthless on the track but one of the riders I would always be happy to pay to see ride. Must of still been in race mode! From what you say he seems a good guy, great to watch. remember his first meeting at Berwick, i think his first meeting in the uk, he was totally mental! Had some great scraps with Peter Scully if i remember right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandorum Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Plenty of riders I 'hated' as a kid but have too much respect for them to hold any grudges agianst them. Mad Jack Millen always booed to the rafters but always gave 100% and always entertained the crowd. People go on about Nicki knocking people off but Vaclav Verner was a master of the hard ride. I was a big fan of him and Zdenek Kudrna. Saw another so called hard rider Robbie Blackadder try to mix it with Vaclav at Birmingham and end up with a mouthful of shale for his trouble. Mad Jack v Vaclav would have been a sight to see. Not a fan of Darcy as a person but what a hell of a speedway rider he is. I get what people say about Greg as he is a bit clinical. But so was Mauger and he was pretty good. After watching a lot of Polish speedway Tomas Gollob infuriates me. Such a talent but takes a huff too easy and then gives nothing for his team. I always liked the 100% trier which was why I always enjoyed watching a lot of guys who never really made it. Gutsy little buggers who never cared who they raced against but never had a decent bike so ended up never better than 2nd division 2nd string. Chris Harris annoys me as the guy was such a talent but never seemed to live up to that talent and has lived off his one GP win far too long. Scott Nicholls is another. Great talent and should have done better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Some years ago my lad attended a training school run by Nicki Pedersen. You would never meet somebody who is so different to his public persona. He clearly enjoyed working with the kids and couldn't do enough to help, he worked on bikes, push started kids and explained everything really well. All this in some pretty horrible weather, shame to ruin the image but he is one of the nicest guys you could ever meet. Bloody ruthless on the track but one of the riders I would always be happy to pay to see ride. When people say they don't like Nicki I always ask them, if 4 Nicki Pedersens were in one race while on another track 4 Greg Hancocks were the track behind that which race would you watch? The 4 Mr Nice Guys who will gate and ride around following each other or the race that will see all 4 hit the first behind together 1 or 2 of them going own and as they do he has his hand in the air protesting to the before hes hit the floor while the ones who stay on ride past them and spray them with shale for having the audacity to crash out. Then in the re-run the one in gate 1 runs so wide to block the other eh ends up at the back and we all laugh. They spend a couple of laps aiming for each other. They make it to lap 3 before one of them crashes out in spectacular style on his own so runs the length of the straight to pick up his bike and collapses on the centre green while the remaining 3 go into the 1st bend for the last time and the one in the inside aims for the one outside him taking him out. The crowd boo as he just wiped the other out but boo the other for going down because anyone else would have stayed on and he's "playing the referee". The winning Nicki tries around laping up the attention while the one who is excluded strops off, rings the referee, has a rant and then when he slams down the phone as a wry smile as he knows all along he was to blame. Meanwhile Greg has finished, packed away and everyone has gone home bored yet those watching Nicki (x4) are wound up, annoyed but fully entertained. I love to hate Nicki. And I'm sure Nicki loves that I hate him too. But it'll be a sad day when he retires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stratton Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 When people say they don't like Nicki I always ask them, if 4 Nicki Pedersens were in one race while on another track 4 Greg Hancocks were the track behind that which race would you watch? The 4 Mr Nice Guys who will gate and ride around following each other or the race that will see all 4 hit the first behind together 1 or 2 of them going own and as they do he has his hand in the air protesting to the before hes hit the floor while the ones who stay on ride past them and spray them with shale for having the audacity to crash out. Then in the re-run the one in gate 1 runs so wide to block the other eh ends up at the back and we all laugh. They spend a couple of laps aiming for each other. They make it to lap 3 before one of them crashes out in spectacular style on his own so runs the length of the straight to pick up his bike and collapses on the centre green while the remaining 3 go into the 1st bend for the last time and the one in the inside aims for the one outside him taking him out. The crowd boo as he just wiped the other out but boo the other for going down because anyone else would have stayed on and he's "playing the referee". The winning Nicki tries around laping up the attention while the one who is excluded strops off, rings the referee, has a rant and then when he slams down the phone as a wry smile as he knows all along he was to blame. Meanwhile Greg has finished, packed away and everyone has gone home bored yet those watching Nicki (x4) are wound up, annoyed but fully entertained. I love to hate Nicki. And I'm sure Nicki loves that I hate him too. But it'll be a sad day when he retires. Very hard on Hancock to be honest, totally different riders a hypothetical point to compare both my take on it is Hancock has done things always the right and fair way has Pedersen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trees Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 It would be great to watch 4 Nicki's in a race, bet it wouldn't run for 4 laps!!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waiheke1 Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Very hard on Hancock to be honest, totally different riders a hypothetical point to compare both my take on it is Hancock has done things always the right and fair way has Pedersen?No, and that wss part of scbs point. The other being which rider is most entertaining and generates most tslking points.Pedersen is the modern day kenny carter in my view, but with three world titles to show for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Very hard on Hancock to be honest, totally different riders a hypothetical point to compare both my take on it is Hancock has done things always the right and fair way has Pedersen? I take nothing from what Hancock has achieved. To win two World titles as a great achievement, to win two World titles so far apart even more so. To win it at 42 was a great achievement. He's clearly a great speedway rider, one of the best ever and hopefully my mention of him on this thread doesn't make anyone think I'm discrediting him. In fact I'd almost says it's a compliment of sorts that he's achieved what he has in such a manner. But, how many memories do people have of Greg Hancock? Compare that to Nicki! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stratton Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 I take nothing from what Hancock has achieved. To win two World titles as a great achievement, to win two World titles so far apart even more so. To win it at 42 was a great achievement. He's clearly a great speedway rider, one of the best ever and hopefully my mention of him on this thread doesn't make anyone think I'm discrediting him. In fact I'd almost says it's a compliment of sorts that he's achieved what he has in such a manner. But, how many memories do people have of Greg Hancock? Compare that to Nicki! Pedersen not a fan never have been,i admire what he has achieved in the sport but he has sometimes pushed things to the limit and got away with murder.He for me was like Roy Keane was in football could dish it out but was not very good at taking it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillipsr Posted February 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Even by disliking him tho Sidney you care enough to raise an emotion. Greg is a brilliant rider but he just doesn't raise an emotion for me at all i neither like or dislike him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waiheke1 Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Pedersen not a fan never have been,i admire what he has achieved in the sport but he has sometimes pushed things to the limit and got away with murder.He for me was like Roy Keane was in football could dish it out but was not very good at taking it.And hancock is gary lineker - some people get sick if being told how clean and nice he is.Fwiw I like greg, have friends who know jsdon bunyan and he brought greg round to meet their son whi is a big ffan. Id rather watch nicki or darcy though, no matter how much I may dislike their on and off track behaviour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stratton Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 And hancock is gary lineker - some people get sick if being told how clean and nice he is. Fwiw I like greg, have friends who know jsdon bunyan and he brought greg round to meet their son whi is a big ffan. Id rather watch nicki or darcy though, no matter how much I may dislike their on and off track behaviour. I was a big Mike Tyson fan so i know what it is like to be a supporter of a flawed star.As much as i liked Tyson and admired what he did for boxing in the mid 80s.Most people i would presume would admire Ali more because of how he generally conducted himself and the way he went about his business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 I was a big Mike Tyson fan so i know what it is like to be a supporter of a flawed star.As much as i liked Tyson and admired what he did for boxing in the mid 80s.Most people i would presume would admire Ali more because of how he generally conducted himself and the way he went about his business. I certainly did. Even after he converted to Islam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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