steve roberts Posted December 24, 2019 Report Share Posted December 24, 2019 Trouble is my greatest seven changes and I guess somewhere on this particular thread I have listed my previous choices...however as I type they would be Mauger, Briggs, Moore, Olsen (reluctantly), Nielsen, Fundin, Collins with Michanek at first reserve (based upon riders I have seen). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney the robin Posted December 24, 2019 Report Share Posted December 24, 2019 1 hour ago, steve roberts said: Trouble is my greatest seven changes and I guess somewhere on this particular thread I have listed my previous choices...however as I type they would be Mauger, Briggs, Moore, Olsen (reluctantly), Nielsen, Fundin, Collins with Michanek at first reserve (based upon riders I have seen). Fair play you are not a Olsen lover Steve yet you still had the integrity to include him that is a skill to be impartial. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split Posted December 28, 2019 Report Share Posted December 28, 2019 I think I've mentioned it before but I remember reading a stat that said that Vic Huxley has the best number of starts - number of wins ratio in the history of the sport. Even if most of us never saw him ride that alone must get him into the top 7 riders. Others like Farndon, Duggan etc. should also be included. As with most sports though it's difficult to compare sportsmen of different eras. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted December 28, 2019 Report Share Posted December 28, 2019 5 hours ago, Split said: I think I've mentioned it before but I remember reading a stat that said that Vic Huxley has the best number of starts - number of wins ratio in the history of the sport. Even if most of us never saw him ride that alone must get him into the top 7 riders. Others like Farndon, Duggan etc. should also be included. As with most sports though it's difficult to compare sportsmen of different eras. Couldn't agree more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted December 28, 2019 Report Share Posted December 28, 2019 (edited) 7 hours ago, Split said: I think I've mentioned it before but I remember reading a stat that said that Vic Huxley has the best number of starts - number of wins ratio in the history of the sport. Even if most of us never saw him ride that alone must get him into the top 7 riders. Others like Farndon, Duggan etc. should also be included. As with most sports though it's difficult to compare sportsmen of different eras. Absolutely Split. It is really impossible to name a greatest seven ever. Different times, different styles, different bikes, different tracks. Do we mean the greatest in the sense of over a long period of time or riders who shone briefly but really shone in that brief period? There are all sorts of issues to consider. Here is a list of 20 great riders who dominated their period (and even this is not exhaustive as I am sure people can readily come up with other names). How do you decide a top seven out of this lot? Frank Arthur, Vic Huxley, Tom Farndon, Bluey Wilkinson, Jack Parker, Vic Duggan, Freddie Williams, Jack Young, Ronnie Moore, Peter Craven, Ove Fundin, Barry Briggs, Ivan Mauger, Ole Olsen, Anders Michanek, Peter Collins, Hans Nielsen, Erik Gundersen, Tony Rickardsson, Greg Hancock. Edited December 28, 2019 by norbold 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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