The title of greatest mountain biker ever is a very close run thing. Is the greatest rider a downhiller, like the legendary Steve Peat or Greg Minnaar? A cross-country rider like Gunn Rita Dahle or Nino Schurter? An Olympic champion like Julien Absalon? John Tomac – the ultimate all-round rider? Trials legend Hans Rey?
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4130rulz
6/25/2015 5:07 PM
onebadseed
6/25/2015 9:14 AM
fast_bastard
6/25/2015 7:17 AM
Nicholas Vouilloz and Anne Caroline Chausson, hands down. Nico won DH World Champs 9 years in a row. The 10th year he flatted. He came back the 11th year and won again.
Chausson has won World Champs 19 times, and has an Olympic Gold Medal to her name.
HuckSauce
6/24/2015 8:23 PM
jono wade
6/24/2015 3:58 AM
m4rmot
6/24/2015 1:16 AM
Pininator
6/24/2015 12:45 AM
Russell_Hirata
6/23/2015 11:35 PM
NWDommen
6/23/2015 9:17 PM
stickboy
6/23/2015 8:24 PM
Varaxis
6/23/2015 6:40 PM
Tomac gets my vote.
It should be noted that he helped guide/train Gwin in '11. Gwin dominated the World Cups for consecutive years, '11 and '12.
T-Dawg
6/23/2015 6:01 PM
blast_off
6/23/2015 5:47 PM
peewho
6/23/2015 5:21 PM
Nico Vouilloz, Sam Hill and Aaron Gwin. Top 3 for me because of the consistent dominance they laid on their respective fields (during their time)
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Scott_Townes
6/23/2015 2:35 PM
kvnsimons
6/23/2015 2:31 PM
dhmf
6/23/2015 2:06 PM
Yippee_Ki_YayMF
6/23/2015 4:57 PM
dhmf
6/25/2015 10:18 AM
felipe.vega.82
6/23/2015 2:00 PM
Dogboy
6/23/2015 1:58 PM
pancakeflatted
6/23/2015 7:56 PM
OneManArmy
6/23/2015 1:47 PM
Not a bad list.
I'd add a couple folks for honorable mention.
Shaun Palmer. Great DH and DS results. Would have probably been more dominant had he not also been so competitive in snow boarding.
Missy Giove. DH beast and one of the only women to post quality mens times. Anyone that was at the kamakazee dh where she bailed and still finished... respect.
Gwin. He's still got life in his career but what he's done already is impressive... especially considering he's done it with no tire and no chain.
Brian Lopes. How he's not on the list is beyond me.
I'd consider a handfull of the big mountain guys here... and slopestye guys. Kyle Strait. Cam Zink. Simons. Etc. At least one of them should be on the list.
Juli Furtado
Ned Overend
Give it another couple years and I'd say Soderstrom and Lacondeguy should be on there.
But overall pretty solid. The big leave off for me would probably be Lopes.
Scott_Townes
6/23/2015 2:38 PM