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Schnayke
10-14-09, 01:54 PM
Is this the right section to talk about bike polo.? Harcourt bike polo.
Anyways I was wondering how many of you all out there play bike polo.
Maybe a picture thread of your bikes. I just got into it about 3 weeks ago. Although me and some of my friends as kids played a game a lot like it.

jco1385
10-14-09, 02:24 PM
i'm a polo'er

MOLO represent:innocent: (Mobile Bike Polo)
lz4005
10-14-09, 02:41 PM
No reason not to talk about it in here, but there's probably more polo players in the single speed/fixed gear forum.

randya
10-14-09, 02:56 PM
Zoobombers play rolo, which is bike polo played on kid's (16" wheels) bikes
jco1385
10-14-09, 03:03 PM
Zoobombers play rolo, which is bike polo played on kid's (16" wheels) bikes

lmao. i play on a 20" mongoose frame. i'm 6'5"

:lol:
jco1385
10-15-09, 10:46 AM
lmao. i play on a 20" mongoose frame. i'm 6'5"

:lol:

here's my polo bike, coaster brake and all. :p

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc265/jco1385/1015090733b.jpg
randya
10-15-09, 02:23 PM
^^ seems like it's geared pretty hight for a polo bike?
jco1385
10-15-09, 02:49 PM
meh. it's what i had laying around, and i needed a polo bike, so.....

it's really not bad. it's all factory parts (from various mongoose and other kids' bikes). works out pretty nice too. tight radius vs all those fixies out there.
Schnayke
10-15-09, 06:46 PM
ha nice. Polo is a blast. We had a good turn out and got to play some full games last week. Great time. :)

Something happened to my breaks where I just couldn't stop. That was hard but made it fun in another way.
mplsmtb
10-17-09, 07:20 PM
Bike polo is a great time.

There is a lot of info over on www.bikepolo.ca
Schnayke
10-18-09, 02:58 PM
Your right that is a good polo resorce. ;) thanks.
orange leader
10-26-09, 08:48 PM
yeah i play, not much this summer, new baby, and I sprained my ankle playing soccer in the spring....it's just starting to feel okay now. But I do love polo. I play on grass. I have 2 bikes, an orange single speed, coaster with one brake lever that operates both brakes. It's my loaner for newbies, and my back-up bike, I need to gear it down a notch. I like a 2-1 ratio. My yellow one is fixed out, no brakes. Both are rockhoppers.
bobfromwaco
11-24-09, 07:12 AM
I'm picking it up. I know a group that plays every other Friday.
jtgotsjets
11-24-09, 09:00 AM
^^ seems like it's geared pretty hight for a polo bike?

tiny wheels dude....
nonstopbikes
12-04-09, 04:10 PM
haha, fantastic, didnt even realise bike polo was so popular, anyone got any info on bike polo in the merseyside, england region?
orange leader
12-04-09, 10:50 PM
I believe it officially started over there, or close to; Ireland I think. But I also would think that enough folks have "thought they invented it" that nobody will ever know exactly where bicycle polo actually started. A fairly recent world championship match was held in irleand.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx4LnFXcD5s
orange leader
12-04-09, 10:53 PM
Even Better:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbuvOb4QbH4&feature=related

I love how "bicycle polo" is referred to as bizzarr, yet people don't seem to think that equestrian polo is bizzarr.
HandsomeRyan
12-12-09, 06:30 PM
Bike polo is the bicycle+ball sport for people not talented enough to play radball. (myself included)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttXjWxzRfKI
orange leader
12-17-09, 09:47 PM
Bike polo is the bicycle+ball sport for people not talented enough to play radball. (myself included)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttXjWxzRfKI

And that includes me.

Very impressive ball and bike handling skills.