Yeup my girlfriend and I have started planning too.

Argyle AND a twitter feed? How could I not love them? http://twitter.com/TeamSlipstream

Certainly contemplating a road (air) trip to Tokyo, would love to go over there at some point. Depends on timing/the successful return of my citizenship application in enough time ;) Would also love to check out Chicago using the NACCC as an excuse. And I'm planning to do the TdC by 2010 too... Damnit.

Does anyone have a longer Nitto quill stem (pearl or dynamic) 100-110 for sale or trade? I have a new Nitto dynamic 9 90mm, 26.0.

I think I'm going to make some MTB wheel covers for polo. Anyone have mallet instructions?

http://bricklanebikepolo.wordpress.c...a-polo-mallet/

And wheel discs http://www.wisil.recumbents.com/wisi...20instructions

CL conversion potential: http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/bik/724067015.html

I have a bunch of old golf clubs (courtesy of Pyze), if you need any.

Jamming off the Thriller videos...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfIH-Bn_fbE

Full event:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkTQw...eature=related

:D

anyone here into Polo? Thanks Wes I just might take you up on that.

I would definitely be into it, but I never seem to be able to find time to play it. I enjoyed it a lot the times I played it last year.

Never played but would love to try, if there are n00b pickup games somewhere I'd love to come along and give it a whirl.

Was weird when you came up on my side this morning Wes, rare that anyone catches/stays with me when I'm on my jaunt across College so I was quite surprised to see someone in my shoulder-check before I recognised you ;)

PS, stupid cold weather forcing pants on the situation :(

I have a 110mm 26.0 3TTT quill stem if you want...

I enjoy it a lot but I'm weary of playing since I bruised my ribs playing a few weeks ago... I don't mind taking risks like that generally speaking if it's worth it but not being able to do the things I like to do otherwise may not be worth it for Bike Polo...

With that said, I'm sure I'll be playing again by next week. :D

IN! I miss hockey.


re: I have a 110mm 26.0 3TTT quill stem if you want... /tuz I may take you up on that

I'm throwing my Fuji track back together as a beater/polo bike, just have to make a mallet and I'm good to go!

I did some research (on the Internet!) and I think I've found a solution to your problem:

http://www.sex-chair.co.uk/images/sex_chair6.jpg

now how did you bust up THAT badly in Polo.....

LOL.

Hahaha, BURN! Point taken!

Simple fall - put my mallet in front of my wheel and down I went... just landed wrong, that's all.

Like I said, I'm sure I'll be back out again in a week or so...

Forgive my ignorance ... I always assumed front discs went on polo bikes for *ahem* "ball thwacking moves" but is it actually to prevent Rennick-like bails?

I have a Nitto Pearl 120. You know you want it.

I don't know the reason people do it, but I know that I would not enjoy a mallet in my front spokes.

So in the past three years of riding bikes around town the one problem that seems to plague me is the truing of my rear wheel. Damn thing won't stay straight. I don't know if it's 'cause I'm a little big (6'2", 200lbs.), because I ride it hard, or maybe I don't know how to take the bumps of the road.
Anyways, I was thinking of getting my rear wheel trued up soon.
On my fixed right now I'm riding a Joytech (sealed) hub, with 36 spokes threaded into ERTRO/ALESA rim (MAKE IN BELGIUM, it says). It all came on my bike when I bought it last month on CL.
What I'm wondering is...is this a quality set-up? (I've certainly never heard of these brands before). I was thinking of maybe just buying a new wheelset but how much does a good one cost?
And today on CL there was this: http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/bik/725346223.html
I'm thinking $89 bucks ain't bad. But is it a good deal?
Sorry if this screams noob. Feel free to just flame helpful links.

Joytech = bottom of the line
Rim = generic no name bottom of the line

Get a good handbuilt wheelset on something strong like the deep v or aerhoeads laced to a good hub by a competent wheelbuilder.