London Fixed-gear and Single-speed SJS Cycles

hamster · 16th April 2008

yeah so timeout did a cycling issue this week. basically it's the usual garbage (a race between bike, car, ped, bus around london, a very odd point/counterpoint piece about cycling in london, bike buying guides, etc) but near the back there's a writeup about polo/rollapaluza.
this combined with the radio interviewer at peckham polo tonight... it's a media explosion!
time to find something new to do?

http://www.timeout.com/london/altern...bike_polo.html

awesome shot of arrospok though...

lpg · 16th April 2008

why - do you think its a bad article or u just hate timeout

nimhbus · 16th April 2008

so, bring on the vitriol and the special type of bile we reserve for journalists who dare to write about our beloved fixed wheel bikes....

hamster · 16th April 2008

actually the article is pretty accurate, from what i can tell. i've not been to the brick lane courts but am a regular at peckham.
is bike polo for the masses, i guess is what i'm asking?

M A X · 16th April 2008

seriously misquoted.. "‘Half the skill is staying on your bike and not hitting other people"

does that sound like my style of play....?

lpg · 16th April 2008

pretty good article i think. except the bit about ¨stop pedalling and you stop dead¨ :/

nimhbus · 16th April 2008

and the bit about the trixie chix turning tricks for money in brick lane

lpg · 16th April 2008

whoa missed that bit

le car · 16th April 2008

and the bit about Max kick-starting bike polo in brick lane... sorry max but props need to be given to the OG.

lpg · 16th April 2008

aidan · 16th April 2008

word!

M A X · 17th April 2008

true! i just wanna clear up that i didnt say that either!

winston · 17th April 2008

does OG stand for Ross?

le car · 17th April 2008

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Originally Posted by winston

does OG stand for Ross?

;)
true, ross, keith etc...
let's say brick lane OG

Momentum · 17th April 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by winston

does OG stand for Ross?

I think Ross deserves the "props" for starting the London Polo thing but the Brick Lane games have caught on more strongly than the Mint Street games did. Power of the internet I guess and a reflection of the fixed wheel explosion (TM)

Velocio · 17th April 2008

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Originally Posted by Momentum

I think Ross deserves the "props" for starting the London Polo thing but the Brick Lane games have caught on more strongly than the Mint Street games did. Power of the internet I guess and a reflection of the fixed wheel explosion (TM)

Surely we should all be thanking Tim Berners-Lee then?

justMouse · 17th April 2008

Geekenger

runcible rakan · 17th April 2008

looks good to me!

TheBrick(Tommy) · 17th April 2008

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Originally Posted by VelocityBoy

Surely we should all be thanking Tim Berners-Lee then?

He already has his knight-hood.

Maybe we should be blaming Tim for all the kiddy porn?

vic · 17th April 2008

"Usually bikes have a single gear and no brakes" - great stuff, I missed that first time round. (It doesn't seem to refer to only those playing polo, she seems to mean most of the bikes there.)

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hamster	Polo Timeout Article this week yeah so timeout did a cycling issue this week. basically it's the usual garbage (a race between bike, car, ped, bus around london, a very odd point/counterpoint piece about cycling in london, bike buying guides, etc) but near the back there's a writeup about polo/rollapaluza. this combined with the radio interviewer at peckham polo tonight... it's a media explosion! time to find something new to do? http://www.timeout.com/london/altern...bike_polo.html awesome shot of arrospok though... Last edited by hamster; 16th April 2008 at 22:18. Reason: elaboration
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lpg	lol
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nimhbus	so, bring on the vitriol and the special type of bile we reserve for journalists who dare to write about our beloved fixed wheel bikes....
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M A X	seriously misquoted.. "‘Half the skill is staying on your bike and not hitting other people" does that sound like my style of play....?
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le car	and the bit about Max kick-starting bike polo in brick lane... sorry max but props need to be given to the OG.
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M A X	true! i just wanna clear up that i didnt say that either!
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runcible rakan	looks good to me!
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