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Right, I took some photos of the grass polo bikes at Herne Hill on Saturday. Winston and Caspar have got about ten bikes in total, five of them the Allins in the photos above and the others with similar frames / geometry and wheelbase etc, but all a bit of a hotch potch.
The bikes clearly haven’t been used for a while:
But, we’ve gone through each bike checking what working, what can be fixed
easily, and what needs replacing to get them rideable again
Action Winston Photo:
And eventually after a bit of shouting, swearing and fixing of inner tubes, we came out with two fully working bikes and a list of things we need to get the others working.
and that’s where you lot come in… basically, I’m on the scrounge for
26" tubes
cloth rim tape
front mtb wheels
front mtb tyres (not too fat)
plastic pedals
saddles
None of which need to be in super condition, but in working condition at least. So if I could ask you to hunt through your spares box and kindly donate that any stuff that’s been sat there for ages just waiting for a purpose that’d be great... PM me and I can arrange a time to come and pick it up.
Long term, we want to get some cash raised to get the frames repainted and get better parts on ‘em, rebuild some new back wheels. But short term, getting 2 teams of grass polo bikes up and running is the first goal.
And look, they’re so much fun to ride, they come with their own background Benny Hill music, even RPM was turning into a hipster – check out the grin