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@polo_boy
Greasy slag
No larger wheels are no help as the bike will become longer and even if you had a lie-back saddle piller you would not be able to get the ball at the rear wheel if you sheild the ball using the rear wheel or to pass the ball across the back of your rear wheel.The french use 24inch the trad polo teams in England Ireland and Scotland use 26''inch and 3/8 wheels.
I often pass and drib-bull with the pass under the bottom brackit if you feel the ball is to big and finding it hard turn your wheel at a slight angle and the area under your bottom brackit has now increased due to the wheel angle.This is one great way to turn the oppsition on there arse.
Another way with the lie back saddle piller is lean back and pull a the frount wheel up off the ground and pass the ball under the wheel and the closer the ball is to your the back wheel doing this the more chance the ball will chip or rise.
try it in a game you will see that the oppistion will be out of the game as the ball is now on your off-side going forward while he is going the oppsite way (right side )and is now out of the game as he has to turn around and chase after you.
Yours in polo