Polo in the News

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0GtQTLJy9I

The t-bone/fall at 0:45... "shit dude are you ok, that was a nasty fall, crazy speed, narly, etc?!"

Decent enough passing game considering the super thin court.

Grass effect walls

How come I never get a round of applause when I fall off? Fuckers...
researches job prospects to Mishka

In short, it says "There was an organised game in 'go hung, taiwan', it's great two in one exercise, it's grown massively in popularity in the west, and now "metal horse polo" is getting very popular in Taiwan and Japan. Players needs to learn good control of their bikes!"

Check out those wheels!

(Taichung, Taiwan)

Worlds most expensive polo bike. Would like to see them wheeels against a couple of Brendan's shots.

the 16 spoke guy in the background needs a rear disc. and another front disc.

The Swiss do it again!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11921442

You beat me to it! Shuffle at 1.43. Can you shuffle in horsey? Again 2.32, shuffletastic. Mmmm molasses sandwichmmm.

Found this on my daily journey through port 80, though i'd share the cool photos and article.

http://framework.latimes.com/2010/12/06/polo-on-two-wheels/#/0

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-bike-polo-20101129,0,7543389.story

What's bike polo?

polo except on bikes. they're cheaper to run than horses and easier to ride down brick lane.

did you actually click the link or do you just hit reply the moment someone posts something?

polo except on bikes. they're cheaper to run than horses and easier to ride down brick lane.

did you actually click the link or do you just hit reply the moment someone posts something?

lol

Worlds most expensive polo bike. Would like to see them wheeels against a couple of Brendan's shots.
I'm pretty sure they're just stickers on a black disc wheel, if you zoom in you can see what looks like folds

Nope, the rear just has a mini-disk wheel protecting the middle... ridiculous.

what jono said.
but seriously, those rims are hahalarious.
so is joe.

not in the news as such, but @bikepolo on the twitter lead me on to this gem:

http://books.google.com/books?id=gj6Z31lOxZIC&pg=PA67&dq=%22bicycle+polo%22&hl=en&ei=BH4LTa7oA8XOhAfDqs3WCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22bicycle%20polo%22&f=false

Also from google books (via @sveden), the Books Ngram Viewer: search results for "bike polo" in books, 1700-2008

Why the spike in the early 80s?

I would guess the takeoff of Indian grass bike polo?

Why the spike in the early 80s?

cos center-partings weren't cool yet.

hahaha

Why the spike in the early 80s?

I invented the sport in February 1981

I thought it was 1891 Monsieur Mecredy?

I invented the sport in February 1981

Our leader has spoken.

https://www.lfgss.com/thread57228.html#post1865046