Beginners Polo

That's 5 so far. Alex, have you got a different bike to play on? Otherwise I don't think we'll have enough bikes to play some proper games.

I'm going to have to call it off this week then, 5 people and only 2 polo bikes won't hack it. Sorry to everyone who put their name down.

Hello! I am new to the forum - I would like to come to the Peckham beginners if it's happening, and a friend too probably. Could I/we borrow a mallet if there are any spares?

buuuuuuuuuuuu

NO PECKHAM BEGINNERS TONIGHT

RoxM, I'm afraid you'll have to wait till next week to give polo a go, we just didn't have the numbers to get some games together tonight. With the poloaner bike unavailable at the moment it's difficult to let everyone play on a bike set up for polo, I'll try and get some more regular players down next week so we can have a decent number of bikes.

Sorry again guys, please encourage more people to come down and try it and I'll work on getting enough bikes.

westway sports centre has beginners sessions on tomorrow night.

with two loaner polo bikes

Stop rubbing it in :P

Beginners sesh at London Fields sat morning avec loaner!

Sorry, too busy here to play polo every day... :)

Yes poots, Saturday, London Fields is on - would be great to have enough people there for a few throw-ins though. The loaner's gonna be there as well. Who's in? I will be.

Will be fitting a rear brake onto my pomp, so it too can be used as a loaner.

^ since when you have a pomp?

Yes poots, Saturday, London Fields is on - would be great to have enough people there for a few throw-ins though. The loaner's gonna be there as well. Who's in? I will be.

Whoop! In!

Will see if I can rustle up a few more North types too.

Whoop! In!

Will see if I can rustle up a few more North types too.

Cool stuff!

^ since when you have a pomp?

He has an entire stable ;)

^ some people just have too much money... what can you do?

he deals in them like shares

on-one pompino

talk to me(beagle)

^ I can imagine that! Hahahaha...

i'm sorry if this is an obvious question but what makes a polo bike different? i had thought that a fixed wheel in a fairly low gear would be suitable (which is what i have...)?

Well, the main thing is the low gear (35-50 gear inches approximately), and pretty much everyone plays with a freewheel now. Apart from that it's personal preference, head tube angles, fork rake, dual brake levers, etc. Old mountain bikes are good for beginners, or trick/track frames.

Alex who posted above tried playing on his fixed wheel bike, with a road gear, bullhorns and a front brake. I don't think it was particularly fun, too much concentration going into staying upright instead of playing the game.

Samples: http://www.lfgss.com/thread14457.html - just to look at :)

So, London Fields, Saturday, 9.30 is on, given that we are more than 3(?) and reasonable weather. Loaner and 1 spare mallet I can provide. Please add yourself to the list.

1. pootsmanuva
   
2. thedutch
   

1. pootsmanuva
   
2. thedutch
   
3. Beagle
   
   

KenKen: London Fields, the map doesn't show, but it's smack in the middle, pretty hard to miss http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=london%20fields&psj=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl

1. pootsmanuva
   
2. thedutch
   
3. Beagle
   
4. KenKen
   
   
   

coventry eagle: Thank you!! I've ever been there.