new on one polo frame

when they are struggling to keep up with £1000+ builds I can't see a polo build being of much interest.

people think on one is small but when I was there it wasn't unusual to be selling 20 frames & 5 full bikes a day and that was before they upped the range and pushed the brand more.

I'd be surprised if they even thought it was worth their time specing a bike they'd only sell around 100 of let alone sourcing parts and building them.

would get it pretty close though. you could faff the geo a bit maybe, but a pair of straight forks with v brake mounts and clearance up to 42c-ish tyres, a crankset with bashguard and i'd say they were nearly there. it's not going to be absolute top of the range and probably pretty heavy/ugly but it would be popular with a lot of people starting out.

Exactly. Front/rear Vs, Ideally some double lever action (Its not hard to source a cheap beginner-friendly double lever, if thats the only issue) and all of the above, and that right there would be a perfectly acceptable polo bike. Its essentially what many of us are riding. That one post is closer to an actual polo bike than On One have ever got.

The fact that they arent interested in even offering that after we've offered to help them, that On One dont want to even research how to build an acceptable polo bike out of components they already sell, but would rather assume their new piece of shit frame is "good for polo" is exactly why I have no interest in letting them sponsor anything and will never recommend them to anyone.

when they are struggling to keep up with £1000+ builds I can't see a polo build being of much interest.

Have you checked out polo lately? There are plenty of >£1000 builds around, if thats what theyre interested in. The current leader on the on-one site is the £499 piece of shit we're all hating on. Polo has money, and On One are ignoring a market that has repeatedly approached them and would be happy to buy and recommend a £499 bike that was actually suitable for the things theyre claiming.

yes but they sell thousands of their other frames / bikes. these new ones don't really seem too good as advertised but will sell as a cheap standard fixie under the jack of all trades theory. polo specific frames and builds are such a small market regardless of cost

The other thing is, having an OTP polo bicycle would likely to get people to try out polo.

I know I would.

It's not about selling 100 frames to the existing UK polo market, it's about becoming the defacto supplier of polo frames for the foreseeable future, polo has roughly doubled in size each year since 1998, currently at around 25,000 players globally.

Agreed that on-one have shot themselves in the foot with this one a little.

Looking at this standard build, it look like it can easily be a polo-ready bicycle with a polo gearing and v-brake;

The other thing is, having an OTP polo bicycle would likely to get people to try out polo

nail on the head.

It's not about selling 100 frames to the existing UK polo market, it's about becoming the defacto supplier of polo frames for the foreseeable future, polo has roughly doubled in size each year since 1998, currently at around 25,000 players globally

Right. And instead they chose to compete in the cheap OTP fixie market along with specialized, charge, and all the rest, and just claim "good for polo", even when they know it lacks the very features of their own "quintessential" pompino that make it actually "good for polo". Its "good for polo" in the way a Fuji Track is. Good for riding to polo and watching.

If On-One dont want to make a polo bike, for whatever reason they want, I totally respect that. But dont ignore every suggestion we make, every attempt at communication, then tell me your new product is "good for polo". Because I just might find that a touch insulting.

@ed: Thats exactly my point :) Every one of those standard builds is closer to a bike thats "good for polo" that the Macarena, or whatever the new frame is called.

polo has roughly doubled in size each year since 1998, currently at around 25,000 players globally.

then coming second in a global league in '98 wasn't as good as it sounds, given there were only 6 players worldwide

6.1 actually, maybe one of the Seattle guys kids? (First championships came much later.)

Looking at this standard build, it look like it can easily be a polo-ready bicycle with a polo gearing and v-brake;

Good for riding to polo and watching.

slap

Its "good for polo" in the way a Fuji Track is. Good for riding to polo and watching.

Classic burn.

Planet-X's offers this week:
Macinato £100
Pompino £130
Pompetamine £170

If the stays weren't so narrow, I'd get a Macinato to run as a 26" frame, maybe with a fork swap to steepen the angles by a degree.

Stays 405 vs my current 420 isn't that much of an improvement though.

Ow, didn´t see that the pompino is reduced as well... tempting!

The Pompino et all is always reduced every couple of months, you just need to timed it carefully.

don't fret guy's the** pompolo** will be on a court near you soon!!!!!

Who have you been developing it with?

What wheel size have you gone with?

Good questions ^

exciting! i wonder how much it'll be...

will they break as easily as the pompino?

I keep hearing about the pomp breaking, is it heavy guys playing hard on their bikes? I was going to get 1 of the packages that they do (frame and parts) for a cheap build. i'm a lightweight 5'5'' female, don't have the cash for a custom build.

i used to think it was heavy peeps but i'm not heavy i broke mine. But i started hoping the shit of it. Polo frames will break. Pompino is great value for monaay.

Badger got fat.