Polo Rules

i always thought it said something in the rules like: every sort of a bicicle is allowed. has this part vanished?

i would not argue with the skill of these players, i would argue with that i think
these bikes have noting dangerous on them.

1. when you get hit by handlebars is when the bike has already fallen to the ground/ is falling to the ground and you fall upon it. seeing it like that, this sort of bars is way safer than every sort of risers or flat bars.

2. regarding the position of the rider: you can't ban someone because his shoulders are not on your height! if so, you yould have to ban whether yorgo or me, because there is no way of a safe shoulder to shoulder contact.

in the end it is your tournatment and you guys have to decide.
but i would find it very sad, if someone is excluded from our game because of overly ambitious rule-making and standartisation.

This.

I've fallen on my bars a lot, turning the wheel sideways is fairly common in crashes, which makes flats way more dangerous than these handlebars (IMHO and ignoring the skill, sobriety and gearing of the rider).

I thought drops were banned because of tangles not falling on them?

Snoops you sound like the UCI after the superman incident. If you are going to specify bars, why not wheels, geo, gearing?