Polo Bikes

Hate to say it, but bike control beats a good frame every time. There are some awesome players playing on little more than geared down road bikes. If you've got the money fair enough, but I say get a cheap shortish frame and play your ass off .

You can say this,

100% this... Check out a lot of the the top US and European guys playing on bodged together POS mountain bikes or modded OTP track bikes...
The bike does not make the player, my (awesome) bike proves this...
But if you love bikes, and you can afford to do it, you will... Innit?

And you can say that, but there are just as many examples to disprove your points. Of course the player makes up maybe 90% or more of the package, but a shorter wheelbase allows objectively tighter turns*, *and a higher b/b allows anyone to pedal fasterthrough those turns.

Naysayers aren't isolating variables. Better players play better? No shit! Better bikes play better too (but don't expect an average player to be made better by a special bike).