London Bike Polo

Count me in on the HH session

whats the price of the HH session? if its cheep and im around count me in

untill i get my fixie, im going to act as photographer

I'd definitely be up for a game

i've looked at the bricklane basketball pitch and seems good enough to me it's always open therefore...free, sounds pretty cheap to me.

bricklane is not walled, won't work

Thats just off hackney road. DOnt remmeber there being one in haggerston park.. and google sat doesnt show it (tho it coulda been built after that...)

This one looks good - quite big!
I can see some nasty action going on once the ball will lodge itself behind these blue bars against the wall...

Those bars look lethal - wouldn't want to hit them at speed. Might be better to find a court where you can play off the walls more easily and where there's less stuff to hit.

I passed by the brick lane one last night, its not walled, its fenced - but the fence is hard and the holes in it are smaller than a golf ball so i wouldnt see a problem with it.

plus fences are softer to hit with your body than walls.
I gotta check this brick lane place out - sounds like the best.
y

yeah have a look, i woulda taken a pic but it was 1am and cam phone is shit at night + distance.

OK - went there today - and it's pretty much perfect!

• central/east
  
• close to cheap and tasteless bagels
  
• close to overpriced Bike shop
  
• fenced, flat
  
  
  

I hereby announce the official London Urban Bike Polo Field open!

Problems:

• a bit smaller than the NYC court, and no fence behind one of the goals.
  
• goals are quite wide, we could use them or have cones in front maybe
  
• some areas of the fence don't go down to the bottom, the ball could escape underneath. Nothing a piece of wood wouldn't fix though
  
  

Get your mallets ready!
I suggest every sunday afternoon at 1.

i already made my mallet! this sunday then?

I'll pop by.

who else has mallets?
Where can I find ski poles??
y

there's a charity shop here on clapham high st. that has loads of old ski poles etc in the window.

lots of great 80's ski colours - day-glo lime etc

how much?

not sure, probably only a couple of quid... noticed as I was strolling by

buy them - we'll pay you back!

this sunday is my last weekend in london, I've got a work leaving thing going on all day...

moving on monday, otherwise I'd do just that and see you all for some polo etc

ill be there with my camera!!

breadnbikes, buy the poles, do it. Do it.

:-P

what about croquet mallets?

im going for sawed off hocky stick if i can find a chairty shop that sells them, see ya all sunday.