Polo Bikes

in case anyone else didnt know this. I'm surprised no one has ever mentioned it to me before, but i was running standard brake cable housing and jared (FL) gave my brakes a squeeze last night and immidietaly told me i needed 'linear' cable housing. Its what bmxers use and its stops the cable binding. Golden wheel your a shit for keeping this info from me!

Mr B, any idea where a good place to get some is ?

PUSH have some nice odessy stuff.

(i hid it from you too B)

i just got some from brixton cycles. Do you want me to get you some? I think it was 6.99

edit, grab it from push if thats easier. i hate you pk.

Don't suppose anyone has a Charge Bucket Saddle for sells for tomorrow?
Black pref.

ATTENTION Freewheeeeeelers:

Does anybody have a 22t fixed cog they no longer have use for please?

For cash or beer or a huge box of chocolate brownies.

thanks

21t here

joanie has one! i sold it to her. actually i'll check my drawer i might have another. remind me at LMNH

I do, but I can't get to if for a couple of weeks.

Thanks Pique - I have a 21t, i just want to go back to the 22..

Thanks Brendan, I'll remind you later :)

I have a on one 22t cog, thats only had light use. If your still looking.

Eying up Eggpies seatpost last night has inspired me.
Cheap layback seatpost option if I can shim from 25.4 to 27.2. And where the hell do you get those pivot clamp things to go on the top of these?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180545072689&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en

EDIT, found a 27.2, just for the clamp now.

cheaper here:http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Replacement-bike-saddle-seat-post-clamp-bracket-silver-/180549669279?pt=UK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR#ht_500wt_928

(had to use one on a project a while ago)

anyone got any old cycling shoes size UK 7 or thereabouts, that i could have for £beer to transform into awesome clipless trainers??

This is my polo bike. It's not perfect but I like it a lot. Everything is polo specific.

Nice long dropouts for the ride back West (would be nice if they were angled like the Rivendell Quickbeam so that the brake alignment stayed correct.

Big clearances - 700 x 42c tyres on there right now. Room for bigger, even with the wheel slammed. The back end could be around 5 to 10mm shorter I think. Uses a 73mm bb shell rather than crimping or bending the chainstays.

Obviously a curved seat-tube so you can really pull the back in and get your weight over the rear wheel. Seat tube extends to support the seat post.

Effective top-tube is 59cm, no toe overlap stuff even with my clumpy feet. It doesn't barspin - it's a polo bike. Some people have liked the trail, some people haven't. I like it. It's similar to the Bruiser I believe (74 degree head angle, 35mm rake).

No gussets. Gussets help when the bike experiences force moving upwards through the frame. For example, when jumping stairs you want something that helps stops the headtube moving away from the top and down tubes. In polo the force moves along the frame horizontally (for example when you hit a wall). The forks are designed as a 'crumple zone' for the frame so that when that high speed crash happens, they take the impact rather than the frame. If the frame was gusseted and the fork was one of these unbreakable unicrown affairs, this would just move the impact further along the tube (potentially past the butting) and the gusset would act like a lever, making it more likely the tube would crumple. The downtube is also slightly oversize to help absorb impact.

Forgot to add: it's a Dave Yates. It's green.

mean green polo machine.

that is VERY nice

ho ho ho green giant.

But I like it...although not ridden it.

Interesting facts there too James.

Nice pic.

Like most of my posts, it's theory dressed up as fact.

Maybe also worth mentioning that I only went for 700s because I probably spend more time riding to/from polo than playing polo and I much prefer the ride of larger wheels. If it was only going to be ridden on court or I was a bit shorter, I think 26" wheels are optimal.

I think 26" wheels are optimal.

26" wheels in big frames looks wrong.

Fact.

Forgot to add: it's a Dave Yates. It's green.

You also forgot to add the price.

It's not an advert.

B.T.W James...does your polo bike actually have a signature name?

It's got nothing.