Polo Bikes

with a veritcal dropout, the pull is more than 90 degrees to the possible exit direction, if anything, the axle would move upwards, not down.

This sounds right - although, I've always been told to err on the side of looseness when adjusting cup and cone bearings because of the binding effect of a q/r on a spindly/hollow axle.

Never ever EVER seen or heard of a wheel pulling out on a vertical dropout bike because of pedal torque. Loads of people over-tighten q/r's in my opinion, though.

QR's do pull out of drop outs with side forces, I broke a fork like this once because it didn't have lawyer's lips. Do they do those on rear drop outs? Might be a good idea for XC bikes.

fork directional forces and frame directional forces are different so there is no need for them on frames.

Beacuse wheels are designed so that they don't compress the bearings when tightened up, but also, with a veritcal dropout, the pull is more than 90 degrees to the possible exit direction, if anything, the axle would move upwards, not down.
Am I not making sense here?

I need a bikes suck sticker too.

I've seen bearings bind when over tightened. Hub design or not (as it could be cheap hubs that were binding? I don't know). And if you could design a hub that doesn't have to worry about that force it will be lighter.

Is it possible to run magura hydraulic brakes with a dual lever? If possible which dual lever should be working?

post 31 onwards may be useful, but the short answer is no.

I did for a while.
they are reaaaally solid. The main drawbacks are for 1 no braking surface (squeaky and not very good braking.... nevermind when it rains), 2 the price and last but not least they are heavy (something along 7-800g just for the rim)
But like I said, they were strong. Reaaaaaally strong.

http://leagueofbikepolo.com/forum/gear/wheels/2010/12/09/hson-vs-velocity-deep-v-rims

Any experience with SE Singlespeed Lager ?!

http://www.socialshopping.com/images/couponimages/org_Evans-Cycles_2_286500978_Evans-Cycles-SE-lager-2010-single-speed-road-bike-.jpg

Couldn´t resist for €200 after looking for a new frame for months now. Bit too large but good with saddle down.
Definately better then my old, heavy steel puch ;)

Clearance looks good?

you want a scissor

Clearance looks good?

Dont think so.
Whats already on there, a 25?
Doesnt look like you'd squeeze much more than that in there.

you want a scissor

Yeah, but cant afford one ! ;/

Dont think so.
Whats already on there, a 25?
Doesnt look like you'd squeeze much more than that in there.

Clearence was worse on my old polobike so im good with that ;)

Why compromise since you are now getting a purpose built polo bike? Bade your time and I am pretty sure something will pop up soon :)

Couldn´t resist for €200 + it is an improvement to my old polo bike + first time I will try out freewheel!

Will keep on looking, but there is no hurry anymore ;)

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For 200 you could get a pomp f&f and transfer all the needed parts (other than the drop bars) over no?

Is it possible to run magura hydraulic brakes with a dual lever? If possible which dual lever should be working?

And the long answer is yes, All you need to make a splitter is an old solid crankarm, a drill, some taps and a blanking bolt. Piece of piss.

You just need to find a lever which displaces enough fluid for 2 brakes. Get in your techsheets and find out which lever that is.

Go to goodrich's website, they supply hydraulic components for non bike related applications too and check for a splitter which fits the purpose.

yeah, drop bars are bad for polo.

http://i54.tinypic.com/sotgz6.jpg

my polo bike

really enjoying the recent move to freewheel, makes all the difference

Tristan, you dedicated follower of fashion*, non drive side pic fail

*fucken hipsta

Only jokes, you know I love your bike really, even if you have gone over to the dark side ;)

but srsly, what would be the point? massive increase in hassle and failability for a marginal increase in stopping power.

Where would the hassle be? No more likely to fail if you use decent hose and route it safely

if anything breaks.
(a spare cable is easy to install)

The only thing I can see breaking is the brake lever or the disc being bent.

but in the (unlikely) event that you had a leakage, you'd be pretty fucked

Yes, but properly maintained and well setup away from any danger there will be no problems.

I'm not saying that hyd would be better. I'm just pointing out that it's no more difficult to use. As you can easily get dual brake levers for cables right now, we might as well stick to them. Hyd would be better in the the amount of friction reduced from two cables

Hydraulic hoses don't like crashes and wear and tear though... too much hassle and unreliable for tournaments in my opinion.