Polo bike geometry + addons

While i use a short wheelbase bike for playing polo I was surprised how many players I saw in Vancouver and Seattle using surly 1x1's or other frames with longer wheel bases and playing great polo.
I think in London short wheelbase is accepted as an essential quality in polo bikes but this is not true everywhere. A longer wheelbase does give you more stability.

...and now i 've ridden one the joust is my favorite as well.

26" are good because you can build lighter wheels...

Smaller wheels does not necessarily mean a smaller wheelbase either.

If you're using a big tyre on a 26" wheel, it will probably be heavier than a 700c wheel with the same effective diameter. My 26x2.3" tyre weighs close to a kilo! My 700x28 tyre weighs around 300g. I can't seem to find any light, slick 2.2"+ tyres, and 700g is massive in both tyre-weight and overall wheel-weight terms.

To make a lighter 26" wheel, you'd need to be running 1.25" tyres, I reckon.

Most of the MTB-based bikes I've seen actually have *longer *wheelbases than track/fixed trick bikes, that's what makes the Joust unique (pending geo of 14's new bike).

While i use a short wheelbase bike for playing polo I was surprised how many players I saw in Vancouver and Seattle using surly 1x1's or other frames with longer wheel bases and playing great polo.
I think in London short wheelbase is accepted as an essential quality in polo bikes but this is not true everywhere. A longer wheelbase does give you more stability.

...and now i 've ridden one the joust is my favorite as well.

Are bigger courts the rule in NA? Playing at Downham (I think) was an eye-opener to me, as it's so much smaller (especially in length) than the courts we play on in Brum. Different bikes for different courts?

Angle of attack, blah blah, doesn't matter if you're running fat tyres, my tyres OD is the same as a 700x25c

Weight is better for 26", shorter spokes, no need for 48h wheels, smaller centre of gravity, therefore smaller moment of inertia. All in all, better.

A third wheel

sorry what were we doing?

A frame designed for both wheel sizes will always be a compromise. It just depends on if the rider can live with them

something cool imo would be a fitting on the headtube or toptube or seatstay for carrying mallets. something innofensive which wouldnt pose a safety threat to the players. perhaps a small bracket or a clasp/loop for putting a strap of velcro through.
This fitting would a) carry your mallets b) protect the frames' paint c) look good(?)

d) none of the above

something cool imo would be a fitting on the headtube or toptube or seatstay for carrying mallets. something innofensive which wouldnt pose a safety threat to the players. perhaps a small bracket or a clasp/loop for putting a strap of velcro through.
This fitting would a) carry your mallets b) protect the frames' paint c) look good(?)

that is so retarded. A clasp for velcro? Just velcro around the top tube!

whats wrong with the two pieces of inner tube or velcro?

magnets inside your mallet shaft.

Glue?

how about an integrated rear pannier for carrying your bag to polo?

how about a mini-fridge in the head tube to keep your beer cold

how about an integrated rear pannier for carrying your bag to polo?

Prav has been repping that look for years now

ball holder in place off bottle cage? where else would you put your balls

a life-size head on the top tube to put your helmet

A third wheel on an arm in case one of them buckles?

lol!

Mallet holder?

Some velcro straps to hold onto your velcro straps whilst you are playing?

Yo dawg, I heard you like velcro, etc.

As long as it isn't foreign velcro.

ball holder?

http://static.stuff.co.nz/1291805415/192/4438192.jpg

Some velcro straps to hold onto your velcro straps whilst you are playing?

ray needs this.