Old Polo Thread

The principle is of total consensus with the plan - that all the activities managed or effected by the steering group (SG) are those of the 'members' in the first place ie. all the current regular players.

The key question is: will we all contribute to the planning stage? As I said before, if we don't bring all our ideas and requirements for Manchester polo 2012 to the table in the first instance, the steering group has no real mandate and will easily fall/fail as and when they try and fill the gaps. The only issues with a mandated steering group should be if they fail to deliver the agreed activities or plan - not HOW they did it.

The advantages with such a small polo group are that we should/can use each individuals strengths eg. there are a few graphics guys/there's a web guy/there's a marketing guy etc. The steering group would be doomed fail if it tried to do all the components of a plan themselves. The art is to identify and specify what is needed to deliver the plan and then to execute via clear specification and delegation amongst our undoubted pool of talent. It would be useful therefore for each of us to define what we're prepared to contribute during the coming year that the SG can call on - be that a talent/a business strength or simply experience/time etc.

Thursday 6:30pm

1. Drew
   
2. Ste
   
3. Rob
   
4. Mirek
   
   

maybe: Emyr

Just remembered the horrible noises my bike was making when I was riding home on Monday. I've got a spare BB and chain and if the cranks are fucked I can borrow the mtb's but that'll take time to sort out. I'll definitely turn up for the craic and admin chat though.

Bet it's because you try to be cool with your "fixeh skidder" polo bike :D

WHBPC 2012 Geneva STATUS: Pre Bid

http://leagueofbikepolo.com/forum/organizing-polo/2012/01/04/geneva-worlds-2012-pre-bid

Mid to late August with the wild card tawnys in either Lyon or Grenoble the week before...

Has that fixeh skiddr still got my wheels in there?

Yes and I'll need to service the hubs for you when I get paid. I'm pretty sure the noises aren't the hubs.

The Crank has some sideways play through the BB, so my first guess is the (shimano bb-50) external bottom bracket.

Strange, that was a new BB not long ago wasn't it? Have you made sure that the crank is properly tight?

Yeah, but these RaceFace cranks suck for fixie, soft alloy cap plus tough bolt but it's all driveside. Any play in that could have aggravated the driveside of the bb.

Can't complain too much about free stuff though.

Thursday 6:30pm

1. Drew
   
2. Ste
   
3. Rob
   
4. Mirek
   
5. Chan
   maybe: Emyr
   
   

come on em, need you for 3 on 3

There is a chance I may be back wheel-less

1. Drew
   
2. Ste
   
3. Rob
   
4. Mirek
   
5. Chan
   maybe: Emyr
   
6. graeme
   

can whoever has robs freewheel tool, can you bring it so i can sort my gearing please

scott's got the freewheel tool,
drew I'm gonna sort your wheel tomorrow, hopefully a wheel truing stand will arrive in the post, if not I'll sort it without, will you pm me your phone number & i'll call you when i'm outside yours

I've a wheel jig in the polo bus...

1. Drew
   
2. Ste
   
3. Rob
   
4. Mirek
   
5. Chan
   maybe: Emyr
   
6. graeme
   
7. Neil
   

I'll have it done before then, but ta

1. Drew
   
2. Ste
   
3. Rob
   
4. Mirek
   
5. Chan
   maybe: Emyr
   
6. graeme
   
7. Neil
   
8. Andy
   

1. Drew
   
2. Ste
   
3. Rob
   
4. Mirek
   
5. Chan
   maybe: Emyr
   
6. graeme
   
7. Neil
   
8. Andy
   
9. Adam
   
   

I'm in for tonight, if the weather's like it was last night i can't be bothered trying to play with no brakes in it, but still up for a chat about what MCR polo is trying to acheive this year regardless..

Pretty windy today, gonna be interesting with covers on!

Don't take them off and see if they can be used as sails turn front wheel be carried forward like a cycling sailor!

nice and sunny in town!

I can see sun but my window box is getting battered (it's totally dead already).

I just browsed the first few pages of this thread:

Wayne!!!
Nes
Platt Fields in the rain
discovering alu poles and plastic pipe for mallet heads
Nasty complaining about team sports
Morgan threatening to play but never actually turning up (one excuse was that he got 2 punctures trying backward circles hehehehe)
Craig the hulk

...oh the memories

I know, also check how many people we used to get back then, its all about location and having fun. I think the harsh fences and location of Powerhouse can make it seem less appealing, also summer helps

they should paint the fence a more cheerful colour