London Fixed-gear and Single-speed SJS Cycles

Wayne easy on the nose manuals and keep you eye on the ball fella, trixs are for tuesday nights!

Got my polo bike at work, be over with you ladies 6:30... RAIN STAY THE FK AWAY!

I'm feeling pretty battered, 3 hours of continuous polo with prav, elguapo and moog - way too many falls but the games have certainly got a faster and more tactical after Easties visit on Tuesday

now where's that bag of frozen peas…

anyone bidding on these, i say it will be a good deal!!! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Wholesale-job-...3A1%7C294%3A50

My ankle is going to be seriously fucked tomorrow, I just had the frozen peas on it for a while but it's still a mixture of whiteness and blood. Oh well had some great polo, having proper sized goals was a good decision.

Good games. good small goals.
Sorry I bailed on West beers - after getting home and eating I just passed out with a smile on my face.
Wayno you had a couple of spectacular falls! Pushing the boundaries.

Ed, how's the ankle today?

The whiteness has turned in to dark red so it looks a bit more normal now. Can't walk to great though so getting to Guildford this afternoon is going to be a barrel of laughs. How are your shins?

not too bad, deffo getting get an elbow pad tho - you've got a week to heal up!

In west london they... do it 3 times a week ;)

Westies, please come and be a part of the association,

http://www.londonfgss.com/thread21461.html

Hey Mike, I reckon me and Prav will roll over for that…

Hi all

Been hanging around reading your threads (they keep me amused for hours on end when I should be working) for a while now but you guys have the joy of being the recipients of my first post!

Just got myself into the world of the fixed gear and built my first bike and I was thinking of popping down to watch you guys play next week if you don't mind a bit of an audience.

Are you playing at the time and location in the first post - Meadowbank Close at 1800 on Mondays?

Cheers

pop down Tanya - there's always loaner bikes and mallets so feel free to get stuck in and have a bash

check the thread on monday for location [all 3 courts are within a couple of minutes of each other]

cool, thanks.
bit scared of having a go yet given the injury-related comments above but maybe i'll drink some courage juice and have a pop!
tanya

ahhh, it's no big thing, I'm pretty risk-adverse and it's only a few bumps.

a few of us wear wristguards and the like and you're welcome to borrow those

Gender fail !!

no, I'm definitely a bloke

:^]

I wouldnt worry too much, I only feel the need to throw myself off my bike every so often to make guapo feel a bit less rubbish :P

Ha. I reckon that beard's false, just used to cover up the after effects of your botched downstairs cut'n'shut.

Fess up lady, you overdosed on steriods in your youth trying to win a place on the ladies rugby team.

;)

that progressive hormone therapy was cos I was having problems with my glands. I've got a doctors certificate and everthing

[you been out on the burner yet]

Nah, it's gonna get a proper service first but I've been working on the lo-pro so not had time.

Will be ready for the Brick to Brix in July though.

Not that I want anyone hurt, but it was a welcome change to be the one "NOT" falling over in agony yesterday. I have T-shirts rolled up and stuffed in my shorts to pad out my hips now. Poor mans pads, but better than nothing.

Where the hell is Dante? He's been missing out on tons of great games.

Touring, think he's off with Gong at the moment....

pair of elbow pads from charity shop £2 - result!

Elguapo - check out a 'sportsworld' near you, in the cricket section they are doing a pair of thigh pads for 4.99 [would have just grabbed you a pair but there were none left in the store at putney]

Idlewild actually - popped into the Crabtree on Thursday on my scooter but then remembered you'd all gone to a different pub - fail. I miss polo. Back soon promise.

Fuck, just realised im out for the next couple of weeks :( forgot im off to see Deerhunter with my Bro's on Monday, and then wednesday fly off to see the boy for 10 days, back on the 1st.

May try and make it down on the 1st if im feeling particularly hardcore....

Yay to WeLo Polo tomo.

I hope the weather behaves. I'm sick and f'in tired of the rain and wind for over a week straight!

im in wooooo

you better. haha see you guys tmro!

I'll be polo-bike-less, but I'll come along with a couple of cogs...

Weather looks OK.
New court in Lillie Rd park?

Sweet. Your more than welcome to use mine.

Who's coming and when y'all gonna be there?!

Is there anyone amongst us that can tension and true a newly built wheel? Someone with the real skills and equipment? I've got my money in hand.

El to the guapo, Can you leave the wheel with me for a day or so? I'll ask Pat if he's got time to do it

Cool

I will bring it along indeed.

Whats, up with this wind? It's driving me nuts. Good thing I only have one disc wheel, otherwise I might get sucked up into the sky and deposited on to a faraway island where I will introduce bike polo to a primitive tribe of headhunters.

fucking hate the way the wind just hides in there and you are cycling along, minding you own maybe even taking a hand off the bars to look around then FKING HAVE IT some cunt of a gust of wind brings you to a standing halt. its fking savage! whats the point of it, it's just fuking air!!

So new court tonight.. cool got a new wheel on the back to give stability but needed to brake for another build so fkd headset, it has brakeless and only the drive side crank arm. other than that i'm bang on for it.
i'll be late as i have to carry out some last minute repairs but i am itching to get out and play

could knock together some mallets and balls out of left over body parts

Which is the new court again?

Me and marc will be there between 6.30 and 7.

Its the one that is green on google maps right, in the park?

map number 1 Harry, you coming from work?

Ed, are coming down?

Map no 2? Where do I find that?

And I'm sort of comming from work. I'm preparing for a meeting with Tate Britain tomorrow. I'm meeting marc after he finishes work though, at 6.

sorry HM, court number 1 on the pic above

[do you know HarrySmith from this forum, he's over east and I'm trying to get a saddle from him]

yo, just added map to first post and changed the title of todays polos at... hope that clears shit up.

What time do you normally play 'til ? I'm pretty into turning up and trying this out for the first time but may not be able to get down there until about seven/half seven...

generally we play untill its too dark to see the ball :)