London Fixed-gear and Single-speed SJS Cycles

What are realengers?

fakefakengers

the drunks that get paid to deliver curry's ;)

We were 1/3 short of a full MOH so jonny and i got to play with dogs

Damn. And people are starting to say that we don't all exist!

it's raining sarf what about there?

never rains in sunny north london! HTFU

I think. THINK. 3/3 of Bicyclestars Galactica are going to be out tonight. Ohhhh shit!

And two-thirds of our pep-squad!

blub. gurgle.

Im going to try to make it tonight. no mallet. still desperate to find a spot in the tournament. the munichers fell through, they've got 3 already. if anyone is short a player, let me know...

team trouble will represent...if we can find our lipstick. Or our skirts, or some dignity...laters!

tournament is full

my friend who used to play REAL polo is gonna come on her ss . be nice to her if she tries to play.

I am ALWAYS nice to EVERYONE.

taxi drivers?

Realenger.

some good games...
Le car - Didnt we win a massage?

Yeah - from me!

ha! good job we didn't shake on that. might have been more than our delicate eyes could bear ;)

oops...this is estelle not illy...

Bill - I just spat tea all over my screen.
estelle - it was more like game etiquette... who ever wins gets a massage, 2,1,go!

so we just end up in one mass massage at the end, rolling in self=congratulatory beer? I like!

(I'm going to be in trouble once illy notices I've been promising back rubs in his name!)

Good games (mostly other people playing well). At least I was able to hurt Dale a bit ;)

Thought I was going to kill someone (don't remember who - Estelle?) when she came off under me. My crank/pedal + my weight were very close to coming down on her. Scared the shit out of me.

And for the record - I'm a cock. Ditched someone in need of bike help on the way home because of my inability to understand what people say after I've had a couple of pints. Good on Skoota and Estelle for going back to help though!

no blood, so :p

Next time, gadget!

i had a good conversation with james regarding your moving tracy mallet bill, the conclusion i came to was that the head is too small but the shaft is just right, james disagreed he likes a small head on a short shaft, incase you wondered.

brendan always likes to aid a damsel in distress. I think 4 of us to put her chain back on might have been a touch...well, pious?! So I don't think you're a cock for not stopping.

don't worry about nearly squashing me. I bring it on myself.

Im more of a big shaft and head man... plenty of grip...electrical tape at the base and tip...and sticker along the shaft so i can track damage.

Skoota im sure you bring the worst out in people.... There was no need for what just wrote.

now now ray, responsibility for your fingers and mouth is yours not mine.

had some great games, scoring off the charge was the highlight of my polo life thus far. rain made it fun too.

ray, stop talking about your taped end.

i gotta square tapered end

is it JIS? or HKLB?

i let u have that one ;)

thanks dale, i owe you.

*pukes inside

could i have one my shoulders are sore....oooo feel the burn.

Ahem ... in my humble opinion, having played at all the london courts that lfgss have played on, (the south really does rule) the sitting in the goal mouth leaving against the wall, leaving only the bb hole to score through is a bit silly. It's one thing if the goalie has to trackstand and save at the same time, but to lean on the wall, simply sit on your bike and be an obstacle makes it really dull. As dull as missing 25 open goals :(

maybe we should move the posts out from the wall a bit then, simple as that.

Agreed about the hand on the wall bit, moving the goals out a bit just shortens the court that much more. We've done it a few times and it was OK, but I just really want a longer court.

maybe hand on the wall in goal counts as foot down?

But what if the shot is already blocked?

i think something like that. yup. mike you get those bits from agata?

Yeah, true, having the posts there makes it too easy to lean. Brick Lane makes for more interesting D, but has way too many other issues. I'll stop leaning against the wall though.

yeah, if it's already bloked it sucks.

maybe people should just be told not to lean on the wall. I know i did it a couple of times, but generally tried to stay on bike by balance or lean on mallet. I dunno, there's no perfect solution.

We could glue broken glass to the wall behind the goal.

It wasn't just you Horatio!

Agata spent a good 20 minutes hanging out in 1 match...

OK, let's propose a rule for this court only:

Hand on wall in front of goal is a tap-out

+1

what about when not goalieing? ie caught in the corner etc.?

Does that include the person going in for the goal? It gets pretty tangled up sometimes and you'll get a couple people there hanging on and swinging away.

shin, can you read?