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;951488']I'll be around, either for polo or tacos or both!

I can't make it for the throw-in though.

I'll be around, either for polo or tacos or both!

To me, one of the coolest things Yorgo has done was getting this brand new Mercedes van to drive us to Paris last year and branding it Zombie RMY! And of course returning it to Mercedes as the Zombie van.

Yorgo's famous for his rainwear...

Thanks all for the interest. The frame is pending an offer but if it falls through it goes to the next person in the queue.

Wheels are still available.

I'm selling my 80's Guerciotti track frameset. It's had a tasteful(less?) late 80's/early 90's neon speckled re-splatter which has a few chips and scratches in it but is overall a very durable paintjob. The actual color is a bit lighter than the pics and not so yellow, more of an off-white.
Judging from the paint spray inside the tubes, the frame was originally a dark pink or red. I'd say similiar to this one.

Columbus decal says SL but I can only find Guerciotti Pista frames made from Columbus PL or PS (pista light / pista special tubing). The steerer has the internal helical ribbing common to the majority of Columbus frames.

Chrome is in fair condition. The chainstay and Campagnolo ends are beautiful. The pantographing on the forks is showing deterioration and a bit of surface rust and there is a flake near the Columbus sticker on the left fork blade.

It has pantographed forkcrown, seatstay caps, seatstay bridge and a star cutout on the BB shell.

It's marked 55 on both steerer and BB, it measures 55cm c-to-c. BB and steerer threading pitch is Italian. Guerciotti were known to make very steep angles so I wouldn't be suprised if this has a 76 degree headtube and 75 degree seattube. The shape of the chainstays designate it as a model not for export, meaning it was probably built to be raced by an Italian at the Vigorelli velodrome in Milano.

I really like this frame but just don't ride it enough and will probably never be on the track again.

SOLD.

Also a brand new set of Halo Aerotrack wheels, black hubs (fixed/free) and spokes/nipples with day-glo yellow rims. 32 spokes laced 3x rear and radial front.



£150 ono.

Please collection from Hackney or arranged central London meeting. I don't want to post either of these.

This four-part series follows comedians Rory McGrath and Paddy McGuinness as they embark upon an unusual road trip around the UK. Travelling the length and breadth of the country in a camper van, the pair will take part in a range of strange but quintessentially British sporting events.

Hmm... we've done a couple of stupid things in London but I guess you should ask yourselves if bike polo belongs amongst this list:

[]Cheese rolling
[]Dwile flonking
[]Snail racing
[]River football (Paddy's solo sport)
[]Tiddlywinks (Rory's solo sport)
[*]Woolsack racing
[]Shin kicking
[]Axe throwing
[]Bed racing (Rory's solo sport)
[]Red Hose Race (Paddy's solo sport)
[*]Pie eating
[]Swamp soccer
[]Stone skimming
[]Caber tossing
[*]Overall winner
[]Toe wrestling
[]Vintage cycling (Rory's Solo Sport)
[]Bog snorkelling (Paddy's Solo Sport)
[*]Egg throwing
[]Worm charming
[]Caravan demolition derby
[]Overall winner
[]Pedal Car Racing
[]Eton Fives
[]Stinging nettle eating (Rory's Solo Sport)
[*]Bat and trap (Paddy's Solo Sport)
[]Cornish wrestling
[]Gig racing
[]Overall winner

I've updated the league number thread. I've added all the players who I could think of new this season. There may be some mistakes though, so try the thread, see if you can get in, add your number (or update it). If you can't get in, PM Gabes, Ray, Mike, or myself and we'll add you.

Add me please, I've been locked out...

Of course the b'ball trophy is still there. Who would steal such a thing?! That Cosmic trophy is definitely covetable, I'm not surprised it's been snagged!

Cosmic, take it as a compliment. I guess.

Is there a cap on number of teams?

What rules will you be using?

Doh! I missed that. Twice even...

It says games are timed to 15 minutes. I can't find anything mentioning that apart from this thread.

Where/when was this decided?

I know this isn't a place for a rules discussion but whilst we're on the subject of D's, I personally think we should be going behind the goal when returning after a goal rather than through the D. It was hard to make sure people were doing it properly at the Euros, behind the goal is more definite.

Behind the goal means the goal is potentially left wide open.

The reason a lot of non-UK players didn't naturally return to their goal is because we're the only one's that I know of who goes all the way back to the goal instead of just cross half court. (maybe Paris because of Yorgo) This is why I mentioned a quarter-court line a few posts above to sort of meet in the middle of what we've always done and what the rest of the world does.

Southwark and/or Islington. A person from each of the boroughs have spoken about interest. It's a long shot but...

My point being about what if there are permanent goals with a top bar fixed into the court?
The middle player could not physically be on the goal line unless they off to one side of the goal.

I know that most everybody prefers movable cones to something fixed but what if it's something a council demands? We should be prepared for it.

i'm not sure about the small d, surely we can start from the goal line? and tap out behind it? just seems a bit weird.
Also i agree with snoops about the d rule, and less rounded corners - more rectangular is much better.

I would rather just one D, between the two existing ones, the simple the better

What if there are set-in goals? The middle player wouldn't be able to start the game on the goal line.
It seems that the most common way to set up for the charge is for the middle person to charge, the player to their right moves into goal and the player to their left hangs back and is ready for defense or ready to sprint ahead for offense. Therefore the inner 'D' or 'goal area' was formed which is a bike's length away from the goals. This is pretty close to the goal for taking the ball out for a shuffle or back through the goals. That's why the outer 'D' was formed.

I know none of that is permanent positioning and not set in stone but it's one observation I've made when thinking about this at the polo courts.

fuck it, i'm moving to London

Yea, I originally posted this in the L.P.C. forum but moved it to the bike polo forum because what happens here could potentially affect you guys.

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I think the drawing is an old revision... we did make it 1 or 1.5m radius corners. Which i think will work a lot better.

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Yea, I just found this one which was redone for the euro courts. It has 1.5m radius for the corners. But it's smaller and there's only 1.5m behind the goals.

i think the d rule works, two touches would mean if the ball came through the goal to you 10 feet from goal you still couldnt shoot as you would need to take two touches. outside the d works really well imo.
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Yea, I think I'm agreeing more and more with the 'D' rule.

A purpose built court would be great.
What about 2 courts side by side + lights?

I'm cool with the D's but the corners need to be sorted. It should still feel rectangular.

Oh and a roof would be nice!
What areas have been looked at?

If there is room for two courts side by side, YEA! Lights will have to be a definite.
A roof... um... expensive, but worth pushing for.

Corners definitely too big/rounded on the drawing. 1 meter radius is what we used for the quali's at Newington so imagine that but rounded. It's about the same as was used in Berlin and Munich. I can't remember what radius is used on the drawing but it looks massive, like 15 or 20 meters.

I can't really tell from the drawing but goal lines/marking where cones should go would be good.

Yea, The entire vertical line of the inner rectangle goes over the goal line and there's two little dots along the middle part of that vertical line. Look at the 'D'

;927917']... (I feel we should move to the two-touch rule as we are of the minority -or maybe the only- people who use a 'D')

I really go back and forth on this one, if we're the first to have a specific polo court built then who says we cant institute the 'D' rule. It's much more clear when a player takes the ball out of the 'D' than it is to tell if the ball has been passed when everybody is swarming around the goal.

The inner rectangle lines are there to warn of approaching walls.
The inner 'D' semi-circle is designating the 'goal-area' which all players start the game in at the joust and it's the area which you return to after scoring a goal.
The outer 'D' semi-circle is designated to take the ball out in case of a shuffle or the ball coming back through the goals.
Then there is a half-court line.

These dimensions are somewhere between Newington and Mitch. Being about 2 meters wider than Downham. Goal to goal is about the same distance as the back walls of the set-in goals at Newington, there is an additional 3 meters of space behind the goals, kinda like if the set-in goals weren't at Mitch and we kept our goals in the same place. Goal width is the same as the euros.

Things I would change:
-Corners less rounded with maybe a 1 meter radius.
-Larger semi-circle, or 'D' removed. (I feel we should move to the two-touch rule as we are of the minority -or maybe the only- people who use a 'D')
-Maybe add a quarter-court line instead, which you return to after a goal is scored. (Again, keeping in tune with the way the rest of the world plays but keeping it behind half court.)

So there is talk about a specific polo court potentially being built in two different boroughs.

A while back, Ray and I came up with a polo court drawing and here's where we left off at.

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