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i've taken the friday off work, going to head down mid-morning i reckon. good heads-up to get early tickets though. anyone wanna join me.

photos from sunday here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dan_lj/sets/72157624428294604/

photos from sunday here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dan_lj/sets/72157624428294604/

excellent photos dan, really show the court off well, especially those high-up ones. did you post a thread on the london polo forum? get a bit of word-of-mouth going, maybe...

how many one-legged shots? maybe ben is on to something.

i slammed so many times that day - two photos of me on the ground nowhere near my bike. trying a bit too hard...

can't wait for the euros now. friday is going to be ace, i just hope we'll have some energy for the competitive games on the following days.

thanks for coming, manchester - so much fun to play with similarly enthusiastic players in our own backyard. the whole point was to get a decent amount of court time with competitive teams and i think it worked out really well.

it seems that loads of people appreciate our court, which i thought would work really well. if we can officially book it, we'll do a bigger, open tournament, possibly over a few days. that would rule.

well done to netto+ben - i really enjoyed our last game with you guys.

cheers for coming today guys, it was so good to play/speak with other people and the little mini tournament worked out really well i thought. congrats to fen boy for winning the worst organised tourney of the year!

look out for photos on our forum and london's forum - we'll look into booking the court and maybe throw an open tournament so everyone has the chance to play on what seems to be one of the most suitable courts around.

looking forward to seeing the fen boys in geneva. roll on the fondue!

*SUCH* an awesome day today - thanks to everyone who made it along and especial thanks to dan and ben for playing so well and getting us to the semis, i expected us to finish lower than the b team but we ripped them and played so well against netto+ben i was majorly chuffed.

sorry if i was a bit patronising with my "well done"s, "nice one"s, and "yeah, do that"s, but i just got really enthusiastic!

to those who couldn't make it, you missed an ace afternoon of 21 people playing friendly ref-free polo with no contention and loads of sporting behaviour.

congrats to fen boy 3 for winning the worst organised tournament of the year!

dan_lj - upload some photos!

new street 11am, i'll be there or i'll send someone else - pm'd timimallet my number just in case. new street has a bajillion entrances/exits, so head for the taxi rank

new street 11am - i'll go, or send one of my minions.

100 miles on a fixed (especially that gear) is going to be a killer, especially if you haven't been training for it. there's a guy (sometimes on here, sometimes on birmingham cyclist) who does massive fixed rides, but has been building up over years to do super-audaxes (think that's what the crazy 500 mile plus rides are called anyway).

pacing yourself and not blowing all your energy is really hard on a fixed - i built up to around 100k last year, and i suppose i could go further if i really had to, but it won't be much fun, especially the second half. make sure you take loads of food and drink and eat often otherwise you'll blatantly bonk.

come on people - get out to support brum polo, we're going to look like mugs if only 5 of us show up!

how shit are some of the team names though - Bone crunchers? really?

you can talk... 'B-Team' pfft.

update from Brum - we're all set for tomorrow. praying for clement weather and friendly locals.

we'll be getting to the court around 10am, to try to get it cleared of nippers, set up barriers etc.

looks like it's going to be a more informal 'team throw-in' type day, athough people will be free to mix-up/switch teams, so that those of us not used to playing as a team get some practice.

i pm'd crack fox my number - if anyone else needs it, pm me.

can people show up at 10am SHARP to secure the court and get set-up? thanks.

i've got us some barriers for plugging the entrances - about 18" high, so enough to stop the ball but easy to step over.

can someone else pick up cones?

i'm thinking we should format this as a team throw-in tournament (set up teams ad-lib if you're not already in one) and use one 'team mallet' to throw-in.

i don't think there's much appetite for a league set-up and it would be less attractive for any newbies who want a bash. also, i don't think we have enough people to ref and goal ref and organise a league format etc

love that first photo of the start - sam, pet and igor 2.0 are well up for it!!!

d'oh.

just realised i can upload photos:

1" sakae quill stem, negative ride and very short (50mm ish) - £5

drop bar with carbon-style tape and no brake levers - £10

new and unused genesis flat bar (came off day 01). wide for a flat bar 24-25" - £7

ITM flat bar with rough quick tape-job - shorter than the genesis bar, probably 20" - £5

low flange fixed/free hub, 32h, black, cosmetically tatty, but bearings still smooth (cartridge ftw) 120mm spacing - £10

campag front hub, silver with q/r, 36h, looks nice and bearings spin okay, but a bit rough in the fingers (sure it will be fine when built up)

shimano 16t freewheel, loads of life left on the teeth, but it's been sat in my old man's shed for a few years and has gone a bit rough inside - i reckon it'll sort itself out with judicious applicaiton of gt85 followed by a thicker chain oil. if it doesn't work out, i'll return it - £5

cane creek cross top lever l/h without clamp bolt (should be easy to find) - £5

Profile Stoker Base/TT/Bullhorn Bar, with 80mm stem, 4x grips (tops and 'hoods' - work much better than tape on these type of bars, in my opinion), cane-creek brake lever. Total RRP around £100, I'll sell the lot for £50.

bunch of stuff for sale - this first post is an experiment to see if i can get photos up:

selle-royal saddle (forgot the name, maybe turbo?) anyway it's the trendy one that charge copied. not great condition - could do with resurfacing, but would be cool if you can be bothered. £10

1. dan lj
   
2. danwentskiing
   

did that a few weeks ago.

wow - lineup has been released!

http://www.lhbpa.org/londonopen/

looks like this is shaping up to be a great tournament.

BLACK STABBATH FTW