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i agree with mr dfp.

also, i reckon it's best to ride pretty much as fast as you can (as long as traffic is moving), that way drivers have to think about overtaking you, and generally wait until it's safe, rather than just driving past without considering you as another vehicle.

when i'm riding slow with my missus, i feel significantly more vulnerable. perhaps this is one of the reasons it's hard to get new riders interested, and perhaps the reason that women are more vulnerable on their bikes than men.

A polo specific bike is essential.
If people are serious about the euros they should enter both the manchester and oxford tourneys.

+1: frequent players need to get on a lower ratio ASAP!

road rage makes a mysoginist of the best of us...

anyone up for a game on sunday? 5pm as per usual?

i mentioned this last night, but for the benefit of those not present:

there will be a national polo tournament, in manchester in the spring. and also probably a smaller tournament in oxford.

we should aim to have our 'a' team totally sorted by then in order to get some practice in for the euros. also, as these are smaller tournaments, we can easily take along more than one team.

i'm starting to think it's not going to be possible to take more than one team to the euros.

birmingham will be bringing at least one team to manchester, still searching for our first win. also looking into going to geneva, and eagerly awaiting the selection procedure.

i'm there.

doesn't look like a big enough turnout so i won't be there today - i think we should probably just focus on our midweek sessions.

polo tomorrow, 5pm, anyone?

i'm fairly sure you can ride to stratford without touching the stratford road. i go through hollywood, earlswood, tanworth in arden, danzey green, henley in arden, then i forget the names of the villages, but you're not far from there.

your best bet is to find your shortest route out of 'the city' (for me that's the maypole), then just find circuits from that point. keep a few village names/relative locations/bail out train stations in mind and you can't go too much wrong. it's not exactly duelling banjos country...

i like how hyper uses bold to add emphasis without looking like he's SHOUTING, but i reckon it's the textular equivalent to someone whose voice is just naturally loud.

fall fail...

if anyone's looking for a jacket, i have an endura gridlock in red, size large, which i bought to mountain bike in before realising i don't have the inclination to drive to wales to ride my bike. used once, washed and re-proofed today, rrp 50 quid - 25 if anyone wants it.

yeah, it's breezy but i reckon it'll stay dry. quite warm too. i'll deffo be out.

good to see a decent amount of people interested. we shouldn't have a problem fielding a team. the only difficulty i can foresee is deciding on a team and getting ready to commit to a decision by january.

any ideas how we decide? it would be nice to have a rough idea so the team could practice playing together every now and then, and/or could play at the next few uk tournaments. votes? seeding system?

i think if you want to be considered you have to at the very least have your own mallet, and i'd also say a polo gear-ratio. the former means you can practice enough, and the latter means you have a fighting chance against more developed teams.

it seems a few people have made their own - fin has said several times that he's willing to sell mallets if people want them.

ben - i can get hold of some pipe. i'll get some and you can pick up from oyb if you want.

haha - yeah, i did something of a u-turn there...

we don't need to register until the end of january, so plenty of time to improve our skills.

we could definitely do with playing some better people - let's try to organise a trip to manchester/oxford/cambridge soon.

'interested' list:

1. danwentskiing,
   

details here: http://www.bikepolo.ca/node/3404

after birmingham's lamentable performance in this year's championships, it would be a shame not to go and have another stab...

anyone interested? we would need at least a team of 3 - if more than 3 but less than 6 are interested, we can instigate some kind of elimination/vote system. if 6 or multiples of 3 are interested i think we'd have to contact the organisers and see how many slots they have available.

if it's anything like the 2009 championship, i think the emphasis will be upon diversity of teams rather than 10 great teams from london...

it looks like the organisers are going to sort free accommodation for players, so it could be a reasonably cheap trip to the land of chocolate, cuckoos and neutrality.

so:

sorry sam, i'm going to be away this weekend - i'll stick it in my bag and bring it to polo next wednesday.

oh, if anyone wants it, there's a massive cog behind the till at oyb - 20ish teeth. five quid i think.

excellent turnout tonight. i can't believe we needed to play birmingham's first ever throw-in game!

some of the first games (when we were divided into teams) were really fun. it gets a lot more competitive when there's a clear goal limit and the threat of having to sit out.

only downer for me was those fuckers throwing chicken at jimmy. and the drizzle. for shizzle.

i have an old 1" quill stem, about 8cm long, negative rise - fiver?

cool. polo is 7.30 tonight, just in case you're not working...

hyper has been into on your towers and confirmed his attendance. he also mentioned something about dan V (green grips) having made his own mallet, so there's another possible...

they are indeed tacx antares - you can indeed put money down on your account, we'd order in some fresh ones that aren't covered in tyre marks, sweat and blood... indeed.

i also think we have an add-on resistance unit on back order, although they're plenty tiring enough in my opinion.