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Wouldn't it be a re-writing of what a "shot" is instead? Something like: "A shot is a striking of the ball with your small end of your mallet or a deliberate striking of the ball with your front wheel."

I literally just wrote this.

Do I have to decide now?

What if you use a ball-joint to get the ball on the disc-wheel and then pop the front and flick the ball ?

yeah and it's bullshit.

Sidenote but strongly agree.

... if anyone is looking for a 3rd or wants to put together a team then I'd be interested.

This still applies. I have ample spare time looming.

If the ball is touched off the end of the mallet and then flicked with the wheel it should be a goal. If the last mallet touch is a shuffle then no goal. So I think it was ruled correctly this weekend.

Should this apply?

There's a difference between intentionally adding direction to the ball with your bike and unintentionally doing it (same as we technically have for body contact). Whether or not you use a shuffle to get the ball into position before putting it in the goal with your bike doesn't mean you can suddenly score 'easy' goals. It's not like a ball-joint or a shuffle - the bike acts as the 'shot' part of the move?

Anyone got anything lying around? Ideally it will still be fairly smooth, beyond that I'm not particularly fussy.

Or eat some Skittles.

He definitely won the ball - the red mist had descended and you were just going to take out whoever charged.

Your game is too physical Emmet, you are endangering us all.

I think you should get it - remember that time you got really mad from everyone picking on you and then went for the charge against an 8 year old boy on a bmx? If you had a second gear then maybe you could have got the snap on him.

Something is not illegal just because it was made 18 years before you were.

I believe in football terms this is reffered to as 'parking the bus'.

That implies getting players behind the ball - Pip was always in front of the ball.

If you can get Jol straps, get them. Way more secure than Powergrips, had mine for months and they've stood up to brakeless polo brilliantly. You can get out of them when you need to (although getting into them can take some time because trying to flip a BMX pedal and shove your foot in takes good timing) and they're totally secure.

I still use ATACs for regular riding though.

If you'd used Sapim Strong then Emmet would have just been sucked into your wheel and mashed up. I can't believe he broke your new bike.

I'm using Sapim Strong. Had them for a month. I haven't had discs on for that time and we had league games against ELKs, La Schmoove and Cosmic (Spinal Tap Out as well but they do not hit the ball as hard) as well as twice weekly play. Not one has even bent. I imagine the nipples would break before the spokes. The downside? 50p a spoke.

If you think they're lakes, that's fine too.

Lukeyb stop browsing and come back to polo.

Look into the eyes of my avatar. That's how I feel about you.

Sunday is probably no good for me. I will probably be broken from Saturday. I have a couple of days off in the week though if anyone is around for daytime games.

Sounds awesome - look forward to seeing the results!

Can i have a spin on your bike please mr ed?

+1

pretty much - especially when the end is in sight.

Just noticed the angles on the drawing - I should pay more attention to the forum while I'm at work.

Are you getting a fork made as well or using a stock one? Lugged or fillet brazed? Was wheelbase your primary concern when designing the frame? What sort of tubes are going to be used?

Must be one more person in London that wants to play polo at 11am on a Saturday morning!

head/seat angles and how tall are you?

That's half a game