It’s almost time for the WHBPC 2010!

Pedal Consumption found these fresh bike polo protectors made by PINZAT. You can get them here.

The guys from Milwaukee came up with this clever idea for a bike polo fork. This is the story behind it:

The Milwaukee POLO FORK was a collaboration with New York’s Doug D and the Milwaukee Bicycle Co.

Here’s what Doug had to say about his initial idea…

“I was thinking about the convenience of having one spare wheel to replace the front or rear, especially in tournament situations. A 120mm spaced fork made specifically for polo would mean more interchangeability, less spare parts, more gearing options for us single speed and fixed riders. And it would mean that any bike with this fork would breathe polo.”

• Bruiser Polo Fork – Aftermarket
• 400mm Axle to Crown
• 4130 Heat Treated Chromoly
• Weight – 1260g w/300mm Steerer
• 1-1/8″ One-Piece Fully CNC’d Steerer
• 990 Brake Mounts with Removable Studs (plugs included when not using studs)
• Removable Brake Housing Guide
• Headset Compression Plug Included
• 400mm Axle to Crown
• 32mm Rake
• 6mm Dropouts
• Stainless MKE Badge
• Black ED Coated Inside and Out for Full Rust Proofing
• Your Choice of Solid Color (excluding pearl coats or metalflake)
• Lifetime warranty

EHVFXD’s Rutger found this article about a prototype FBM polo frame + fork on The League of Bike Polo.

After about a year of begging Steve Crandall and dozens of emails and phone calls with Mike Erb, we finally got it. This first prototype goes to Nick Vaughan, hopefully I’ll have one sometime soon. Keep your eyes out for this bike at North Americans and Worlds, you are encouraged to find Nick and try it out and let us know what you think. This frame was hand made in Ithaca NY on the Sword jig with some tweaks. A higher bottom bracket for less pedal strike while turning, slacker head tube angle for minimal toe overlap, shorter chain stays, long drop-outs for gearing options, v-brake bosses, Cinelli cable guides, longer top tube, clearance for 38mm tires and shorter wheelbase. This pictured frame does not include a gusset at the down tube but future ones will. I cannot say when this will be in full on production but hopefully by fall you can order one, don’t ask me how much they will cost, I don’t know. I can tell you this is a gorgeous bike and the ride is incredibly nice. We do not have an official name for the frame yet though all of us in RVA have been referring to it as the Battle Axe. Please feel free to spread the word about this frame by reposting these photos and feel free to quote me. THIS IS A PROTOTYPE*

There are way more pics in the article, just click on the link.

I love this Black Flag inspired Bike Polo tee!

I found it in a post about bike polo tees on Hardcourt Bike Polo.com

Breda Fixed Gear found this vid…

The doc. told me that I had to do stuff I liked doing earlier. That also means posting some shit here on the website. I hate doing that recently but hé the doc. says it’s good for me and Djee-Djee (from EHVFXD)send me this mail so here it is:

6th June Sunday Polo/BBQ in Eindhoven

Where: Kasteellaan, Eindhoven.
Time: 12.00u 
Google maps: http://maps.google.nl/maps?f=d&source=s … 17,,0,9.37

What: polo + bbq

How: bring your own food (meat or whatever you eat) and drinks, so no hassle with I don’t like that food, etc. I will go and get throw away bbq’s, so on Sunday I will ask a small fee (1euro) from each on of you. 
Albert Heijn XL is pretty close by, open from 16.00u till 22.00u.

Please come all because the weather should be very nice and we can have a nice relaxed poloday!

But don’t expect a post from me every day, I still hate it. And I’m not going but Arnhem probably manage to get a team there I guess.

Checking Urban Velo sometimes works out fine, I found some nice bike polo posts! Since FUCCIT is a bike polo club, I thought I’ld post something bike polo related, for the first time in like ages!
Bike polo is getting more and more serious, and so are the mallets. Several brands are bringing you pre-made mallets, instead of the DIY mallets we all started with.

Fixie Inc gives you MOs Mallet:

And St Cago Polo  Works got a whole series of bike polo products:

Go check them out! Or keep making your own mallets…

Found this M&M’s commercial at the 14BikeCo blog.