Great to see my friend Felipe is already rocking it in Madrid!

Thanks to Urban Cyclist Worldwide

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and thanx to the super muscular composed Tour de Ville team with a Swedish cherry on top!

Skitch was getting in the mood for the ECMC!

We’re sleeping at the camping:

We’re going there by a van:

He’ll be hooking up with nasty chicks:

He’s jealous at my handy cargo pants:

He’s having nightmares about the public toilets:

My post you can read below caused a lot of commotion. My sincere excuses herefor.
It was never my intention to irritate people by forming possible teams for the ECMC.
Just talked to Meneer Eddie and the best thing to do right now is form teams of players that like to play together, and not to form an all star team and several “lesser” teams.
Hope to see you all at the court tonight with no hard feelings.

Cheers,

Votske

Yesterday Le Haute, Skitch and I had a little chat about possible team formations on the ECMC Bike Polo Tournament.
Since it’s only about 2,5 weeks ’till Berlin, it might be smart to play the remaining time in these teams.

FUCCIT A Team:

• MalleT
• Schilham
• Skitch

FUCCIT B Team:

• Aden
• Meneer Eddie
• Votske

FUCCIT C Team:

• Guus
• Stoffel (if he can play with his pinky)
• …

I guess there will be some volenteers for the remaining spot in the C Team.
Wednesday night it’s time for a training session, 7pm @ the new FUCCIT Homecourt!

If anyone disagrees with the above mentioned team formations, feel free to say so in the comments!

From the messenger mailing list;

Fixengers,

Bad timing with the ecmc and all, but they are definitely (and possibly illegally) confiscating brakeless bikes here. I nearly lost mine on wednesday but got lucky and got away. This event didnt even happen in traffic, i was just locking up and he was in his car stuck in traffic.

We meet with the chief again next week where we will try and get an amnesty agreement for that weekend. we have a good relationship them- this is definitely not something specifically against messengers- its just that hundreds of people are riding brakeless now and there has been a lot of press about the “wild” youth and these bikes. It is not yet clear how and when someone will be able to get one of these confiscated bikes returned. (It is also not clear how skateboards and rollerblades manage to escape the same treatment.)

The racecourse is on private property and this will not be an issue at the event. But seriously, do yourself a favor and put on a front brake if possible, or take routine precautions like checking around for 5-0 when you’re out cruising around.

This sudden action by the Berlin police is embarrassing and unfortunately casts a bad light on a city otherwise known for its tolerance and objectivity.

See you soon,
Bregan

Well I just bought my ticked to Berlin and got no worries because I bring my polo bike with me, with brake!