...any time you see someone mention polo, you decide you like them a bit more than before.
You know you take bike polo way too seriously when...
You know you take bike polo way too seriously when...
...photos of a pile of ski poles make you drool.
...the only way you know what day it is is based on when you last, or will be next, playing polo.
OGT-COMOPOLO
...you've done the math to see what paycheck you would allow you to buy unnecessary 48 spoke chukkers.
...you read bikepolo.ca every ten minutes. Five when there is an hard discuss about goaling or polo stick.
:::: vimeo profil: http://www.vimeo.com/user1214048 :::::
the first thing you think of when you realize you are going to visit another city is, "i wonder when they play polo there?"
Haha...this is so true.
OGT-COMOPOLO
...you base your college choices in whether or not there's a polo club within ten miles of the university. You're also totally willing to ride that distance on a polo bike.
...you start reading up on who Marco Polo really was.
...you buy obscure chocolate bars because they say polo on them, eat them, hate them, then buy a shit tonne more.
B.O.P. 4-EVA
...you see a construction site on the street and all it means is possible head material and wheel cover material
www.mkebikepolo.com
...you pass by an empty parking lot, garage, tennis court, basketball court, and debate its merits on a possible court
www.mkebikepolo.com
...take this one to the next level and use google earth to scout the region for obscure courts...
oohhhhh shiiiit, has anyone seen "Gleaming the Cube!?" Christian Slater, Tony Hawk, circa 1989!?
Opening scene; they hijack a friend's Cessna and scout LA backyards for empty pools to shred? Slap stupid Powell/Hawk stickers on the windows?
OH NO THAT'S US 20 YEARS LATER!
[Do yourself a favor and see that movie by the way.]
you got fired from your job for spending too much time on .ca (dumptruck!!!)
www.mkebikepolo.com
...you travel to Europe for 2 months, and barely see any sights, but spend most of your time playing bike polo.
i know someone who did that for 4 months, and then in the last month one evening he asked us to take him around the city for sightseeing. we spent almost 1,5 hours with this then it was too cold for watching old buildings from outside.
...your saving up for a $300 wheelset for your polo bike.
you're on a first name basis with the gas company
you have a closet full of ski poles and you live in Florida.
You look at brand new ski poles in ski stores and immediately visualise removing the handles and baskets with a blade and or hacksaw.
You wish they would just sell you the ski poles with the ends already removed.
You start to consider actually paying retail for a set of ski poles...
You keep all the ski poles that are too short... because one day you will have kids.
You are interested in Ice Hockey... and you live in Australia.
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bikepolo.com.au
urbanbicyclist.org
You have a callous on your left middle finger from breaking and on your right thumb from shooting.
You immediately and uncontrollably deem any bike you see fit or unfit for polo.
You check the weather for polo days, yet ignore the weather for the current day, and bike into storms wearing shorts and white t-shirts.
PETE_of_C0M0P0L0
www.comopolo.com
You have a callous on your left middle finger from breaking and on your right thumb from shooting.
You immediately and uncontrollably deem any bike you see fit or unfit for polo.
You check the weather for polo days, yet ignore the weather for the current day, and bike into storms wearing shorts and white t-shirts.
PETE_of_C0M0P0L0
www.comopolo.com
a big x2 on all of this
My braking hand callous is at the base of my ring finger. Weird
X 2 on the shooting thumb
3...2...1...GO!
Mallets Of Mayhem
Little Richmond B.O.P.
at the last minute you ditch plans with your girlfriend to find out if you can play polo with an almost healed broken foot (so you know whether or not you can travel to the tournament that weekend to play in it). foot felt good, played in tournament (our team took 1st), came back and my girlfriend broke up with me. if i could go back and do it again, i wouldn't change a thing.
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carve. smash. eat shit.
you are a loyal and true knight of the polo people. why not spend some quality time with your special someone on the court?
she wasn't the type to do that kinda stuff, which is why i don't mind that we're not together. it would be rad to have a boo that was into it, though.
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carve. smash. eat shit.
Might as well just give up and admit polo IS your boo. It's easiest that way.
You get to see each other lots of times in the week, she gives you a reason to live, she always wants to stay out late and drink, she beats up on you but you keep coming back...
She's into that open-relationship thing though so you gotta share. Luckily it's better with a crowd.
Cascadia has a sticker "Bike Polo Ruined My Life."
I need one of those. I was getting straight A's for the month that I went on polo hiatus. Now... not so much.
Kiersten, if you are coming to the victoria tourney next month, and have some of those stickers handy, please bring a schwackload and i will happily reimburse you. someone has gotta put that slogan on a shirt. and underwear.
Yes I'm coming to Victoria. But, its not my sticker. I'll ask around and see if someone can make more up.
the pain of the injury preventing you from playing does not compare to the torture of watching your friends play.
Ben
BRINGING THE RUCKUS
sorry Ben. See you Thursday night.
As I walked out of the darkness through the giant chain-link gate, the glow of the court lights were amplified by my adjusting eyes. The dirty scuffed ball rolled by lazily unattended. From behind the orange pylon goals, Joel swoops in and gathers the sphere unattested and sprints to the other end of the court, teammates flanking, opponents converging. Alas, I cannot play. I think I'll go home.
BRINGING THE RUCKUS
you dream of playing.
Ben
BRINGING THE RUCKUS
i usually don't dream of polo until i've gone a week or two without it. but once i've dreamed of it, i can rest assured that the next time i play i'll be slaying.
You know that falling feeling you have when you are heading to bed. I See myself in polo accidents while that is happeing.
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Marco!
I am the Duck.
I practice shots in my dreams
you better be sharpening up for the vic win mix in the world of reality coyote, none of this dream shit.
more kenball played by more people in more places more often
. . .you wake up from a dead sleeping yelling "dabber!" or "Tap out dick!"
. . .your spouse is a perpetual victim of your "sleep-skidding."
MKE 05-06
CHI 07-Pres.
I don't think the brown streaks on your girlfriends sheets have anything to do with your polo playing.
Two weeks after breaking your wrist you take your polo bike with you to the hospital to have a custom made cast fitted while positioned on your bike. You mislead the occupational hand therapist as to the the nature of the sport so that he will make said cast and you can play in the WHCBPC in Philly a couple weeks later.
Kite
EVBP
Six days after fracturing your skull you are back at polo.
Kite
EVBP
Just for fun making a second polo bike out of all the parts that you have deemed not worthy for your good polo bike.
Kite
EVBP
...you had already started this thread on another forum.
you wake up with a violent shake and in a cold sweat because in your nightmare you were hauling ass at the goal on a breakaway and your brakes gave out and you slam into the boards. (true story)
you ride your polo bike everywhere because your legs can't handle a real street gear ratio anymore.
you ride your polo bike everywhere because your legs can't handle a real street gear ratio anymore.
True life! My street bike's had it's wheels off for two weeks now, I just can't risk not having my polo bike- you never now when you'll find a pick up game or a a good practice spot!
I have an flip flop wheel, 17-22... I changed one time side, now i always ride on my 22... and when i get on my lil' sister bike with dérailleur i can't find any gear who fit to my legs.
I dream about mallet making last night, and the other about the ehbpc organization...
:::: vimeo profil: http://www.vimeo.com/user1214048 :::::
... you have a POLO player DISCOUNT at your local bike shop!
deep south bike polo
...everything is spelled "skeet" no matter what it is
SKEET SKEET SKEET SKEET SKEET SKEET
you drive by a store and see cigarette signs and make plans to get them when the store closes. get off of work and practice even before the regular time for polo is the same day! sleep with your mallet next to the bed.. drive around construction sites looking for mallet head material instead of working..haha..
...you move to another country with your most valuable possessions [because that ain't cheap to ship] and you decide your polo bike has more value than your tried and true bianchi. consider that road frame 'sold' for financial gain.
...you scout out future career choices based around cities that play polo
...you dumpster tires on a weekly basis
...you can't wait for election season because of failed candidate coroplast
SUCK TOWN POLO
If you think an appropriate way to retaliate against a campaign you disagree with is stealing all their lawn signs for wheel covers... You might be a polo player.
When you look for grad schools not based on professors or facilities, but potential team mates and polo courts.
MKE 05-06
CHI 07-Pres.
You try to motivate college students to start a sport club so you can be coach and travel to more tournaments. While the University is suggesting your students start said sport club because there is money available. Come to grad school at Washington State University we have a good group and are just a few students shy of having a University funded Hardcourt club.
oh no, you just took this to a whole new level. Jeff Foxworthy status.
...it occurs to you that you've easily spent hundreds of hours on-line looking up obscure engineering documents and re-teaching yourself chemistry trying to find the best possible mallet materials and methods of manufacture.
I have also wasted quite a bit of e-time trying to find out 1. Who manufactures, sells, and rents dasher board systems near places that could hold tournaments. 2. Why scoreboards are so freaking expensive. 3. Whether or not there is an overnight camp anywhere in the country that has roller hockey rinks and a pool amongst its amenities.
Chicago Bike Polo 2003-2008
St Louis Bike Polo 2008-fun
...overnight camp? But that's brilliant! The Jew camp I went has a perfect spot with tennis courts near a pool...
http://bikepolo.ca/forum/tournaments/2008/09/09/polo-camp
Chicago Bike Polo 2003-2008
St Louis Bike Polo 2008-fun
...when four loko becomes more regular to drink than water, and that it's so much a part of polo now it's scary.
You steal your girlfriend's mixing bowl to make a trophy.
You could care less about the fact your wheel is brand new when it gets tacoed as long as it is "fixed" before your next game.
DMM Polo
You have one girlfriend over the course of a year but you break up around tournament time. Thsi happens 3 times.
You don't hook up at the tournaments because you're sleeping next to the courts.
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Marco!
I am the Duck.
You dream every night about polo even though you haven't played for almost a year.
Your nightmares about polo are considered good dreams upon waking, because at least you were playing.
Sasha Come home to us!
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Marco!
I am the Duck.
When four straight days of polo is still not enough...
Ride, bake, polo, repeat.
...girls with scrapes, scabs and bruises turns you on (because you know how they got there).
{}------- lexington -------{}
When your roommate (who doesn't even play polo) starts dreaming about polo!
Ride, bake, polo, repeat.
You're the only person in town playing polo and still advertise the "polo club plays regularly" and you've got pipe, ski poles, boards, spare polo bikes and parts stored at your house waiting for the day...
You're willing to drive 2 hours (or more) after work to play 4 hours of polo and drive 2 more to get home.
You'll go anywhere to get a game of polo in.
You arrange family vacations around polo tournaments and get your wife to take time off for said tournaments,
You practise for hours on end by yourself because you've got no polo friends in the hood :(
....... __o
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.... ( )/( )
this was sad =(
oh fred. consider yourself adopted by nanaimo bike polo. new logo coming soon!!
east van already owns him. and we're prepared to fight for him.
more kenball played by more people in more places more often
whatevvvvvrrrrrrrrr! he's on our land mass!
nice to feel wanted guys,
I'll play anywhere, anytime with anybody,
I'm kind of a polo ho.
as a matter of fact I'm just waiting for the Nanaimo weather report.......let's play!
....... __o
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.... ( )/( )
east van has forgotten more about fred than you will ever know jawn. ever.
more kenball played by more people in more places more often
You wear polo t-shirts every day of the week
You plan your work travel to send you to cities in which you have never played polo.
IT was awesome meeting you today, hope to get some more games in the future. Also, awesome block today!
Thanks man!
So fun to play with you guys.
got another one for the list:
You know you take bike polo way to seriously when you roll into town for a night and expect the locals to organize game night in your honour - and the locals deliver! Thanks MKE and CHI! Made my work trip all that much more exciting! You are all welcome in East Van anytime!
You almost failed your classes cause you spent too much time playing polo, and not enough studying.
You only apply for jobs that wont interfere with your polo schedule and upcoming tournaments
"Bike Polo Ruined My Life"
Your work already expects you not to show up on time after game night, or if you do, you'll be too drunk still to be of any use.
i am feelin that right now. i just spent the better part of the day today playin instead of doing the homework which i am procrastinating from doing right now by replying to posts on the forums!!! aRGGHHH!
...when you occasionally need to take a week off from posting to .ca cos sometimes you get all agitated and butt-hurt over what fools type into blank spaces.
Chicago Bike Polo 2003-2008
St Louis Bike Polo 2008-fun
...when you drive 20hrs for a weekend polo tournament.
...when you have to eat just pasta for two weeks because you spent all your salary going to a weekend tournament.
...when you drive 20hrs for a weekend polo tournament.
...when you have to eat just pasta for two weeks because you spent all your salary going to a weekend tournament.
X2
you spend half your rent on a milwaukee polo guard just to spite your slumlord.
Columbia, MO
When you don't think you could love your girlfriend anymore than you already do and then she checks a loudmouth buffoon into the boards.
I'm honestly waiting for the day.
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Marco!
I am the Duck.
Does she have a sister?
BRINGING THE RUCKUS
When you make all to put a 650 vtt wheel with huge tire on your nice fixie ink bike, like to put an awful fork too short to fit into direction tube...
When every disscussion with your friends finish by "i can't, i play polo this day".
When you loose all your olds fixed friends who preferes to have beautiful pink bikes than bloody body.
:::: vimeo profil: http://www.vimeo.com/user1214048 :::::
...when the aches and pains received from playing polo each week mask the pains and inevitability that you're simply growing older and you're not as malleable as you were when you were 18.
{}------- lexington -------{}
.....weeks ago you already started taking notes for flights to europe for the whbpc whereever they might be , random dates and the best location to fly out of in the southeast or northeast.
Most probable dates, i hope, mid july for euros in geneva, begining of august for worlds in berlin. If there's no other bid propositions by other cities...
:::: vimeo profil: http://www.vimeo.com/user1214048 :::::
When you see cones every -fucking- where.
... when it takes much effort to prevent yourself from swiping a cone labeled "Funeral" thats blocking parking infront of a funeral parlor on Valencia St ... ... while the family of the deceased are walking by.
... when one part of that was because you had a small quiver of mallets on your bike and you didn't want to sully the good name of the sport.
$#!@^#!%!%!@%#@!@! :)
hell yes.
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bikepolo.com.au
urbanbicyclist.org
you feel out of touch with your club mates that aren't on .ca even though you still play with them twice a week.
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carve. smash. eat shit.
...you have the tattoo
Doug D
Brooklyn, New York
http://www.hardcourtbikepolo.com/
...it's the only reason you have a passport
Doug D
Brooklyn, New York
http://www.hardcourtbikepolo.com/
hahaha...that's why I'm finally getting mine...I missed ottawa and east van...never again.
FTL BIKE POLO...
... you have an email address with "bikepolo" in it
Doug D
Brooklyn, New York
http://www.hardcourtbikepolo.com/
that's me, had it since 1999 when it was bikepolo@home.com or something like that.
....... __o
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... you spend $1000's on a camera to get better photos of OTHER people playing
Doug D
Brooklyn, New York
http://www.hardcourtbikepolo.com/
...you named the sport
Doug D
Brooklyn, New York
http://www.hardcourtbikepolo.com/
reeeaaalllyyy..
Bicycle/cykel/自行車/das Fahrrad/polkupyörä/bicicletta/bicicleta/reiðhjól/fiets/يَرْكَبُ درّاجة هوائ
..you RSS feed the dozens of other polo sites to save time
Doug D
Brooklyn, New York
http://www.hardcourtbikepolo.com/
... you talk established bicycle companies into making polo specific parts
Doug D
Brooklyn, New York
http://www.hardcourtbikepolo.com/
...when doug d feels compelled to make these announcements six times straight on your website?
more kenball played by more people in more places more often
...when le jack makes the signature to his comments a link to the forum those comments are on?
Doug D
Brooklyn, New York
http://www.hardcourtbikepolo.com/
are there other polo websites i should be aware of?
more kenball played by more people in more places more often
... your wife uses BIKEPOLO as a rebuttal in every argument you have.
OR WHEN YOUR GIRL FRIEND IS SICK AND YOU SAY YOU'LL BRING HER SOUP, BUT YOU FORGET BECAUSE YOUR ON YOUR WAY TO POLO. AND EVEN WHEN YOU SEE HER YOU TELL HER YOU WILL GO TO WHOLE FOODS right NOW, BECAUSE YOU LOVE HER, AND YOU FORGET A SECOND TIME BECAUSE YOUR STILL ON YOUR WAY TO PLAY PLO.
... your training rides devolve into searching for good spots to play polo.
... you are going to move only to be closer to the polo court.
already did that! Moved my kid from her school and everything! Beat having a six year old bike 10 kms across the city one way (and 10 kms back home) three times a week! (okay, at least Satrudays. We took the bus on Tuesdays and Thursdays).
... you are going to move closer to polo, and farther from work even though you bike to work, and drive to polo.
...your EMT license gets more use on the polo court than it will ever get in an ambulance.
....you realize you are talking to AB from pensacola, florida on his "BIKE POLO HOTLINE" on a regular basis.
W T F ? ? ?
When you ride all time with a mallet strap on your bike and a ball in pocket. Like this you can play alone on way to house when you get back from work (bar), at 3h00 in the morning, and a lil' drunk.
:::: vimeo profil: http://www.vimeo.com/user1214048 :::::
you only consider jobs in areas with established bike polo...
shhhhh, they can hear us!
You go thru all the .ca threads that existed before the x2 button just to make sure you "x2" what you like.
You stop to take a photo of a road sign near Polo, Missouri cuz you think that's really neat!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/coolaskimdeal/4096225021/
North Americans, polo missouri 2010!!!!
you didnt take the 12 mile detour to get postcards and photos of the welcome to polo sign?
FAIL.
Ha, Awesome. Polo, Mo is also near Converse and Turney
when you attach roadkill to your bike to intimidate your opponents.
When you pretend to have a mallet in your hand on your commute home and make shotgun noises everytime you make a shot.
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Marco!
I am the Duck.
...when you attend another bike event in town - charity ride, alley cat, advocacy meeting, etc. - and someone you swear you've never talked to come up and says: "Hey, you're that bike polo guy, right?".
Chicago Bike Polo 2003-2008
St Louis Bike Polo 2008-fun
i was in a LBS last nigth and some guy i didnt know asked me how we did in COMO at the tourney. He knew my name and where we were and everythign ...kinda crazy also i was recognized at the airport in MKe once from some girl in baggage claim who saw me play in chicago
www.mkebikepolo.com
you get a job for a polo player you once deemed a person you would never
like then you started working togather
hey rb,
that post is all coherent and shit, what are you sober?
so now that you and jas have kissed and made up and all,
should we hook up and play as a trio for Ramsay III????
as long as you take your meds ok?
....... __o
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so jason got a job then?
..when your boyfriend breaks his hand playing polo and your first thought is who the fuck can I get to replace him in my team for the Nationals
.. you are an hour late to work because you were stuck in a tree for a bike polo family portrait and were too still-drunk to just climb down...
.. the only reason you've traveled anywhere lately is for polo and no one bothers asking why you're going anymore..
.. your elderly customers give you their phone numbers so you can call them and tell them where they can watch you play.. and then they tip you more when you break your hand or have an extra worse limp on a friday
.. you can no longer ever date a guy who doesn't at least ride bmx because the rest are most likely pussies
.. you want to buy quickcrete to fill in spots to make nicer courts
.. your boyfriend knows to expect you coming over to pre-game and get your beer coat on but you leave for polo even though it's the only full night you both have off
You decide you no longer want to open your own bakery because you wouldn't be able to travel to tournaments and/or tour the world to play polo
You read through all these posts and realize you need to up your game
x2
it's when polo starts to limit your options for what you're going to do with your life that you know shit is serious
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victoria bike polo
While working a full-time job, polo made me realize that my priorities were all out of wack. To be fair, they are still out of wack, but knowing is half the battle.
Sasha
you schedule needed surgeries months away so it doesn't affect the upcoming tournments and fair weather polo play.
danaL
gem city
anti-slayer
diagonal text
you have a traveling job and only pick regions based on if they are active in polo.
i got duped this year, buffalo doesn't play, ann arbor doesn't play, rochester doesn't play, ithaca is grass.
next year i will do more research.
danaL
gem city
anti-slayer
diagonal text
Come to Troy, we play every Sunday!
Jesse
Collar City Bike Polo
Troy, NY
Buffalo does play, they are just all really young and not involved with .ca
you find yourself at a "visionary workshop" for a local park to convince the city to build a multiuse court so you can finally have a court intown.
and then you have a business cards for parks and rec and consultant firms in your pocket and a meeting with the parks and rec this week.
I've got the same thing in the works here. Would love to hear how your meeting with the 'officials' goes.
When you drive 270 miles each way to play polo for 5 hours with Madison, Chicago and Milwaukee and love every fucking second of it.
When you drive 270 miles each way to play polo for 5 hours with Madison, Chicago and Milwaukee and love every fucking second of it.
& you average over 80 miles an hour on the way there, because every minute you speed is 10 more seconds of polo!!! Here's to a 4.5 hour drive in 3.5 hours all in the name of more polo.
You show up an hour early for polo to practice only to find the courts covered in broken glass, buying a push broom, sweeping both courts, then having people to play with once you're done bacause everyone else showed up in the mean time.
we have to sweep at least every other week at our overpass spot because the homeless people leave their trash/food/glass/feces. we're looking for a cleaner spot.
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carve. smash. eat shit.
you would, you could, on a boat.
I'll be forwarding my proposal on to Daniel J. Hanrahan, honorable president of Celebrity Cruises. I think it's a real "fit" for their upcoming "Starring You (TM)" campaign, a lifestyle move we can all get behind.
PS the diesel electric powerplants run on SVO and we will save up all our sewage to discharge in Destin, FL.
PPS No wait I decided the ship shall be called "MV THE JOUST First Cruise Ship in Bike Polo Made for Bike Polo (at sea)"
PPPS I also alerted Daniel that we will be requiring 31 more tennis courts
i had the thought to do my own schematic overlay before posting that pic, but figured i'd leave that bait for someone else to nibble on. =)
something to ponder...
seeing as bike polo is THE most entertaining semi-compact sport on the planet, i think the organizing body should approach such folks as celebrity cruises and offer their entertainment services (playing polo allll day for the enjoyment of spectating passengers) in exchange for room, board and beer for players. bonuses for spectacular crashes? we'll hammer out the proposal details next weekend.
"Too many dudes in 1 hot tub zone"
X3000
no shit, i've dreamt this. to tap in you had to jump in the pool. but there was also a mall and it left from sacremento
oh my god, there is no price i would not pay to go on a polo cruise. let's try and convince a cruise liner and get EVERYONE in polo to go!
you hit your hardest slapshot while your girlfriend is playing goalie and you both laugh it off when you hit her directly in her leg and it's hard for her to walk the next day.
If no one else is gonna say it then I will. She shoulda read the warning.
74 MPH bitches.
your girlfriend has really nasty legs. if your into that thing i guess.
she can ride a bike better than you though.
...when you honestly consider not meeting you grandparents to pick up your mom's birthday gift, because it means you'll run the risk of missing the once-an-hour bus to polo.
...even though you're actually flying halfway across the U.S. to deliver said gift later that night.
...and you organized bringing polo to a new city just so you wouldn't go a weekend without it. Mom'll have to deal.
..
you recognise people by their bikes before you see their face
you see plumbing pipes and wonder if it is PVC or HDPE and if it will make a good mallet head
fly half-way across the world to help organise a polo tournament (true story, budapest-melbourne)
Your polo bike is the best looking of all your bikes
you start exercising to play polo better, instead of playing polo to get some exercise.
..
I tip my hat to all of you addicts :D
when your work hires 4 out of 8 employees that all play polo.
www.polohaus.blogspot.com
AXLES OF EVIL
You buy a white molester van with a cone holder to take your friends' bikes to neighboring tournaments.
When you spend two hours shoveling snow off the court for only three people to play
:Edmonton Bike Polo:
whenever you pass a vacant car park, you rate it out of 10 for polo potential.
You read that there are 15 users online. Realizing you're all on the same drug of choice (a.i. this forum).
you receive packages from across the ocean:
http://arkitipintel.com/2009/11/24/taking-bike-polo-seriously/
Yorgo
LONDON: http://bricklanebikepolo.wordpress.com/
PARIS: http://panambikepolo.blogspot.com/
you spend the first hour of your day reading this entire thread because you haven't yet read any of it....
X2
Plus you like the curious/sneering/envious/scared looks you get from bling-fixie riders at the lights when you pull up alongside them on your "ugly as a punch in the face" polo-bike. (then proceed to leave them for dead due to your polo-trained superior leg-speed)
You reschedule your wedding anniversary getaway due to polo-nationals.
...you take 2.5 weeks off of work to travel across the country to hit up 2 tournaments and play polo in 13 different cities!
...you take 2.5 weeks off of work to travel across the country to hit up 2 tournaments and play polo in 13 different cities!
X2!
you examine your shoes, and determine the next pair of shoes will be different in ways to strengthen your polo game
danaL
gem city
anti-slayer
diagonal text
You spend all morning making baseball spoke cards for your team, even though you're an account manager and the Photoshop is pirated and you'd be better off pretending to work some other way until it's time to go play...
You read this goddamn thread.
Time to bump this thread with fresh ideas
too seriously when:
...you spent thanksgiving talking about nothing but bike polo to relatives who have no idea what it is
...you think that you could seriously be an olympian if bike polo was ever put back into olympics
...you talk to local olympians about turning bike polo into an olympic sport
...you ride your polo bike in 40mph traffic while 25mph side winds are concurrent and obviously you have both front and back wheelshields
...you ride other people's bikes, even if they don't play polo. then after riding it hard as hell for 2 minutes, you make a judgement based on how sharp it turns, whether or not the brakes operate well, and if the wheelbase is short enough. you suggest they cut the handlebars shorter, the owner of said bike (most often strangers) is horrified.
...you try to sell the idea of chloroplast wheel covers as legitimate income for local bike shops
...you fall out of bed after dreaming you were diving for a shot that would have beat your team in championships.
...you try to race random people with your fixed gear polo bike, and for a good 50 feet, you actually have the lead until that 34-18 gear maxes out.
...the perfect christmas gift is a plane ticket to one of these places: Minneapolis in May, Columbia any time, N.Van in the summer as well. this is also a toss up, another perfect christmas gift is the chukkers, or The Joust, or just 5,000 dollars for any polo expenses.
...you consider spending half of your paycheck on the materials to build boards.
...you obsess over functional mallet designs to the point where you carry a mallet to work with you
...the primary topic in your class is what the mallet attached to your backpack does, and what bike polo is, on the day that you had to go to polo.
...your celebrity polo player is lefty joe. (props!)
and...
...you spent 30 minutes thinking and typing good reasons of why you take bike polo too seriously.
"yo man this jawns hot as hell yo"
"Naw yo this jawns way better"
"Did u see that jawn walking down the street the otha day? daaaaaaamn"
You practically come to a complete stop when passing a construction site or road work to scan for gas pipe.
eye heart yew
BOP: Eating Little Split Pea's shit for years.
for example
nice to see your dropped that bop shit, seemed like time you grew up
also why use that picture as your profile pict, i guess its typical of you always getting beat by another better player.
hope this garners some sympathy for you.
you look behind/around you when you hear a freewheel click and wonder if it's someone else who's coming to polo.
You look behind/around you no matter where you are when you hear a free wheel click...it might be someone trying to check you out of the goal.
...you spent thanksgiving dinner with fellow polo players...after playing polo for hours...at a vietnamese/thai restaurant in chinatown [after trying to get dumplings but they were closed]...but it was still amazing because we're family...
......when they call you old man on the court, but it only makes you stronger, faster, smarter..............
Messmann
bikepologuru
seattlebikepolo
since 1998
You spend your whole lunch hour catching up on leagueofbikepolo and forget to eat!
...Late to work in the morning cause you're working on your polo bike.
...Leave work early to get to polo early.
all on the same day.
Your bend chainring with the sheer might of your legs like Vince.
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PETE_of_C0M0P0L0
www.comopolo.com
You ride better one handed.
PISS CORNER!
...you are responding to this thread when you should be writing an essay for finals.
When you can't rearrange your schedule to play in the the first ever hardcourt polo practice in St. Paul, MN
you don't race anymore 'cause your only bike is pretty much dedicated to polo
You don't bat an eye paying $60 for 48 275mm long metal toothpicks.
...you have broken a bone playing bike polo.
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bikepolo.com.au
urbanbicyclist.org
You break your hand in your first match at the World Championships, but keep playing the rest of the tourney.
You use breaking 6 spokes in one moment as an excuse to buy a whole new bike, instead of just new wheels.
And instead of buying a beater and poloing the shit out of it, you blow a ton of money that you barely have on a bike built just for polo.
when you might need a new thread for this topic?
You catch a barstem to the BOP and IGNORE it so you can keep playing, until your girlfriend freaks out about a little blood and drags you to the ER.
At least 5 separate Docs come in and you can't figure out if they all want to hear about polo or just feel you up infront of your girlfriend to make you feel awkward.
You catch a barstem to the BOP
haha! (sorry about your junk, though)
Columbia, MO
Been there done that. My Johnson didn't get cut thankfully.
Its amazing how fast you can get through the ER when you tell the intake nurse you'd like somewhere private to stop the bleeding in your pants.
Nothing got cut, it was more like...
In the movies, when the super tough badguy punches the hero in the chest, and the hero just immediately coughs up blood.
But yes, nurses bring you right through.
you see the penile shaft contusion and raise it one cog tournament victory a la osprey. go drunkie go!
more kenball played by more people in more places more often
I still remember the look on a certain person's face when they were told what had happened as a result of that crash.
He took two really bad crashes that tournament. The second one, front wheel to front wheel to double endo is still the worst crash I have ever seen.
... and both crashes sadly involved shaftal rainbowing. talk about dedication to the sport. he couldn't even handle the ball after the first one.
more kenball played by more people in more places more often
you ignore the "awesome deal" advertised in front of a corner store sale sign and only see corrugated plastic you can jack for wheel covers
You're still playing polo with a fixed gear. Yah, i said it.
"ok Mr. Schwinn fucking Armstrong!"
You need to post your reply to the appropriate forum. Here ya go:
http://www.leagueofbikepolo.com/forum/general/2009/12/03/you-know-youre-...
BOP: Eating Little Split Pea's shit for years.
You note your involvement with Chicago Bike Polo on your resume.
Lol, it's at least a talking point. Good luck with that.
Seattle Bike Polo is on mine. And I think it got me a job because I was interesting for an accountant.
Ha. I have being an officer in the London Hardcourt Bike Polo Association on my CV.
you wake up in the morning and you look over and jason is takeing a swing of fireball you know this tourney is over
...no one wants to play with you at spring break. :C
Don't bring cake to a donut fight.
You think Bike Polo is a sport and not just a game.
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bikepolo.com.au
urbanbicyclist.org
...you have to convince your doctor that the bruises, cuts, and scrapes all over your body are not from an abusive relationship.
You have to reassure all of your coworkers multiple times that you are not in an abusive relationship, you just took a shot to the leg from Rawbie Boardz during the tournament last weekend.
(your friends don't need to be reasurred since they already know your legs look like hell)
you wake up day after the tounery and realize the only way you can beat the real hanson bros is take the gloves off
and beating the shit out of them
You just dropped ~800 USD on a new polo bike.
PETE_of_C0M0P0L0
www.comopolo.com
I don't fucking beleive it ! Polo below the poverty level my ass!! Now you guys are spending money on bikes?! It must be becuase i beat you in NOLA isn't it?
love you pete. see you soon .
"ok Mr. Schwinn fucking Armstrong!"
you spent the first day of winter break quick-creteing the polo courts so that everyone coming to your tournament will have a nice place to play. And you won't even be able to be at said tournament because you couldn't get your plane ticket home changed.
When clear pavement in the winter gets you hot.
when your damn facebook profile picture is of you playing bike polo.
(there...I said it)
When you have 16 pre-cut corex disc wheels in your closet ready to be painted and used.
every non-bike polo player in your life always mentions bike polo when they see you.
when you have 500gbp in your paypal account because you have just collected money to get 1500 stickers of 15 different polo sticker designs from your polo.
when your bike polo t-shirt collection gets bigger than your skateboard shirt collection.
Awww. How sweet.
HA! I thought this said sweatshirt when I read it the first time
Going to need to see some proof, me and kelli are about to go get some polo tats!
"ok Mr. Schwinn fucking Armstrong!"
...when you look for the x2 button on every forum you encounter, and get severely confused when there isn't one. I mean, what are you doing on other (non-polo) websites?
when you go to pirters for a great xmas prtey and you get bottle of crown royale and drink it with everybody
YA FUCKIN THE BEST WHERE THE EAGLE
I LOVE YOU ALL POLO PEOPLE
rob taylor
your days are rated by your beer to goal ratio
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