Archive for November, 2008
Anthem Magazine Bike Polo
Nov 15th
About two months ago Anthem Magazine did a piece on New York bike polo. Someone has scanned the pages and put them on Flickr. So if you didn’t get a chance to see it then, here it is now. Thanks chicken strip.
Seen on trackosaurus rex
Even more options in Milwaukee's Pologuard
Nov 14th
Bike Polo ALL IN ONE guard and chainring. Made in the USA! Now in 34 Tooth!
• The gear ratios – a 34t chainring and the following cogs/freewheels gets you this assortment of gear inches…
- 12t – 76.5”
- 13t – 70.6”
- 14t – 65.6”
- 15t – 61.2”
- 16t – 57.4”
- 17t – 54.0”
- 18t – 51.0”
- 19t – 48.3”
- 20t – 45.9”
- 21t – 43.7”
• The gear ratios – a 35t chainring and the following cogs/freewheels gets you this assortment of gear inches…
- 12t – 78.8”
- 13t – 72.7”
- 14t – 67.5”
- 15t – 63.0”
- 16t – 59.1”
- 17t – 55.6”
- 18t – 52.5”
- 19t – 49.7”
- 20t – 47.3”
- 21t – 45.0”
- 22t – 43.0”
Or, to see all the gear inch options in order
- 43.0” with 35T & 22t
- 43.7” with 34T & 21t
- 45.0” with 35T & 21t
- 45.9” with 34T & 20t
- 47.3” with 35T & 20t
- 48.3” with 34T & 19t
- 49.7” with 35T & 19t
- 51.0” with 34T & 18t
- 52.5” with 35T & 18t
- 54.0” with 34T & 17t
- 55.6” with 35T & 17t
- 57.4” with 34T & 16t
- 59.1” with 35T & 16t
- 61.2” with 34T & 15t
- 63.0” with 35T & 15t
- 65.6” with 34T & 14t
- 67.5” with 35T & 14t
- 70.6” with 34T & 13t
- 72.7” with 35T & 13t
- 76.5” with 34T & 12t
- 78.8” with 35T & 12t
As seen on benscycle.net
Use the Milwaukee Pologuard with the cranks you want!
Nov 14th
Polo Guard Fitment – Any 110bcd Crankset
We have had some questions about the Polo Guard only fitting on Sugino XD cranksets with the Sugino’s proprietary offset spider arm. Although we did design the PG/XD system for our own reasons; it is not the end all.
As the above image illustrates, the PG can be mounted on any 110bcd crankset. Simply changing the location of the ring to the inside of the spider (seen in top section of image) instead of the outside as the XD system was designed (lower section).
The top section with the two Sinz cranks (front and back view) show the PG mounted in this fashion. The Sinz crankset is for illustration purposes only, any 110bcd crank can be used (FMF, FSA, Fly Racing, AC Racing, BulletProof, etc.).
A longer BB will have to be used with any crankset other than a Sugino XD. Although crank/spider offsets vary from crankset to crankset. With the PG mounted to the Sinz crankset seen above, we used a 68×113mm bottom bracket and got a 41mm chainline.
As seen on benscycle.blogspot.com
November 9th, 2008 NYC
Nov 14th
A lot of guests in The Pit this week.
Nick from Boston
Yorgo from London
Leon the Great is still kicking it on the East Coast
Marco rolled up from Philly
Chris and Tiff from Lexington
And our winged friend too
What else happened…
Chombo got a new Seagull “¡VIVA!” backpack
Zach forgot his sleeves
Jack cracked his Bridgestone
Some friends from Mash and Macaframa hungout
Prolly and old what’s his name too
Frank said something about how nothing is real, this world is a dream, and gear ratios are meaningless.
And the Hua Mei Bird Garden people are staying longer in the afternoon.
All Photos © Doug D 2008
BEN AND NICKI SHOW EPISODE 1
Nov 13th
I don’t have much info about this one, just that I found it on Youtube and that it’s about hardcourt bike polo in New York City.
Makino Track Frame
Nov 11th
I like to photograph bikes, not just polo bikes. This one is for sale at TrackstarNYC.
Makino Ultra Record 2000 (view large)
Photo © Doug D 2008
The Real Ratkiller
Nov 11th
Over the years this friend of The Pit has made a few appearances during our polo games and I’ve been lucky enough to have my camera in hand. This past Sunday I think my luck could not have got much better because until this week, I have not shot any photos with my “good” camera with the big lens since the NACCC. For some reason I brought it along and I’m glad I did.
Hawk of SDR Feb. 11, 2007
Hawk of SDR Feb. 24, 2008
Hawk of SDR Nov. 9, 2008
All Photos © Doug D 2007, 2008
East Side Polo Invite 2 spoke card
Nov 9th
New York’s bike polo crew hasn’t done very much to create an image for it’s loosely united club. And by that I mean we don’t have stickers, t-shirts, patches, jackets and things like that. We do have a core group of truly top notch players that aren’t afraid to travel 15 to 20 players deep and win big tournament. We do have a website, New York Hardcourt. And we do have a logo, as seen below. This logo has only been used for the spokecards and t-shirt art for the ESPI 2 in NYC. The concept for the art was my own, and the design was done by Brad Baker of Trackstar.
As Montana and others make headway into the world of making hardcourt bike polo a real sport with it’s own governing body and stand alone World and Continental Bike Polo Championships. So will New York’s bike polo crew, in trying to create an image and an official name. It’s almost certain that the logo will be the Statue of Liberty art, or a variation of. And the name may end up being NYC Bike Polo or New York Hardcourt since these are the two URL’s for the clubs website. But the official name of the club is still up in the air, and suggestions are being considered(as far as I know). If you are a New York player and have any ideas for the club, now is the time.
Photo © Doug D 2007
More spoke cards
