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BFF 2010 10th Anniversary alleycat Race Against Time from crihs on Vimeo.
Good race! Not as many alleycats this year as when I first moved to NYC, seems like styling and polo have gained some of that popularity. But this race did have a good turn out. The BFF does attract some people. Anyway, I [...]
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hasta la vista birdseye from nate mumford on Vimeo.
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The Ladies of NYC Bike Polo
July 21st 2010
By Emily Anne Epstein
What do you get when women, homemade mallets, beat-up bicycles and a ball collide? Bike polo, of course!
Closer to street hockey than pony polo, the game is played three-on-three until one team nets five goals. The hardcourt sport has been growing in popularity since [...]
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Milwaukee Bicycle Co. and I made a new fork for bike polo. Thanks Drew! This is just a sneak-peek. Keep an eye on Ben’s Cycle for more details soon.
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It’s been over 2 years since the New York Hardcourt club blog has had someone to post more that one thing a month, at most. But Chandel has taken the reigns and posted up a few things. Most recently this..
Ladies of Bike Polo in NYC
For any and all women who play/have played that are [...]
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Follow the link to The Brooklyn Rail to see some photos too.
Mallets on Wheels
by Marianne Moore
The Brooklyn Rail
July, 2010
Sara D. Roosevelt Park on the Lower East Side has an odd, all-purpose play space at the center. It’s a sunken concrete shell, with markings at mid-court, metal railings, and benches along the tops of its shoulder-height [...]
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I should say that the ball was stationary in the first photo.
Previously: Ian
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I guess now I’m an “alterna-sport junkie” and a “good bike-poloer”. Doesn’t matter, bike polo is still fun. Come join us, play a game!
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This issue of Loop has The Grime riders on the cover but bike polo players all over the inside. Not pictured here but Riki from Japan has a full page for his Joust polo bike. Then two more full pages of Tokyo Hardcourt Bike Polo. The NYC Bench Minor bike [...]
