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Laek House polo player shirt
Yep, that’s me on a T-shirt.
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UPDATE: I think this shirt is now out of print.
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Travel Channel Sneak Peek
about 10 years ago - 1 comment
Last year I was working for The Travel Channel on a TV show about NYC bike messengers and finally they have a page on their site devoted to the show. This is the first I’ve heard the title of the show. Triple Rush. Triple Rush gives you an insider’s look at the chaotic workings of […]
Bruiser POLO FORK – S700 120mm now Available
about 10 years ago - No comments
Image from Ben’s Cycle I just got word that the 120mm polo fork that Milwaukee Bicycle Co. and I worked together to make is now available. I’ve been riding this fork since before 2010 Worlds and it’s great. When I was working with Drew at MKE to make this happen I had this to say […]
New Travel Channel project on bike messengers in New York
about 10 years ago - 5 comments
Some may remember a photo project I was posting about earlier this year, were I would photograph NYC bike messengers while they were working. I posted a few (see “messengering” tag for more) and I have more in the vault that are unpublished. Well, now I’m working on a Travel Channel project and filming NYC […]
COG Magazine Issue 9
about 11 years ago - No comments
click to see large. Peter was in The Pit for the first Bench Minor and some of his photos are in the new COG. Lots of NYC in this issue. I noticed Peter had a new Canon Mark IV and I was very envious but not sure if more so that he had it on […]
A Thank You to Dockers
about 11 years ago - 1 comment
My team and I were lucky enough to get set up with a sponsorship from Dockers for our participation in the 2010 World Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships in Berlin. We were set up with some new pants and they custom screened the winged anchor logo on some t-shirts for us. This was all despite our […]
Lancaster online misspells my last name
about 11 years ago - No comments
Bike, mallets and a ball: Bike Polo is good time September 2nd, 2010 by: Susan Jurgelski Six mallet-wielding cyclists square off three-on-three, ready to go wheel-to-wheel on a sun-baked city tennis court. There’s an anticipatory tension as thick as the sultry, summer evening humidity and the hypnotic hum of cicadas. These bicyclists are geared up. […]
NYC’s 10th Anniversary BFF alleycat – Race Against Time
about 11 years ago - No comments
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 […]
AOL’s Aslyum story on ladies of NYC bike polo
about 11 years ago - 1 comment
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 […]
New from MKE
about 11 years ago - 3 comments
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.
Mallets on Wheels by Marianne Moore
about 11 years ago - 4 comments
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 […]
about 13 years ago
That’s amazing