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Cycle Polo/Bicycle Polo/Bike Polo: SUMMER 2011
« on: June 21, 2011, 11:00:18 AM »
Why am I calling it "Cycle Polo" now?  This is why:

IMG_9881 by MatthewBK, on Flickr

Max actually played decently on a unicycle for half a game the other night, it was pretty impressive.

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Time: we've been playing on Thursday evenings at around 6:30 or 7 PM depending on when people are available.  I'd like to firm that time up to 7, but there's no reason you can't show up early if you have your own equipment (or if you know the person who stores the club's [my] mallets, or if you are the person with the equipment).  Other times can be negotiated as long as you can find enough people, just post up and see who replies.

Place: University Park, Grand Forks, ND, where the hockey rink goes in the winter (next to the splash park).

Who's invited: You, your bicycle, and anyone else looking to have some fun.  You do not need to be in the club or even affiliated with UND to come out and play!

Equipment: Helmets.  You can ride fixed, singlespeed (if you're geared okay), or with gears.  We play on grass so you can take that into account.  Any mountain bike is definitely acceptable.  Chase and Max have been riding fixed with cx tires.  You can borrow one of my mallets if you don't have your own; I hope to make a few to sell as well.  No need for wheelcovers, but we won't laugh too hard if you show up with them.

Rules: The rules are simple, but it's a lot easier just to tell you when you show up.  Use a mallet to hit the ball into the goal.  Don't kill anyone.  If you put a foot down, ride to the edge of the court and back before you re-enter play.
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Re: Cycle Polo/Bicycle Polo/Bike Polo: SUMMER 2011
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2011, 10:45:06 AM »
Well, this is embarrassing.  I should have been planning ahead for nice weather, but the whole week looked like junk, so . . . I didn't pick up the polo stuff before the polo-stuff-keepers both left town, so I'm not sure if anything can happen today.  I will post up if I can find an answer.
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« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2011, 01:55:20 PM »
Cycle Polo tonight at University Park, Grand Forks, ND
6:30 PM
Bring a bicycle, helmet, and lots of water to drink (because it's HOT today!)
Meet at the hockey rink area, conveniently located by the splash park

We have mallets to share.  Anyone is/are welcome, on two wheels or one.
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Re: Cycle Polo/Bicycle Polo/Bike Polo: SUMMER 2011
« Reply #3 on: June 30, 2011, 09:18:32 PM »
I'm down for next week... I swear! 

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Re: Cycle Polo/Bicycle Polo/Bike Polo: SUMMER 2011
« Reply #4 on: July 07, 2011, 09:16:19 PM »
no polo today? Didn't see anyone at Upark. 

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Re: Cycle Polo/Bicycle Polo/Bike Polo: SUMMER 2011
« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2011, 12:29:27 PM »
Sorrya bout that, it's getting nutty for me the closer it gets to the wedding.  We had an NHRG volunteer meeting on Thursday and totally blanked.

If you have a time in mind when you're free and would like to play, post up.  Otherwise I can always lend you a mallet and a ball and you can screw around.  Maybe this weekend we'll have some free time, although I'm under a strict no-hurting-myself policy until next weekend.
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Re: Cycle Polo/Bicycle Polo/Bike Polo: SUMMER 2011
« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2011, 01:38:45 PM »
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Maybe this weekend we'll have some free time, although I'm under a strict no-hurting-myself policy until next weekend.

Boy does this sound familiar!  Before our wedding, I frequently played basketball...  my friends and I pulled a  prank where one of them called my wife to tell her I broke my ankle and I needed to be picked up.   She got so upset, she still gives me crap about this prank on occasion  :)

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Re: Cycle Polo/Bicycle Polo/Bike Polo: SUMMER 2011
« Reply #7 on: July 19, 2011, 11:49:42 PM »
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Maybe this weekend we'll have some free time, although I'm under a strict no-hurting-myself policy until next weekend.

Boy does this sound familiar!  Before our wedding, I frequently played basketball...  my friends and I pulled a  prank where one of them called my wife to tell her I broke my ankle and I needed to be picked up.   She got so upset, she still gives me crap about this prank on occasion  :)

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Re: Cycle Polo/Bicycle Polo/Bike Polo: SUMMER 2011
« Reply #8 on: September 29, 2011, 10:29:07 AM »
A thought that I should have had earlier this month: we should be playing polo at noon, on the quad.  Anyone interested in this tomorrow?
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