I'm not sure what type of gloves they are. Hockey gloves are more heavily padded. Maybe they're lacrosse gloves? I'll ask next time I see a polo buddy.
As for the bars, I'm with you, drop bars rule. But for polo one must be fairly upright for leverage-of-the-mallet and all that stuff. The narrow bars are quite necessary in those close quarters. The serious polo guys and gals (like Shane on the right) have purpose-built bikes and they tend to be very compact with small wheels (650c) for maneuverability. It's really an exciting sport. Don't get me started on fakengers. LOL Thanks for the comment! Cheers, frank On 22 April, 2014 1:32:13 AM EDT, David Mann <[email protected]> wrote: >Are those boxing gloves? :) Wouldn't be surprising coming from the >land of ice hockey. > >I do find that narrow handlebar a bit comical... I've seen hipsters >(fakengers) do that here. Personally I prefer unmodified drop bars! > >On Apr 22, 2014, at 4:20 pm, knarf <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Nothing like a bike event to get me out of my photographic doldrums. >Race the Place was an urban bike race, sort of a messenger-ish thing >but it attracted lots of roadies as well. More on the race later. >> >> There were lots of bike culture events including bike polo: >> >> >http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2014/04/bike-polo-not-for-faint-of-heart.html?m=1 >> >> A team came up from New York and the action was quite physical (but >always clean and friendly). >> >> Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. More photos to come. >> >> Cheers, >> frank >> “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >and follow the directions. “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
