YIkes!

This happened tonight. Thankfully, I was cranking up a hill. Too much torque! HeHe

-Rob

New Polo Grounds?

We should check this out for Saturday. I think our current court is too small. I’ll ride by tomorrow to get a good look…

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-Rob

Saturday Polo!!!

Be there. We’ll have enough for a game, so come out and let’s get our season in order.

As usual, post to the comments if you’re in. Noon is the time, and we have cones!!!

Polo Freezeout. Saturday Noon.

Polo tomorrow at the normal grounds. Bring your long undies and your thick wool socks. Don’t be a baby about it.

Post to the comments if you’re in.
Hope to see you there,

Rob

Why no Posts?

Well, I’ve been in Egypt for the past week (no, I didn’t manage to take my bike this time…) AND Prague has been dusted by epic amounts of snow.

Exhibit a:

The plans for the bike co-op are moving along, however, and we’ll announce another meeting fairly soon (as soon as I get over the stupid cold I caught on the plane back to Prague.)

Indoor Polo Tourney Germany

Who’s In? I myself welcome a weekend like this.

-Rob

The Winter Black and Blues

Sorry for not posting, but winter landed on Prague with a vengeance a week ago, and it’s been all I can manage to roll out of bed and make it to work. Today the mercury floated a bit above the freezing mark, so I trotted out the trusty Bianchi and made it over to Gattaca with nothing but some frozen, muddy socks to complain about. Despite the crap weather and the inclement holidays, there are some goings on:

First off, I’d like to announce a meeting at the new workshop space in Letna next week. On the agenda: a potential bike co-op, similar to this one that Rob pointed out from back in sunny Atlanta:

SoPo bike co-op documentary

We have a much more limited space than the Atlanta folks, but I think there’s plenty of demand in Prague for something like this. If you or anyone you know is interested, come out to the meeting and give us your input! We’d like to focus on:

1. how to use the workshop space

2. some limited parts ordering for harder to find bits

3. all things bike polo

4. Working with other groups to help promote commuter bike paths and bike infrastructure in Prague

Since it’s the holidays and many of us have family visiting or are heading out of town, please RSVP in the comments so I know how many people to expect, or if the meeting should be re-scheduled.

13:00 at Dobrovskeho 6, 30/12/09

Defeated :-(

This was the scene last night on my way home – around 8pm. Made it back no problem, but this morning was hairy. Wiped out twice on black ice and decided to bring the bike home and take the damned metro to work :-S

Can’t win em all, I guess, but I hope this crap melts soon. Fine in the mountains, but a mess in town.

Anyone have any shots from the CritMass last night?

Christmas CritMass

Hey everyone, hope this isn’t too late, but there’s going to be a critical mass ride tomorrow. It’s a bit early in the day for me, but might try to meet up if anyone can tweet the route… There’s also a party after the ride at Hala C.

Thursday, 17 December starting at 6 pm at Jiřího z Poděbrad

Blood on the tracks

It’s officially winter in Prague. Winter with a capital “S” for shitty, slippery snow Above is my artist’s representation of the snow my iphone couldn’t see… Just in time for my new office relocation, a convenient 7km longer ride from home. Anyone else still riding? Polo this weekend is still on, so don’t even try to sneak out of it!

There’s other news in the making – PFG has obtained a storage space/workshop in the Letna area. We’re just moving in, but the idea is to have sort of a communal workshop for polo stuff and bikes. Currently, there’s a killer tool set and a nice workbench ready to be moved in and set up. More to come soon on that, and there’ll for sure be a sklepwarming party someday soon.

Be safe, and keep riding – it’s just frozen water, after all.