1st Shoreditch Invitational Bike Polo

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A week or so ago, I spent a very enjoyable day watching some great bike polo - again with my camera. Enjoy the photos!. I also managed to knock my Rollapaluza quick-rollers PB down to 22.16s :-D

Rollapaluza XI

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More cycling event photos - a bunch of images from the Rollapaluza XI race last night at the Kingpin Suite in Bloomsbury. Lycra skinsuits meets cycling campaigns meets drunken cyclists. Beer, rollers and endorphins - what more do you need? (Click the image for the full gallery).

Grass Track Racing

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A couple of Sundays ago I went up to watch the grass track racing in Hackey, arranged by Hackney CC - finally got a moment to upload the photos! Full gallery is here, selected others below!

Big crash.

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Don’t swerve when people pass too close. There are many parked cars. I sustained broken teeth and ripped muscles. I now have this:

Other Cyclists.

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Please make sure you understand hand signals. And don’t try and half wheel other people, it causes crashes! Snapped chain. Bent chainring. Bent crank spider. Bruises. Damn.

IRO Mark V

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Figured I hadn’t posted a new picture of my bike for a while!

Rollapaluza

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I went to go and do some roller racing earlier this week, at a pub called the Horseshoe in Clerkenwell. The Rollapaluza guys were being filmed, and running a free-for-all race. First time on the rollers, I managed 23.48s, which turned out (once a couple of people had disappeared) to be good enough to get me to the quarter finals. clefty from LondonFGSS took a few photos, so I figured I’d post them here:

Commuting Bike Stolen

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My Pinnacle Mean Streak 2.0 was stolen today from outside my flat (Pigott Street, E14). It’s a black, rigid mountain bike. The wheels are 26”, WTB rims, Shimano hubs. The groupset is Deore, and it’s got mechanical disc brakes. I locked it to a lamp post with a steel D-lock whilst I went upstairs, since my bike was greasy, and needed cleaning. It was nicked in the hour between 19:30 and 20:30.

This was a fun ride.

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