So we started playing Bike polo in Krugel park Wednesday nights starting at 6:30. There have been many entertaining discussions as to the rules and even more collisions as we get used to riding our bikes with big mallets. It started a little slow with only a hand full of players, but has picked up considerably the past few weeks. The pictures are from one of our biggest turnouts of four on four. Since then I missed a week and then brought my family to view the spectical and ended up playing in my flip flops a very bad idea. I sustained a severe sprained ankle in a "brake away" attempt at scoring. If you should decide to join
us on a beautiful
Wednesday night bring shoes, a mallet and
bike that can take a little beating. It has been a lot of fun and the kids like watching and riding too.
It was a wonderful ride into work this morning on the fixed commuter. Here it is gleaming in the morning sun a pace or two away from my work station. Today was the first time I have rode a fixed gear bike, more than around the block. I enjoyed the kinetic feedback from every little down hill slope. At the same time I know if I relax for just a moment while riding fixed the bike could gallop away from me in a hurry. I found myself rethinking the routes I commute considering the downhill distances and steepness. It is strange to ask myself, "Will I have enough power to pedal down this hill." If I could sum it up in a sentence it would be: To experience the efficiency of a bicycle ride it fixed. 
