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Bicycle Polo Fixie in an afternoon.

Bicycle Polo Fixie in an afternoon.
Hey, a fellow that I know asked if I would be interested in helping set up a bicycle polo team.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcourt_Bike_Polo

He has just bought a lovely shiny fixie bicycle and is manically enthusiastic about trying the sport out.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed-gear_bicycle

So am I now: You can use any bike but I wanted to try  the fixie stylee but I didn't want to spend £400 like he did; I tried it this way . . .





 
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Step 1Starter bike.

Starter bike.

I went to a friend who is moving house; he had about eight scrap bikes; I chose a shopper and a BMX.

This could be made from one bike but I like the height and open frame of the shopper and the tough wheels of the BMX; so I used both.

The first action was to take the wheels off the shopper and then remove all cables and brakes.

The shopper tyres were flat and as I don't need brakes it was ok to use the slightly smaller BMX wheels; and they look good.

So I put the BMX wheels on the shopper frame but I needed to slightly widen the forks and the rear triangles by standing on one side and pulling the other side up, not too much though; also I had to file out the dropouts on the front fork a little to accept the marginally wider axle.
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3 comments
Aug 20, 2011. 2:48 PMLorddrake says:
awesome job modding the bike to fit your needs. I think the mascot is my favorite part hehehe.
Aug 20, 2011. 8:26 AMUncle Kudzu says:
Sounds like fun! Yeah, that bike looks plenty nimble.

And now, if bicycle polo takes off, there's an instructable for that. Nice work!
Aug 19, 2011. 7:32 AMonrust says:
Great choice on bike. It looks like you can get lots of movement on it and off of it in a pinch.

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