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Like Herding Cats: A Report from the Hardcourt Bicycle Polo World Championshipnew
Bike polo itself isn't new, but it's just within the last 10 years or so that a new style, dubbed "hardcourt," has emerged, played on a hard surface instead of grass and using minimal, homemade equipment.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Isaiah Thompson |
09-15-2009 |
Sports
Gas Prices are High; Tension between Drivers & Cyclists Shouldn't Also Benew
At a time when gas prices, as well as motorists' tempers, are rising, it seems we should be embracing alternative forms of transportation. But instead of ditching the car, the masses of would-be cyclists are scared shitless. Twenty-five pounds of steel powered by an unprotected human body is no match against traffic powered by internal combustion and human aggression.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Stewart Dean Ebersole |
05-20-2008 |
Transportation
Blood, Sweat, and One Gearnew
Urban bike messengers are nuts on an average day. Imagine how much more insane they become when they get together for a competition--think blood, vomit, beer, and head butting.
Baltimore City Paper |
Ron Cassie |
07-27-2005 |
Recreation
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