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The Tucson crew invited the Single Speed Arizona riders over for a match after saturdays 50 mile singletrack sweetness. Mountain biking and grass polo go hand in hand.
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April 19-20 2013, make sure you get to Durango for some of the best polo tourney action this side of the Mississippi River.
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Get pumped polo fans, because the night before the April 20th Durango Poloships event, the premiere of Tom Cruise’s latest horribly atrocious film, Oblivion plays at the Gaslight Theatre. Its going to be so sweet.
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Nice to see snow polo in Ohio. We have no polo here at the moment. Bike Rumor had it as the photo of the day.
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Rock Shox XC 30 TK bike polo fork was not intended for bike polo. It is a low to mid range cross country mtb suspension fork. This 26er fork was gifted by 1990 world champion downhill racer Greg Herbold to Purango Dolo as a test fork for competition play, has 100mm of travel, steel stantion tubes and a steel steerer. With lock out, rebound and compression settings, it is the top of the line polo breed. The fork weighs in at 4.5lbs with the 7 inch steerer tube. 555 miles of polo and commuting to polo were amassed on this fork from 9/11-12/12.
The quick and dirty review;
The Durango polo debate of late is which is better, the 26inch for or the 29inch fork on the traditional 26inch frame. Most run a 29 rigid for on the 26 frame for the rake and the up right position. So the 26 suspension fork is the odd duck. The Rock Shox XC 30 TK worked great. The lockout was used primarily and it made for predictable play. The seals did fail around 400 miles, but it only left a small dead space, 10mm at most of travel, before the pop off valve activated. Using the sus fork was good and bad. On bumpy fields it was nice to have the give in the corners and under heavy forward front braking. On smooth hard fields, it was not much of an advantage as lockout stayed true and kept things rigid. It would have been nice to run the higher end Rock Shox fork to be able to use the adjustable pop off lockout valve.
Pros
- Solid steel steerer and stantions made for a solid suspension front end.
- Lockout worked great for flat smooth fields
- Adjustable rebound and compression
- Disc Brake compatible
- low maintenance
Cons
- weight
Rock Shox XC 30 TK Polo Fork
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Chad place 4th in the Pro Mens race.
Ryan placed 7th behind the legend Ned Overend int he Pro Mens race.
Joey rode his fat bike to an amazing 2nd place in the Pro Mens race.
Annie placed 5th in the Open Womens race.
Casey took the mens B win and placed 3rd in the series.
Devo U14 polo player Lucas took 14th place in the men B’s
Stan’s NoTubes 4CCX Series Race #8 Results
http://cycling.fortlewis.edu/
No polo tonight! It was a greta fall season of Durango Polo. See ya again in the spring, probably March/April at the earliest!
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Worlds Final from Mr.Do on Vimeo.
Best hardcourt game on video, love the replay of goals and ball tracker.
Funny how a silly rule makes the champion in the final seconds. Silly hardcourt rules!
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They groom for polo in Telluride.
Check out the Stompaz in action.
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This one is from 2009
http://youtu.be/CnRZkeHw63w
Durango is bustling with the good news that a polo tourney is back for 2013. This new high rise on the south side draped polo over their project as a sign of gratitude. Stay tuned as the event is tentatively scheduled for the weekend of April 20th.
Purango Dolo 2011 trading card is currently $8.75 and going up.
Good times!
On snow, on fat bikes, on bike lights, on mallet, on ball, on players, on blitzen on rudolph, Ho Ho Ho!
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Dexter in Mancos, Co just started playing sunday.
This guy somewhere plays polo on grass.
The Hot Tomato gals in Fruita, Co had this mallet made for them. So that means they play polo there. This photo is proof.
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No snow here, so why not make some mallets.
Made mallets for Fort Lewis College Polo, Durango Devo Poloists, Bike Lemonpolo and Purango Dolo.
Edward Polohands
Its hard to explain.
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.75 cents and going up.
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Louis Vuitton Presents: Craftsmen on Wheels from Jonathan Leder on Vimeo.
A well done polo short.
San Francisco polo!
Danfinger from SF sent us this link to their polo photo kingdome from 2009. Stoked to see west coast grass has managed to survive. Polo kills grass in most areas.
San Francisco tricks!
Check out more of their photo action here.
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Fixie Jack Trading Card $1.50 in mint condition.
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- The local high school kids came out a few times.
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- Glorious sunset at Buckley Park.
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- Hardcourt bench.
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- Bright city lights post game.
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- Lax mallett shafts seem to be taking over here.
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- Good times.
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- Grasscourt Bench!
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- Lee and Alex went out and won Durango’s first ever hardcourt title!
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- The polo socks.
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- Joey scored.
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- Lee gets all bendy with his bike.
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- Jake takes a whack at the ball in the mud hole.
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- Chad stretches out the mallett arm.
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- Lee scores.
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- The field was like moss that day.
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- After the “Mallethead” viewing we played a few more goals and had a drink.
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- 29er fork on 26er frame, with tubeless at 30lbs for a 185lb dude. Good traction and good at eating grass.
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- Danny redirects using the eyes in the back of his head.
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- Tony tests out his new ladies lacrosse graphite mallett.
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- Chad tries the ol’ loft pass on Joey.
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- We rallied over to the theatre for a showing of “Mallethead” the bike polo doc from 1987.
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- Ed tries to take it north.
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- The group gathers for some third grade soccer.
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- The famed fast break only lands a goal 47% of the time.
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- We all await Alex’s hit.
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- Not on our wristwatches.
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- Nice follow through by Danny.
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Professional Cyclist Chris Van Dine has been down south following his heart. His wall ride in the video below is quite spectacular. It plays at 2:45. Here is the camera video of his winning jump. Chris’s father gifted us a full set of wooden polo mallets and on Thanksgiving 99′ it began. CVD played 3-4 years before traveling the world riding bikes fast and furious. Someday he will return victorious, with a mallet in his hand.
Downtaxco 2012 from joseduchphoto. on Vimeo.
Its true, Purango Dolo has been blanked for 2012 on the grass. For the first time, durangoans have not won a regional, super, or grand master grass tourney in 12 calendar months. Nothing to worry about is what several people have suggested. Rumor has Kerma Inc., may pull shaft product sponsorship for 2013-14 as a direct result of the winless season. This past tourney in Buena Vista. Colorado went down in history with Fort Collins taking the win again to take the season Colorado Can Cup Title. Durango sent its two strongest in Alex and Lee, but got taken this time. Rumor has an astrix will adorn the Cup Trophy champion etching, but a title it was nonetheless. Rumor has Durango hosting the spring cup with a event simular to spring 2011.
*Interesting to note that on the hardcourt scene, Purango Dolo went 1 for 1, winning the Denver Hardcourt Tourney on a come from behind second day undefeated run. It was Alex and Lee with FC’s Evan. Well Played.
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Rumor has a 3v3 Colorado Cup event taking place this weekend on grass in BV, Colorado. Check out he host’s FocoPolo on their facebook page for more info.
2009 MAR 8- The inaugural Colorado Can Cup is held Saturday March 8,2009 at Lyons’ Planet Bluegrass.
