Sep 15 2008

Comfort Since 1866

Category: Bike BlogJohnny @ 2:01 pm

If you’re like me, and I know you are, you have that one retrogrouch friend who simply goes apeshit for the old stuff.

I’m talking bikes that look like this:

And bags & bars that look like this:

And, of course, finally a saddle such as this:

Enter the Brooks Bugle, 2009 edition.  The cover story retells and account of a man who travelled 500,000 km (or 310,685.596 mi) on a Brooks, a copmany that started in 1866

Then, run down to page 5 and see the article on the Shoreditch Bike Polo Invitational, which was part of the Shoreditch Festival a couple of weeks ago, happening every year in Hackney.  Watch a clip of the action.

And here’s how they do it stateside here in Dallas.  Apparently it was a BYOB event.  If you want, visit the Dallas Bicycle Polo site.

Who wants to give it a go while we let the trails dry?

xoxo,

Johnny

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