http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kFEHOnGHBc
http://www.flickr.com/groups/eastvanbikepolo/pool/
Many thanks to the east van bike polo club for showing myself and the calgary massive a great weekend.
Cant believe i couldn't even win dfl after losing that indian leg wrestling match. now i know how Germany felt back in the 1908 olympics when they lost to Ireland 3-1 back at the Sheperds Bush stadium in London http://www.oakendenpedallers.co.uk/id1.html.

(they couldn't stop telling me about there aussie x messenger mate who left Vancouver and got the bike polo scene started in Melbourne.... http://urbanbicyclist.org/polo/)

I can't remember when it was... (maybe i'll look it up when i'm not on limited time at the Library.) But about five years ago the Australian Road Rules were updated and reissued.... I remember a lot of messengers and cyclists feeling angry and unrepresented (or underfunded) when these laws were changed.... I can remember the "all vehicles (including cyclists) must give way to buses road rule".... This rule morally made a lot of sense. Although it caused a lot of problems and got us cut off heaps of times when buses abused the privlige not waiting for the already passing vehicles to get out of the way.... I still agree with this road rule change....

The other road rule that pissed me off was the left turn at red lights for cars.... Hearing about and seeing the problems it caused in Toronto (If you stuff up in a car you kill other people) made me grumpy.... I've always thought that cyclists should be able to turn left at red lights after giving way to pedestrians and oncoming traffic (if you stuff up on a bicycle you only kill yourself (odds)...