Steve's decided to try and get bike polo up and running again in Canberra after the momentum of some earlier in the year faded. I was lucky enough to see a tournament in Brisbane when I was there last and had a chat to some of the Adelaide players on a fixie ride. Looking forward to trying it myself.

So today I built my bike out of bits in the garage. No Italian bits, no boutique prettiness or stylish accessories; just pure purpose.

The Shogun frame is actually very nice, built of Tange Infinity tubing; something I've been setting aside for a project, but I already have too many bikes so it's perfect for this. The rear hub is free, with a ratio giving me somewhere near 50 gear inches. At this stage I have a rear brake, we'll see if that's workable. I may or may not fashion a front disk to protect the spokes but not going too far just yet. Who knows if polo will even take off in the Can'!!