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22,24..Amazing.

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the only rule we need is the official rule #1 of bike polo:

"don't be a dick"

@unixd0rk - I think "the rules" are only applicable to activities where riding a bike actually occurs or is a possibility. Trackstanding on abandoned tennis courts doesn't fall under its domain, and as such, it is good that it has its own set of rules and guidelines.

actually loled at rule 64: Cornering confidence generally increases with time and experience. This pattern continues until it falls sharply and suddenly.

That's fantastic. Almost impossible to discern where the sarcasm begins and ends. I am able to discern it though. I have actually pondered over the position of the quick release levers.

Epic lol at #51.

#74 should extend to cars too. So many Garmins sitting in traffic ...

i actually disagree with their rear quick release orientation. i think it should close just beneath the chain stay.

I thought of 64 today, when I went quickly around a sharp curve and felt mt pedal touch the ground. slowed down a bit for the next one, ha.

"Don't be a dick" should be life lesson #1 and not just apply to bike polo.

This is wrong. All this is wrong. Please google "OREC" and find your way to the facebook group for the real rules.

Hilarious. That said, I will still wear my baggies on the road.

Anyone who disagrees will be subject to a picture of me in lycra.

Wow. Just wow.

trying...to...resist...urge...to...fLAME

when I went quickly around a sharp curve and felt mt pedal touch the ground

On curves (if you've got enough speed to be leaning) try outside foot down, inside foot up. Weight on the outside foot and inside hand.

most curves I make are a left turn. I've been trying to break the habit of always stretching my left leg toward the ground, since I realized that I could feel the difference in muscle tone between my legs.

Yeah, it feels like you'd want the leg on the side you're leaning toward to be the one that's down, in case you need to bail and put that foot on the ground. But really, your weight is already leaning in that direction so you need something to counterbalance - if you can get yourself to break the habit (on the left turns) and extend your right leg, you can put weight on the right pedal (more weight the faster you're going) and it gives you better balance, makes you more stable through the turn. That'll naturally cause you to weight your left hand as well - you probably won't have to think about that part. Someone explained this whole thing to me a while back (I was always keeping the same leg down too) and I actually had to go out and practice it - I took a couple rides where I just focused on extending outside leg in turns (serpentines are fun practice for that) and these days it feels pretty natural.

But wow - a difference in muscle tone? That's pretty intense!

just when I'm flexing really hard after a long ride.

Gee; I've been doing it all worng. I thought the rules were 1) Have fun 2) Don't be a dick, 3) See #1 and #2

OREC

Thanks for the backup @raphael...they just aren't getting it.

you got it.

"Winning races is an added talent, and only counts if said Euro Cyclist wins with appropriate style."

There are also The Official Rules of the Middle-Aged American Cyclist (another facebook group).

"Winning races is for twenty-year-olds, so just focus on completing flat centuries before the sag wagon."