
Topeka cyclists start new sport, save tennis courts
Bike polo matches set for 6 p.m. Sunday starting March 10A grassroots group of bicycle enthusiasts looking for a new way to stretch their wheels inadvertently have saved a couple of Topeka tennis courts.
The courts at Washburn Park, which sit near S.W. 10th and Billard Avenue between S.W. MacVicar and Gage, were slated for demolition because no one was using them.
But recently a few cyclists started using the courts to play bike polo. Think polo on bikes rather than horses, blacktops rather than fields, with homemade mallets and orange cones for goals.
Rather than tearing down the courts, Shawnee County parks and recreation spent less than $200 to transform the dilapidated facility into the city’s first bike polo court….
Read more: the topeka capital journal, 09.03.13.
“new sport” haha
go Karl!
Here’s a little bit more about how TCCP could use your help. BIG thank-you to Ryan Bishop for creating a series of videos for us. There will be three more shown at the event.
Shoutout to one of my favourite followers: karlfun!
“Flat Tire” bike party / fundraiser for the Topeka Community Cycle Project / bike shop.
7 p.m., Dec. 8th, at The Celtic Fox, 118 SW 8th Ave. Topeka. $5 donation.
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