Polo has always been thought of as a princely game; but Bike Polo is a different beast all together. Open to anyone “that can ride a bike and see” according to Ines Brunn. The traditional is about riding around on horse back but in its current form it is far more versatile and far less restrictive on who can play. You don’t have to feed bikes and they don’t get tired.

The writer of the article gets the chance to see if they have what it takes to play bike polo. Slowly building up a bit of experience with the more experienced and seasoned profesionals the play style was understood. Beijing, Shanghai, and Chengdu have multiple teams set up but it wasn’t quite time for the writer to join one of them yet.