Recycling all those "failed"
Pole Bikes hates Ridemonkey
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I wonder if they thought the overseas-made Evolink would be their bread and butter... but then designed a very fugly bicycle, and the sales throughput isn't happening.
I can't think of a more expensive way to build a frame than to machine it. I think they are realizing that.
Well, machine it and then glue and bolt it together...
I saw a Pole bike in the flesh on Saturday, but...social distancing and all...
I was floored, though. I didn't think they existed in the wild, most especially around local parks in the 'burbs.
I was floored, though. I didn't think they existed in the wild, most especially around local parks in the 'burbs.
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when talking about staring at something, it's probably not a good idea to use the words flesh and pole at the same time...
Frame made in two halves comes apart at the seams...
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Catastrophic failure Pole Stamina 180mm
just gonna leave this here, next to my bucket of airplane glue.
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It´s a feature! Easy diy frame repair. Avoid all the annoying warranty procedures by simply being able to fix it yourself.
Each frame soon to come with a complementary bottle of glue! (No c-clamps though. those will be sold seperately but milled from a full block of aluminum for only 149,95$)
Slap on a few zip ties or hose clamp for extra strength
Hmm... in house manufacturing failures AND outsourced frame failures. What's the common factor?
B-b-b-b-ut I thought this was the right way to fold a Pole...
I'd watch it
Maybe they use a continuous weld down the seams, like an Intense but CNC milled so it's aligned properly.
I just looked at the shit show at emptybeer about those pictures. Man those 3 Pole fanbois really got upset about somebody posting those pics on the internet...
Learning the incident occurred when the rider was on XC type trails and how the rider got his face pretty banged, and reading the usual declaration from Pole stating how they control everything is mind blowing.
Learning the incident occurred when the rider was on XC type trails and how the rider got his face pretty banged, and reading the usual declaration from Pole stating how they control everything is mind blowing.
Yeah, I have to wonder what the glue-seems do when you take big hits and the frame flexes...I mean, it's going to flex.
Pole reminds me of Intense in a number of ways... other than the years of top level race wins, of course.
It's not really much different to brazing, then again I don't think anyone would braze a whole frame down the guts, maybe some beardy weirdo at the North American Hipster Bike Shitshow but not somebody attaching a warranty to a product.
I wonder if the drink bottle cages fall off when they split in half?
I just checked it too.
LOCK AAAAAND DELETE!!!
that's settles it. Next bike will not be a Pole.
We're you considering riding a pole?I just checked it too.
LOCK AAAAAND DELETE!!!
that's settles it. Next bike will not be a Pole.
Given an outspoken owner to me it's more Ellsworth but with some engineering thought behind them
Though I always like when Euro companies talk abour how 7xxx series alu is aerospace super duper tech when often a lot of its use comes from availability in yurp. Or at least it used to be this way.
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Is there something broken in rear end too? Rear tire is very close to seattubeFrame made in two halves comes apart at the seams...
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Catastrophic failure Pole Stamina 180mm
just gonna leave this here, next to my bucket of airplane glue.
The engineer in the company I worked at said 7000 series was significantly stronger than 6000 and his reason for using it was not because he didn't need to buy a heat treat oven. I trusted him. The super duper tech was the even stronger 7000 series with some scandium mixed in that they used to get from Easton and now from a Taiwanese supplier with even more scandium. It's amazing how thin some sections of tubing are in my 2300g tandem frame they made from it.