I guess not only their geo is confusing.
Pole Bikes hates Ridemonkey
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haha, evidently leo is a bit sensitive about being critiqued by steve:
Later we got challenged by Steve Matthews when he claimed that he had figured out a perfect front and rear center balance for cornering. We already knew that it is not like that, but we stood up and wanted to do science with Steve. We took his theory and tried to test it in practice. We got a bike that had exactly his portions and compared it to Stamina, which should not work. In the result, we found out that our portions are 3% faster than his. You can read the full story about the test here.
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/pole-bushmaster.html
Later we got challenged by Steve Matthews when he claimed that he had figured out a perfect front and rear center balance for cornering. We already knew that it is not like that, but we stood up and wanted to do science with Steve. We took his theory and tried to test it in practice. We got a bike that had exactly his portions and compared it to Stamina, which should not work. In the result, we found out that our portions are 3% faster than his. You can read the full story about the test here.
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/pole-bushmaster.html
So much butt hurt lol
So you're telling me that Matti is 3% faster on a bike that he has spent months training on and dialing in versus a bike he may have never ridden before? Some surprising results
Additionally.... 3%? That's gotta be within the margin of error for a test like this.
So you're telling me that Matti is 3% faster on a bike that he has spent months training on and dialing in versus a bike he may have never ridden before? Some surprising results
Additionally.... 3%? That's gotta be within the margin of error for a test like this.
Fucking sniped
The dude is already riding a Pole. I think the name is sufficiently joke worthy
I'm gonna try to ride one again this year at Sea Otter. I wonder if they will have the same response as last year, "It's the best ever, no you can't try one".
I chatted with Leo last year and he was for sure a bit of a blowhard.
The dude is already riding his own Pole. I think the name is sufficiently joke worthy
Hey @rollertoaster - did they ever get you sorted with something that held up?
Thanks for your candid report of your previous version.
Hoy, if you ride Leo's Pole someone might have a Tantrum. You already signed your letter of intent.The dude is already riding a Pole. I think the name is sufficiently joke worthy
I'm gonna try to ride one again this year at Sea Otter. I wonder if they will have the same response as last year, "It's the best ever, no you can't try one".
I chatted with Leo last year and he was for sure a bit of a blowhard.
Would that be a Pole or @Jm_ sculpture?
Now that you frame it like this I don't want to be known as a guy who rides a pole in public. Not that I disapprove of others doing it. It's just not my thing.
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Hey Ben. Good to see you are still on RM. I need to come back to biking period (2 years of only riding pumptracks irregularly). I just want another bike for trips. Maybe a new dh bike is a better option though I really want to try this enduro thing all the kids are raving about. Though yeah the almost dh enduro bikes seem like a silly idea, being attracted to this Finnish monstrosity makes no sense and I will probably upgrade the DH bike to 650B and get a trail bike that's almost too old for R Kelly but I need to ride some friends bikes to form an opinion.
I missed the moment when GG started looking so damn good.
The frame looks incredibly good, the GeoAdjust headset lets you look in the frame the inside looks great too super smooth nothing hanging or bladder chunks stuck to the side. As a first impression this is a very well made frame!
@jonKranked iscg05 interfaces with the 4 keys at the bb, the mount fits nicely and is held in place by the bb cup. Unlike the old school days the keys keep it from spinning at impact. Bash will be equipped.
@jonKranked iscg05 interfaces with the 4 keys at the bb, the mount fits nicely and is held in place by the bb cup. Unlike the old school days the keys keep it from spinning at impact. Bash will be equipped.
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BASH ALL THE THINGS!!!!!!!!!11!1!!
Yes, they had me on a new frame by the next weekend . I haven't ridden the new one much because I didn't do the riding in miserable winter conditions this year. I did pick up a taival hardtail which has been super fun.
I'll be at the Pole tent at sea otter.
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/introducing-behind-the-numbers-a-new-suspension-analysis-series.html
hohohohoh
pole bikes will soon hate PB
hohohohoh
pole bikes will soon hate PB
I would like to try the pole, I really want to try the Mondraker foxy carbon.
random: pb broke the review bike & pole are doing a bit of preemptive damage control. always amusing how hyper defensive leo is:
https://polebicycles.com/we-are-not-perfect-after-all/
https://polebicycles.com/we-are-not-perfect-after-all/
i was following that, apparently there were apparently 2 frame failures, one being major (was described as a frame breaking in half). this doesn't sound like the major one.
I think I eluded' to it on your FB post but they seem to have some pretty strange customer service issues w/ pre-orders. The path podcast is pretty good and one of those guys had some weird stuff to say about his experience. Seems he finally gave up after something like 6 months of them holding his money.
better than production parts that implode?
haha that begs the question..... Are these actually prototype parts? :Insert lizard laughing GIF:
The new Rocky Mountain Slayer was the other bike that broke I think, PB deleted a comment from the dude who saw the broken bike at whistler but you can still see it on his profile.
The criticism part of pinkbike in Pole's article is out of place, could have well done without it
The criticism part of pinkbike in Pole's article is out of place, could have well done without it
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yeah, a local guy w/ an evolink gave up on them after some service shenanigans (and bought a geometron); sounds like they need to put a bit more work into customer success. leo's ego is large, and blame for issues all too often appears to be dumped back into the customer's lap.
i saw that comment, i took it to mean he was referencing a yeti. that seems to be a popular speculation in the comments.
crazy. i thought we were done with the bad old days of snappy bikes. i guess with sub 30lb trail bikes sporting dh geometry, something has got to give.
Pinkbike Took Me To Whistler - Sunday Comics with Taj Mihelich by Tajlucas - Pinkbike
Taj looks back at his recent trip to Whistler and his time at the Pinkbike Field Test.
Found it!
It was in the whistler blog post by Taj Mihelich. Was wondering why I had it bookmarked.