How to buy a Pole bike
Buying a Pole is simple. Choose the size best for your height (see sizing chart), choose the build option that suits your budget and style, choose the color or finishing…
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Size matters – Sizing guide for Pole Bicycles
There is nothing more satisfying than blasting around on a bike that fits you perfectly. Such a bike becomes an extension of your body, so it’s really worth putting in…
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Bicycle dynamics and pedaling efficiency
Pedalling efficiency in suspension bike depends from many variables. There’s nothing really special about the physics to person who is educated in physics and mechanics. If you want to market…
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What is Anti Squat and pedal kickback
I’ve been part of many discussions about how Anti Squat (later AS) affects the suspension. I’ve noticed that it’s not a simple way to explain this but I’ll try. Anti…
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Two new riding videos from Leigh Johnson
Leigh has provided two new videos lately – one with his Stamina 180 and one with Taival the hardtail. Check them out! Follow Leigh on Instagram Want to see more…
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Stamina frameset + AXS kit sale ending
The sale of Stamina 140 & Stamina 180 frameset with full Sram AXS X01 Eagle wireless drivetrain groupset and Rockshox Reverb AXS is ending soon. Stamina and wireless philosophy are…
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Season of the off-season bikes
What do you see when you imagine an off-season bike? We see a bike built around Taival frameset with some experimental components.
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Race report: Maxiavalanche 2020 by Giacomo Dodino
We are not 100% sure, but Giacomo might be the first-ever rider in a marathon downhill race with a Pole bike. Being one of those bucket list events for many,…
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Taival Price and Model Updates for 2020
Last month we informed our customers that we are adjusting our pricing on Stamina to be able to improve our company. The update on Taival pricing is for the same…
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Suspension overview
We wanted to make a short video to explain what are the main principals in kinematics and damping. It is not a simple subject and I am shooting from a…
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EVOLINK 140 V1.3 frameset with EXT Storia Lok V3 -shock
Evolink 140 is the industry benchmark of the modern mountain bikes. It was our breakthrough bike, that got tons of attention with its radical geometry, including super-long wheelbase, steep seat…
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Stamina Price Update
At some point, we need to look at our business and rethink how we want to run it. For several years Pole has been growing faster than we thought. Since…
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Pole takes action to Coronavirus
A small company like us is dependent on monthly sales income that keeps us going. Due to the current situation, we don’t have resources to run with full-service capacity, so there not be able to answer every call or email.
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Ride better: Riding tutorials by Matti Lehikoinen & Leo Kokkonen
No matter how good you are as a rider, you can always evolve. Matti opened his cookbook for all of us, about the fundamentals that will immediately make you a…
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Stamina 180 in the Andes Pacifico 2020, presented by GMBN
Andes Pacifico is an epic and one-of-a-kind race in Chile, that starts from over 3500 meters above the sea level, and crosses westward over the Andes, to reach the South…
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Valentine’s day special: Buy any complete Stamina – get Tomu TR for free!
This article is old. Here are alternative reads for you 👍: Hello friend! For Valentine’s day, we wanted to give a gift for all those buying a new Stamina 140…
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Leo Kokkonen in a GMBN podcast; History, problem-solving, carbon, geometry… etc.
Henry from the Global Mountain Bike Network (GMBN) made a podcast with Leo 3rd of February, discussing progressive geometry, why we decided not to go for carbon frames, and the…
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Size dependent chainstay length is not necessary
First of all: a bicycle is not a vehicle. You don’t drive it, you ride it. Please keep this in mind throughout the article. With CNC machining it would be…
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Surprise gear of the year 2019-award for the Machine TR
Seb Stott, a technical writer of the BikeRadar, recently published his best-of list for 2019. Much to our surprise, since it’s not actually 2019 bike, Mr. Stott announced the Pole…
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New shock & complete options for the Evolink 140 & Evolink 158
Our new shock option for Evolink 140 & 158 makes it possible to get a coil instead of air shock at a more affordable price than before – Just add…
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Christmas Sale: EVOLINK 158 Frameset with EXT shock
This campaign has ended. Here are alternative reads for you: Ho Ho Ho! We wrapped a big Christmas deal for everyone looking for a new enduro frameset. It’s red like…
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Pole Evolink 158 LE – The dream build
“The first thing I thought was that I could get the Stamina 180 EN at a lower price than this build. Nevertheless, Evolink 158 LE is, utterly, remarkably, totally an…
Read moreOff-season catch-up with Leigh and Joe
A few months have passed since the last EWS round at the picture-perfect Zermatt, Switzerland, and the legendary Trophy of Nations at Finale Ligure, Italy. These two events closed the…
Read moreShipment delays due to the Post Office strike
This post is old. Here are some alternative reads for you: Update 27/11/2019, 10:30am The strike has ended and the logistics routines are getting back to normal. Original post: Hi…
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Field test on Pinkbike Pole Stamina 140
And now it’s out — the fastest bike on the Pinkbike Field test. I’m still bitter that we could not send the production rear triangle to show the Stamina. I’m…
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Blazing Pole 158 – A brief moment with Blaise Wall and his EVOLINK 158
Blaise has been riding Pole Evolink 158 as our ambassador since January. We thought it would be a good time to ask him what’s up and how’s the bike?
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We are not perfect after all
The Field test is now out and you can find our thoughts from the new article here. edit 19.11.2019: We are more than happy how the review came out and…
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Pre-sale of the Stamina 140 ending soon
This post is old. Here are some alternative reads for you: First of all – huge thanks to all of you who already ordered the Stamina 140, you rock! And…
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Leigh Johnson: Could I be competitive on the Evolink 158?
Previously published by the name of “EVOLINK Price drop”. Check out the bikes! As a recap here’s what our boy Leigh Johnson has to say about EVOLINK Here’s Leigh’s message…
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Autumn price cut – special price on red and yellow frames
This post is old. Here are some alternative reads for you: SOLD OUT! Hello people! We got excited about Leigh Johnson’s decision to race the EVOLINK at Trophy Of Nations…
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Reunion of the whole team at Whisler EWS and Crankworx
Crankworx is one of the highlights of the year. Whistler bike park and Squamish are great places for a mountain biker. This year we were at whistler with a team…
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EVOLINK tested by Joe Nation
Joe started straight with the CNC machined bikes that we have now done for a while now and In the recovery process, there was a good time to test the…
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Leigh Johnson For Another Storming Result In Italy
Round 4 of enduro world series took place in Canazei valley in the Italian Dolomites. Canazei was a one day race, so it looked to be a more mellow race…
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Joe Nation – Rider Down!
The Crash After a focused month of training following the Tasmanian EWS I was putting the finishing touches on the preparation by timing a few race paced laps of my…
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What does testing mean
Mountain bikes go through a tremendous amount of testing before we can put our name on it. First, we need to define the geometry and kinematics of the bike and…
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Trans Madeira day 5
We caught up with happy and tired Leo after he made it to the finish line after the epic five days of riding. Full result here Yes, we made it!…
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Trans Madeira Day 4
It has been a tough week we have had such a massive contrast of different kinds of weather and conditions from one extreme to another. There is one more day…
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Trans Madeira day 3
Today we woke up and the sun was out and it was perfect weather for riding. Yesterday´s rain made the tracks prefect, kept the dust down, it was grippy and…
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Trans Madeira day 2
Second day nemesis is still haunting Leo and there has been some troubles on the beginning of the day 2. We reached out to Leo to see how tent life…
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Trans Madeira day 1
Trans Madeira is a 5-day race that covers 25 stages and 200km of riding on the beautiful island of Madeira located on the east coast of Africa. This time around…
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Pole Philosophy
Pole wants to create the fastest, most striking, and most thoughtfully designed machines. Pole is the ultimate expression of what we can do today. Our bikes are the ultimate expression…
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Transparency is the key!
I write this post to shed some light where we are with our production at the moment. The season has kicked in, and people are waiting for their products. We…
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Johnson scores his first TOP10 at Madeira
Enduro World Series (EWS) was held at Madeira which is a fantastic place for mountain bikers. Steep, fast, dust, mud, rocks and sunny. Everything in one package and the organization…
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Pole Enduro Race Team interview by the EWS
The first two rounds of Enduro World Series are done, and the next round is at Madeira. Joseph Nation broke arm last weekend doing his prep for the race. Joe…
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Pole Stamina™
Stamina will make you a better rider immediately. The balanced bike geometry and suspension kinematics will give you a sensation of riding that you have experienced never before. Stop listening…
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What is the difference between Stamina 140 and 180
Our sales get a lot of questions of people wondering which Stamina should they get. We asked the people who have been involved a lot to the development and testing…
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Win a Pole Frameset – Bike Unchained 2 launches Virtual World Series Tournament
After a long Winter and with the bike season now underway, anticipation is building before the start of the MTB calendar. The best riders on the globe will once again…
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New EVOLINK frames will be equipped with premium Enduro Bearings
We are happy to announce that all new EVOLINK frames will be equipped with premium Enduro Bearings. It is a great improvement for bearing durability. Bicycle frame maintenance needs usually…
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Bushmaster is now Stamina 140
Pole Bushmaster is changing its name to Stamina 140 due to conflict with other brands naming of their products. Therefore Stamina is now Stamina 180 and all future bikes in this category…
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Pole Enduro Race Team succesful at EWS Tasmania
Words – Matti Lehikoinen | Photos – Sebastian Sheick Round two of the Enduro World Series took place in Tasmania, an island south of mainland Australia, in an old mining…
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Pole Enduro Race Team is set for Tasmania
Words – Matti Lehikoinen | Photos – Sebastian Sheick The first stage was today and Pole boys are keen for the next day. There was a bit of rain during…
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Pole Enduro Race Team Debut Race
Words – Matti Lehikoinen | Photos – Sebastian Sheick The first round of the 2019 Enduro World Series took place in beautiful Rotorua New Zealand. The race had a variety…
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Pole Enduro Team ready for race – EWS Round 1 – Rotorua, NZ
The team is really excited to kick the season off here in Rotorua for the World Enduro opening round. After a productive off season developing and testing the Stamina the…
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EXPRESS YOURSELF – CUSTOM COLOR EVOLINK
This post is old. Here are some alternative reads for you: Colour says a lot about who you are, express yourself with an Evolink in a colour that best matches…
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Stamina Specs
Seat tube standard 34.9mm Seat tube clamp 38.5mm (changes may apply to production) Axle to Crown 581-591 Headset standard POLE / Cane Creek 36 X 45 Degree – 41mm/52mm Brake…
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The fastest bike
We test all our bikes and try to improve their performance. Bicycle testing is often overlooked in the performance point of view, and the industry is often focused on weight…
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Evolink special Express yourself delivery time and frames updated with Enduro Bearings
We are happy to announce that all new Evolink frames will be equipped with premium Enduro Bearings. It is great improvement for bearing durability. Pre-ordered Evolink express yourself special color…
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Designer Spotlight // Leo Kokkonen
This week Ryan interviews Leo Kokkonen, Pole Bicycles founder and bike designer. Leo shares how he went from a bike-loving kid in Finland to being the driving force behind a…
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Taival custom color pre-sale is now online
Colour says a lot about who you are, express yourself with an Taival in a colour that best matches you. You can choose between the Taival: Frameset a 564,52 €…
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How To Ride FLAT Corners W/ Joe Nation
Successfully riding flat corners is one of the most difficult skills to acquire. It takes solid technique, subtle bike handling and trust in your tires (not to mention being okay…
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How To Corner w/ Matti Lehikoinen — Berms
I think we can all agree that being able to fly through corners with speed and composure is an essential part of being a great mountain biker. Matti Lehikoinen took…
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Packing A Pole For Air Travel
As you probably know, most Pole bikes are longer than bikes with “standard” geometry, so how do they fit in a bike travel bag? Ryan (aka The Loam Ranger) has…
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Machine Wins The 2019 Design & Innovation Award
Pole Bicycles is proud to announce that the Machine has won the Design & Innovation Award for 2019! …this long travel 29er is enormously fast while remaining easy to…
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Pole Enduro Team Spotlight // Matti Lehikoinen
Ryan sits down with World Cup Downhill legend Matti Lehikoinen to talk about his new role as Pole Enduro Team Manager. Matti shares his plans for the upcoming EWS race…
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Enduro Team Rider Spotlight // Leigh Johnson
This week, Beth chats with Leigh Johnson in Madeira, Portugal during the Pole Enduro Team Camp. They talk about the upcoming season, training and testing new gear. The whole…
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Unboxing And Building A Pole Taiga Fat Bike
In this video, Ryan unboxes and builds a Pole Taiga fat bike. Find out how your Taiga will ship, what’s in the box and how to put it all together.…
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Enduro Team Rider Spotlight // Joe Nation
While in Madeira, Ryan had a chance to sit down with Joe Nation to talk about the new team, the bike and the one thing he needs most at…
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Pole Enduro team launch
Video – The Loam Ranger | Photos – Beth Kelly | Words – Leo Kokkonen Pole’s year of 2018 has been a blast. Pole invented and launched a new production…
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Pole Framesets and EN Goes EXT
UPDATE 12/2019: Check out this review of the EXT Storia Lok V3: Tested: EXT Storia Lok V3 Shock Now you can get a high-end EXT shock with the EVOLINK and…
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EVOLINK Custom color pre-sale is now on!
This post is old. Here are some alternative reads for you: Colour says a lot about who you are, express yourself with an Evolink in a colour that best matches…
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EVOLINK new options and custom color PRE-SALE
This post is old. Here are some alternative reads for you: EXT STORIA SHOCKS Pole goes EXT on 140 and 158 EVOLINK’s Framesets and EN -models Pole EVOLINK framesets and…
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Pole Bicycles Welcomes The Loam Ranger
This post is old. Here are some alternative reads for you: Ryan contacted us right after we published the EVOLINK. He was one of the first guys who was exited…
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Stamina Geometry
Rider size 160-170cm 170-180cm 180-190cm 190-cm Frame size S M L XL 1. Head angle 63,5° 2. REACH 450 480 510 540 3. Top Tube 570 600 630 660 4.…
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Integrated multitool
Stamina 180 and Stamina 140 LE models have an integrated multitool from OneUp Components. Our racing team and staff has enjoyed the multitool so much that we decided to include…
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External cable routing
Stamina 180 and Stamina 140 frames have external cable routing to keep things simple. We shaped the top and down tubes so that the cables are hiding in plain sight.…
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Three bottle mounts
Carrying a backpack full of water, tools and spare parts has been an almost mandatory requirement mountain bike riders for years. This was due to the lack of options for…
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Integrated Bashguard
We decided to integrate the bashguard to the BB link. The advantage is to save weight and also make the bash guard hassle free and always there where you need…
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Dust covers for all bearings
Stamina 180 and Stamina 140 all bearings are covered from dust and dirt. On EVOLINK and Machine, all the bearing seals are covered from outside the frame but the inside…
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Stamina 180 LE
BB RF 30 CINCH BRAKES TRICKSTUFF DIRETTISSIMA 200/200mm CASsETTE SHIMANO XTR 12-SPD 10-51 CHAIN SHIMANO XTR 12-spd CHAINGUIDE ABSOLUTE BLACK CRANKSET Titanium Cane creek EEwings, 170mm 32t DERAILLEUR REAR SHIMANO…
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Pole Stamina prototype is rolling in
We published one month ago that we have Stamina. Now we have made it. The bike is now first of it’s kind, and it is built to go fast. The…
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Matti Lehikoinen joins Pole Bicycles
Matti Lehikoinen is one of the DH racing legends of our time, and now we are proud to present that he is joining the Pole team full time. He will…
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Pole Machine in Red Bull Bike Unchained 2
This post is old. Here are some alternative reads for you: Now, how cool is this? The winter is coming and you can keep riding your Pole Machine even in winter.…
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We have Stamina!
A new Pole is coming out, and it might be confusing. Why so similar to Machine? Well, the industry has told you that it introduces bikes as year models, but…
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It’s our birthday! Pole is now five years!
Pole Bicycle Company was founded by Leo Kokkonen and Patric Wladimirov. We started Pole Bicycle Company five years ago with a concentric single pivot bike. The five years of innovation…
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What we learned from Whistler during Crankworx
Crankworx is a big circus. Whistler’s rider amount peaks up during Crankworx, and a lot is going on. Whip contests, DH contests, EWS contest, slopestyle… you name it. It’s incredible to…
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Machine Price update
Machine prices will update 6.6.2018. See the prices at the end of this story. Machine presale started in December 2017, and by that time we began to build our factory.…
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Evolink Delivery part 3 – Evolinks going out now
Dear customers, We are pleased to inform you, we just have got the first batch Evolink 1.3v frames today for final assembly. Frame factory split deliveries into two separate shipments.…
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The tipping point
My name is Leo Kokkonen. I’m the founder, major shareholder and President of Pole Bicycle Company. People often address me as a CEO but I’m not. CEO’s handle the daily…
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Machine production update part 1
We have been very sneaky about our factory and our processes as it’s a delicate subject to us. Now that we have delivered our first Machines we can be sure that…
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EVOLINK delivery update part 2
We have an update on our process on our frames The EVOLINK, and Taiga frames are now being painted. Patric Wladimirov is currently in Taiwan to check the quality with…
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EVOLINK delivery delay update
Everyone who preordered our EVOLINK’s has got a message that our production got a few setbacks this year. All our customers will get their bikes as soon as we get…
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Pole World Tour – Spring 2018
This spring Pole travels around Europe and USA . We would like to bring Pole experience as near enthusiasts to test and feel our bikes as we can. Now is…
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First ride reviews of Machine are out!
We have created quite a stir in the forums and media the past half years. Pole Machine has been the center of attention, and there have been rumors about our…
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Vital MTB interview on Pole owners
Link to the Vital MTB interview on Pole owners story here Pole has sold bikes to 37 different countries, and 99% of them was sold direct. We want to know our…
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Aluminium vs. Carbon Battle
Pinkbike just published Richard Cunningham’s pro carbon article. Richard contacted me before, and I think it’s relevant to release the conversation here as there is nothing delicate here. Richard Cunningham…
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Pole Machine vlog part 2 2/2
The second part of our vlog is divided into two parts. In the afternoon where Leo does some random stuff and we take a look at Pole’s marketing plans and…
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Pole Machine vlog part 2 1/2
The second part of our vlog is divided into two parts. Morning and afternoon. The first part in the morning we take a look at our designer Leo’s training routine…
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MACHINE and Leo at NSMB interview
North Shore Mountain Biking (NSMB) is well known from their authentic reviews and stories of mountain biking. Some special features NSMB is also known fore and their lively forum and the…
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Pole Machine vlog part 1
Happy new year everyone! We have been working really hard to get the Machine to production and here’s some inside stuff about Leo’s engineering and training. Here’s the first edit…
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Aadne Olsrud, a man who lives for the mountains.
Aadne Olsrud is a man who lives for the mountains of northern Norway. He is a passionate freeride snowboarder, hiker, climber, runner, and biker, but more specifically a fat bike…
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Asymmetric shock for better clearance
The Machine comes with an asymmetric shock; this feature has allowed us to create to create a longer seat tube insert length. Today dropper posts feature travel of between 110mm…
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Pole Machine is now live
Pole MACHINE The new Pole has arrived and it redefines how a frame is manufactured. The frame is robotically CNC machined. The new frame is called MACHINE and is 100%…
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Award winning geometry
Design and Innovation award winners 2017
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Boost Brothers
An ingenious solution allowing you to use 142 or 148 wheels.
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How fast does a Pole really go?
Enduro magazine put together a test to see which bike would be the fastest enduro bike in the world. Want to find out how we did? Lets put it this…
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Are you machined?
Are you machined is something new that we have been excitingly working really hard on. We have just turned the whole frame process technology upside down.
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Arctic adventures, the path less taken
The stunning golden glow of Autumn as she paints the landscape in a palate of yellows, oranges, greens and reds. This is how the Arctic Circle looks this time of…
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Team Pole dominate Finnish Enduro Series
The final round of the Finnish Enduro series took place last weekend in Sappee Bike Park, about a two-hour drive north of Helsinki. It was a nice surprise when it came…
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Why aren’t we going for carbon frames
Today we shocked the MTB world by saying that the whole carbon process is unethical. Last year here at Pole Bicycles, we announced that we would go carbon just like the rest…
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Pole Evolink in Media
Articles from this year about Pole Evolink gathered: Enduro Magazine – #thegeometryaffair part 2
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Taiga with massive 2XL 5.05
Why we use the fattest tires that are available on our Taiga fatbike? Well first things first Taiga fits the widest tires on the market. So why not use them?…
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Evolink 140 doing old school enduro race
Himos Epic, a new generation competition or should we say the first form of enduro back in the game. Back in the days enduro was all about long distances rough and…
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Is Pole Evolink the fastest bike?
On the start of the season Trev Worsey, editor from the Enduro Mountainbike Magazine, began to explore the Pole Evolink 140 under a hashtag #thegeometryaffair. Yesterday he released the second…
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Elise Kulmala the mother of MTB pussies
Coverphoto: Timo Kananoja She is a wholehearted downhill rider, she has been for 6 years now. This is the first season so far that she has survived without bigger crashes. That…
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Leo’s Racing Machine
This is how Leo Kokkonen, the head designer of Pole Bicycles, likes his Evolink. Leo races in the Finnish National Enduro Series in men’s Elite and he is on the…
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Evolink 140 after 240 000 vertical feet
Peter Taylor, our latest add to our ambassador line up, is currently working for the Whistler Mountain Bike Park in Canada and he has his Evolink 140 as his companion.…
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Enduro Mountainbike Magazine interviewed Leo
Leo participated few weeks ago the Tweedlove International enduro race in Scotland. There he catched up with Finlay Anderson and Trev Worsey from the Enduro Mountainbike Magazine. They made an article…
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How to set up your Pole
Watch the video below 1. Check the tire pressure Tire pressure plays very important role how your bike handles. A harsh ride can be caused from over inflated tires and…
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How to turn a long bike through a tight corner
The 911 track in Malaga is very versatile trail to gain your basic riding skills. It contains rough technical terrain, high speed sections and very tight switchbacks. Usually people say that a…
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How to ride long Poles. The bike.
Pole philosophy in bicycle design is to make riding easier. When the bike is stable, you can ride faster more safely. In other words, longer bike is safer to ride and safe gives…
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Stamina 140 Geometry
Rider size 160-170cm 170-180cm 180-190cm 190-cm Frame size S M L XL 1. Head angle 64° 2. reach 440 470 500 520 3. top tube 570 600 630…
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The 2017 EVOLINK
Our EVOLINK frames gets some new features on 2017. Here’s the changes we did and stories behind them. 1. Rear hub standards The BOOST rear hub standard has been around…
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Pole is the winner of the Design & Innovation Award 2017
We proudly announce: Pole EVOLINK 140 is the winner of the Design & Innovation Award 2017! The Design & Innovation Award is the most important award in the bike industry.…
Read moreThe winner of the Design & Innovation Award 2017: POLE EVOLINK 140EN
(See below in English) lataa tästä mediapaketti. Jyväskyläläinen Pole Bicycles Oy:n Evolink 140 EN -maastopyörä on saanut kansainvälisen Enduro Magazinen myöntämän Design & Innovation Award 2017-palkinnon. The Design & Innovation…
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Where did the new school geometry come from?
If you are a bike designer from a competitive bike company, you should stop reading because I will explain the past and the future of mountain bikes here 😉 First…
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New school bicycle platform
POLE BICYCLES PRESENTS GAME CHANGING SLACK BIKES If you want to design your own bikes and test ride them thoroughly then Finland might not be the best place to…
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