Author: lkokkone
TEN Years of Pole Bicycles: Introducing the Trail and Gravity Platforms
At Pole Bicycles, we’ve reimagined the world of mountain biking with our innovative new platforms, each stemming from a mindset: Trail and Gravity. The Trail mindset is designed for those …
Pole Heads into more Digital to be more Analog
This text and images are created by Leo Kokkonen and edited using Grammarly and ChatGPT. Previously I shared my insight on how we can learn how to use AI to …
THIS IS HOW AI WILL HELP US TO CREATE BETTER PRODUCTS
Recently OpenAI launched the second version of their ChatGPT language model, and it’s gained a massive following already. This is going to change our lives more than anything else recently. …
We are proud to announce that our new factory is ready and fully operational
It sure wasn’t easy, and it’s still not easy. Delays, shortages, and price increases have not helped either. Creating something new from scratch needs sisu. Sisu is a Finnish concept …
Voima Geometry
Rider height speed – 160-170cm style – 165-175cm speed – 170-180cm style – 175-185cm speed – 180-190cm style – 185-195cm Speed – 190+cm style – 195+cm Frame size k1 k2 …
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
