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@Mouette230: Let's be real. It is a hyperbike in every possible way. Ride, finish, color, geometry nothing out there compares to these bikes. Attention it gets on bikeparks and trail is huge and it is 100% positive. It is made by team of ambitious and hardworking people in location where people have labour agreements. You can get on grey if gold threatens your belief system or manhood. Fact that a gold version exists should not be away from you in any way. What we here are Pink bike luddites who have resisted every relevant innovation in last 15 years or so. This includes new school geometry, 29 inch wheels, rear suspension, disc brakes, front suspension, wireless shifting. And answer to your question does it have to Palais of Versailles - If it can, why not. Many can't and choice is not away from you

PB seems to cut emoticons here making meaning different I intended. For claritys sake, not suggesting anyone should get a whooping. Just finding comment funny considering who actually manufactures and rides these.

@Mouette230: Finnish officer in reserve with golden Pole Voima here. We need bikes too. To be honest I can't figure out a statement that would get your ass whooped faster in Finnish bike scene

@bogey: I believe I have done more verification testing, than it is reasobable to expect by any consumer. I have paid retail for both Machine and Evolinks. Which bike is absolutely the fastest is not the thing that makes me tick, and it probably is not within my reach to prove. But what is exiting, is taking fellow riders forward. If bike inspires confidence, you try out more things. You play more and harder. That combined with tiny bit of advice how you take benefits of new school geometry, seems to create lot of smiles and small epiphanys.

@BenPea: Stopwatch. I have done lot of clocking Pole Machine and Evolinks. I am consistently 2-3 seconds per minute faster than on a conventional bikes. Race results also speak for themselves. 2017 there weren't many Evolinks in the market even, yet Pole bikes took 5/7 Finnish Enduro championships. On those 2 classes were no Pole riders. More than that, I see rider evolution accelerate significantly when they change to Pole. When I first by chance first tested prototype Evolink at Malaga famous downhill track 911, I was immediately significantly faster than on my own YT Tues Carbon. All over the world previously cautious riders became raging lunatics. My friends I have coached to be 10-15% faster. It is easier bike to ride with a good form. This seems to accelerate rider improvement.

@Gavalar66: I am not disrespecting you but I am correcting your facts. When Leo came back from China evaluating factories, I received a phone call from him. He was totally devasteted, saying he couldn't pull the trigger on carbon production. I asked if it was labour conditions or environmental factors that concerned him. He said it is environmental, labour conditions appear to be fine. We had a very serious discussion will there be a high end market without carbon. My advise to him as a friend was never to do against your heart and values, and try to discover more innovation by taking advantage of shorter development cycles related to aluminium. CNC manufacturing was nowhere insight at that point. He took a huge gamble that ultimately lead him to innovate and develop what are now probably worlds fastest mountain bikes. It is easy to prejudiced and judgemental, but knowing these people and what is driving them, they certainly don't deserve that.

Actually Pole has openly and consistently said that they don't see a problem with carbon in applications like handlebars and rims because raw material utilization rates are hugely better in simple shapes like this. Simply it creates much less waste. They never set out to demonize carbon as material. They said they disapprove how manufacturers handle their waste and don't take responsibility of their supply chains. It is not about double standards, nor about being a judgemental prick but about making informed choices.

@forestek: I actually remember this. I also felt that your comment was a low blow and I even said it to you. You are not exactly giving a fair picture here how it went.