Including two utterly new longer-travel rides to cowl Path & Gravity driving, Pole Bicycles has formally launched an all-new Onni DH bike & Sonni DH eMTB. We acquired a sneak peek on the Onni again at Sea Otter.
Constructed for riders looking out ever-steeper, gnarlier trails and bike parks, each standard bike and ebike get 177-200mm of rear-wheel journey paired with 180-200mm up entrance in a bid to get you downhill as quick as completely doable. However neither of the bikes are actually standard, every sharing the clamshell CNC development of Pole’s Voima & Vikkela, with related high-pivot 4-bar suspension, and the choice for 3 completely different builds relying in your type of Gravity driving.
Pole Gravity platform: long-travel Onni DH Bike & Sonni eMTB
10 years within the making, Pole has transitioned from creating a few of the ground-breaking extra-long progressive geometry that defines trendy mountain bikes, to now utterly reshaping how they construct new bikes with extensively CNC-machined frames now all made-to-order in Finland.
2 platforms: Path and Gravity. A standard bike and an ebike in every platform: Vikkela & e- Voima for path, and now Onni & e- Sonni for gravity. And three completely different builds of every to tailor to every rider’s wants.
Longer journey than the super-trail Voima & Vikkela, the all-new gravity bikes supply Enduro, Downduro, and full Downhill builds with the identical frames, plus the power to select from full 29er or combined wheel mullet setups. Each share the identical seamless hole CNC-machined 7075-T6 aluminum sandwich development and excessive 4-bar suspension design with huge major pivot.
Each bikes are available in three inventory sizes K1, K2 & K3, and embody -5mm, 0 & +10mm Attain measurement adjustment within the headset, so you will get the proper match. With no overlap, that’s successfully 9 sizes obtainable of every.
In addition they get geometry that’s designed to let riders swap rear wheels between 27.5 & 29″ with out messing with flip-chips. Simply pop a special rear wheel in, and trip away with a couple of diploma slacker angles and 9mm decrease BB.
Onni DH bike: Motor Off
With its excessive downtube and crankset suspended from a spar below the principle pivot, the brand new CNC-machined Onni gravity bike body will set you again $3486 / 3200€ for a frameset, then a whole bike from $4890 / 4490€.
Every bike is made to order, so that you decide the way you need to trip it and how you can spec it primarily based on the journey, geometry & element spec you might be searching for.
Enduro racing builds pair 180mm single crown forks to a shorter 230x65mm stroke shock for 177mm of rear wheel journey.
Downduro builds like we noticed at Sea Otter for extra burly racing, step it as much as 200mm of rear wheel journey due to a 250x75mm stroke shock, and might be paired to 190mm single-crown or 200mm double-crown forks relying on rider desire. Lastly, the total Downhill construct matches the identical 200mm rear journey to a correct 200mm DH fork and a simplified 7-speed drivetrain for race-only duties.
Sonni DH ebike: Motor On!
The eMTB Sonni solely seems to be marginally extra standard subsequent to the Onni. The ebike will get an even bigger & decrease downtube to suit its 750Wh PowerTube battery inside.
The cranks nonetheless dangle low off the eMTB body, however right here with extra of a bulbous outcrop that features the Bosch Efficiency Line CX ebike motor, and theoretically some additional alloy influence safety with an optionally available CNC-machined motor cowl. I say theoretically, as safety seems within the studio photographs however not any of Pole’s precise driving photographs.
Just like the Onni that share an identical geometry, you will get the CNC-machined Sonni gravity ebike as a frameset solely (together with its eMTB powertrain) for $6061 / 5565€, or in full builds beginning at $6851 / 6290€.
Every ebike can also be made-to-order, so that you resolve how you can construct it up. Trace: your required full construct is gonna value much more than seven grand, my conservative picks acquired me up over 9000€ with out going loopy on extras.
Once more, e-enduro racing builds get 180mm single crown forks with 177mm of rear wheel journey. eDownduro builds get 200mm of rear journey, paired to 190mm or 200mm forks. And eDH builds match 200mm entrance & rear, sometimes nonetheless with a 12-speed drivetrain because you’ll probably be self-shuttling this gravity monster to your secret off-piste DH tracks.
Pole Gravity Onni & Sonni – Availability
We all know pricing (see above) at the least for the entry prices, however every one of many Path & Gravity bikes is made to order – and also you get to choose whether or not you need it in electrophoretic uncooked silver, gold, or storm gray clearcoat. Pole is taking pre-orders now for each the brand new Onni bike & Sonni ebike, with these early clients anticipated to get their new bikes in September 2023.
