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Hell no. If they come back to life then there is no need to by a spare set in the immediate instance. The company will be funded to last at least a year or two before getting back into financial trouble again. By that time I would prefer to invest that money towards a new e-bike with a more...

There comes a point where the bike is too heavy. I am close to that point with the my voima now. For me when I cant lift the bike over a fence easily then its too heavy. With a water bottle on the Voima is 26kg. 26.5kg with lights. Its getting real difficult to man handle over some fences. If i...

A guy on the pole facebook page had a novel approach to reinforcing the swingarm after cracking. Worth a try for those with cracked swing arms. What have you got to loose?

Found this comment today by Leo re a proposed swingarm repair. Positive, comments re a re-structure. Its hurry up and wait to see what will happen.

That happened to me this week. I was even getting rotor rub cornering. Nervously I check the swing arms. Cant see anything. Take the wheel out to have a closer look...... Boom loose axle. Tightened it up and yeha, no cracks for me yet and back to stiff. But did have a cold sweat for a while...

Just some murmerings. It appears there has been some offers for the business. Though, the longer the process takes the less likely a successful outcome...... There has also been some stuff auctioned off in finland like steel frames and the like. I'm not holding my breath.

You can always buy a complete bike and sell all the parts you don't want.

Check the cracked voima thread out. It has all the details you need.

It's a no go unfortunately. Even if you manage to weld it, welding destroys the heart treatment in that area, the swing arm would need to be normalized and then re-heatreated again, that would in term damage the bonding glue and lead to further failure..... if you managed to weldup the entire...

For a one off or small production run it is not cheap but reasonable. The cost tool up for complex cnc machining is likely to cost more unless you know a cnc mate who can absorb some of the set up time.

I am considering making some swingarms out of 3D printed titaium. There is also a guy on the pole facebook page looking at CNC'ing some one piece units. PS My Pole is still going. Just considering my options when/if it fails. Also to make a solution available to other Voima owners who have...

There's not enough room between pivot points and stress riser failure point to do anything meaningful with a carbon layup. The stress riser is a design flaw.... no easy way of getting rid of it bar remaking that part without that flaw.

I think the hard truth that the doors of Pole are closed and Leo does not have access to anything. He was an employee of a company no longer running. The only way you might gain access to that info is if somebody buys the business.

If you are not already on the pole riders facebook group. Join up and ask the same question. I think the linkages have a step in middle and need to pulled with a blind bearing puller. Or tapped out with a punch from the inside out...

Lost of stuff on you tube.

Yeah, but there's a cost involved. Do you sink more money into something that another part could break on and be costly to fix or put that towards a new frame. If my frame breaks I will be seriously asking that question. Should I invest the time, effort and money into a repair or move on and...

Well time is a big deal to anyone who now doesn't have a bike to ride. Do they wait 6 to 12 months or do they move on, cut their losses and buy a new bike.

If i was going down the CNC route it would something like this. Milled out one piece to get rid of the delaminating issue. It would be heavier bur we would remove the stress risers at the failure points...... I'll wait and see what happens with Pole. Then if it dies a death I could look at...

Its something I could do if there was enough demand. But I suspect it would be like herding cats trying to get commitment out of owners. It would take some time to undertake the process as well. Prototype, testing,,,,, maybe 6 months minumum. Probably 1 year in reality. Hell i'd want to test a...

That's a multi hundred hour exercise. Possible, but very very time consuming.