chriswarner
Forum Replies Created
-
Have a look at http://www.everythingpoledancing.com they are very helpful.
-
I use a pair of lightweight Trax Evolv rock climbing shoes (they are made in the USA) Once worn in you feel as if you are barefoot but your whole foot is protected. They also have a very good grip on the pole, they have a rubber coating almost all over so even when you hook the top of your foot around the pole you are gripping.
-
Yes titanium poles can rust in the presence of moisture. They are a steel pole plated with nickel/chrome and the gold colour is a very thin layer (less than 5 micron) of titanium nitride (TiN). It is the same as used on many engineering cutting tools as a wear resistant coating. Although this gives corrosion protection there are often micropores that allow moisture to contact the underlying steel and corrode it. As rust expands it pushes away the plating around it (in tiny spots) which is why the surface feels rough feels rough. The only way really to prevent this is to keep the poles in a dry environment and protected from extreme temperature changes eg after a cold night if the day heats up quickly metal objects get covered in moisture for a while. I always keep my steel poles in the house, only the stainless steel or brass ones are allowed to stay in an outbuilding overnight.
-
Thanks, I tried that a week ago for attention of their CEO Keith Scheinberg, but I never got a response.
-
Hi
I ordered a SSA from Platinum Stages UK in Dec last year, expected delivery first week in January and I am still waiting for it. They just keep postponing the delivery date. It was definitely going to be a fortnight ago but it never arrived. Has anyone else who has had problems with them managed to get them resolved?
-
Age is definitely not a factor. I am 60 (61 in 5 months) and started pole a year ago. It is the best thing I have ever done in my life. I now find that I am getting younger and not older anymore, I have not felt this well since my childhood. In the pole world, 60 years old is definitely the new 30. My local pole studio is brilliant, the loveliest bunch of people I have ever met, I so look forward to my pole lesson every week.
The only problem I find is that my two children(and their mother, my ex) are extremely embarrassed that their dad does poling and will not accept it. Hopefully one day they will see what a fantastic sport it is.
-
Hi I am a mechanical/industrial engineer in an electronics factory. I design and troubleshoot tooling for building electronic instruments. One evening a week I am a pole student at our local pole school and practice on my own pole at home. I absolutely love poling.
-
You should not worry because from an engineering point of view the joint is the strongest part of the pole due to the cross sectional area of the steel used at that point. You probably have a much higher chance of being struck by lightening while poling than a breakage occurring.
-
As an engineer I find that by far the best is a synthetic grease containing PTFE. The PTFE coats the threads with same material as on a non stick pan making them slide very smoothly (even if the liquid of the lubricant dries out) This type of grease (or oil) is readily obtainable from any cycle shop. The one I use is called 'Super lube' and is made in the USA, but there are lots of different makes. If you get any on the pole it will wash off with alchohol.
-
It looks as if you only have a small amount of localised thread damage where the locking screws have spread the crests of the theads. Most machine shops would be able to do it quite easily with a thread chaser. The thread is 1.5mm ISO metric. Being an engineer (that poles for fitness) I often repair damage like that with a small triangular file (when I havn't got the correct chaser) you just need to be patient and only file off the damaged thread crests.
-
Pole has changed my life more than anything that I have ever done before. First I have regained my self confidence that I lost when my marriage broke up a few years ago. I had become a hermit as result, I am now more confident than ever before. I was so nervous at my first lesson (especially as I was the only male) but the instructors and pupils at my local pole studio made me so welcome and have been so supportive and helpfull over the 8 months that I have been going.They are the loveliest bunch of people I have ever met in my life. Second I am rid of my sciatica that has plagued me for the last 30 years, probably due to the spine being stretched while hanging upsidedown. Third I feel fitter and more supple than at any time in my life (I was 60 in October). I just so wish that I had discovered pole years ago.