ahh memories...i demoed one for a few weeks from our c'dale rep years ago, and i distinctly remember the suspension almost locking out in certain gearsThe new Turner looks nice
Kinda reminds me of this old beast
DW Link to Turner for 09
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Why do you think dave started the "Pictures of old and obscure suspension bikes" thread?The new Turner looks nice
Kinda reminds me of this old beast
http://ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=126808
Quite well played, sire, if I do say so myself.Sorry, forgot this.
By the looks of this thread, Turner can expect about 20 orders on this new bike.
15 pages yet?
15 pages yet?
almost...
Nope. Maybe now! HA
and another 100 at diablo next year
Looks flexy?
Page 15 is mine! (Maybe)
Damn. Missed. 
Page 15 for me?
seems a proper fit
Butch - this one's for you:
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Nice ride... let's hope they come in "Sano White"... (rememeber that color from Redline back in the mid 80's during the Freestyle craze?) :biggrin:
And then laugh again watching all the "insiders" spruke about how they knew about it since 2006.
So DW, Question about the DHR pivots. Damn close together, no concern about flex / leverage / bearing failure??
Fck me. I go to bed, get up this morning and have to trawl through a 6 page (I up the posts per page count) pile of sniveling tripe to extract the few good pieces of information that is actually in this thread.
Now I'm not as clued up as some of you lads when it comes to linkages etc, but I want to know how these two bikes are seen as identical:
Now I'm not as clued up as some of you lads when it comes to linkages etc, but I want to know how these two bikes are seen as identical:
Yeah looks like there would be a high amount of leverage there.And then laugh again watching all the "insiders" spruke about how they knew about it since 2006.
So DW, Question about the DHR pivots. Damn close together, no concern about flex / leverage / bearing failure??
also the angel of the shock and driving link/rocker looks a little odd?
but I'm sure the suspension will go up and down like every other bike??
Nostradamus is that you?
I can't believe it took 14 default pages before someone said it looks flexy.
The bike industry truly understands the meaning of marketing.
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pfft...
Obviously you haven't seen dw's anti-gravity system which uses a shock filled with dark matter and a damping rod fashioned in the pits of Vallhalla wielded by the mighty Thor.
Udi once tried to open it up to adjust the shim stack and almost got turned into a wedge of Velveeta from just looking at it.
True story.
So basically the anti-gravity suspension will work like quantum mechanics: it could be in this box OR the other box, but until you look in one of the boxes it's in both boxes. Kind of like Phillip Michael Thomas - 'could be anywhere.
If you can't dazzle with brilliance, baffle with bull.
Must of had a talk with the Elsworth guy about marketing talk at the same time.
I am sorry to say but these bikes don't impress me much. Beside the DHR they look pretty IHish but not in a good way.
At least the DHR does not look similiar to the sundy, but it looks a bit strange to me.
Will i replace my sundy with the DHR? Nope. Will i follow the DW Link hype blindly? Nope.
2010 will be the year to wait, new Glory, new Sunday and that sick mondraker bike.
At least the DHR does not look similiar to the sundy, but it looks a bit strange to me.
Will i replace my sundy with the DHR? Nope. Will i follow the DW Link hype blindly? Nope.
2010 will be the year to wait, new Glory, new Sunday and that sick mondraker bike.
Couldn't think of a better company to get the licence.
I would suggest that those of you who focus on the aesthetics, rather than focusing on celebrating the fusion of two highly respected and successful engineers, perhaps spend more time looking at there bikes than than riding them.
I would suggest that those of you who focus on the aesthetics, rather than focusing on celebrating the fusion of two highly respected and successful engineers, perhaps spend more time looking at there bikes than than riding them.
Why should i celebrate that? IMO the IH and Ibis DW Link bikes look way better and don't be afraid I ride a lot
Because of all the companies that could have licensed the dw-link Turner is one of the most dependable and solid. It could have easily gone to a company that would have p!ssed it away as Iron Horse did.Why should i celebrate that? IMO the IH and Ibis DW Link bikes look way better and don't be afraid I ride a lot
Ladies and ladies, its TE !!! Wheeeee.....
I see, so if Turner sacrificed aesthetics for performance, then you would be happy?Why should i celebrate that? IMO the IH and Ibis DW Link bikes look way better and don't be afraid I ride a lot
I'm not denying aesthetics aren't important, but it seems some are placing aesthetics above the pedigree of these two engineers and their past performance. Is that not a little shallow?
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I'm sure it'll ride great and the build quality will be excellent as usual but I am intrigued to know why the shock has been moved to the mud collecting position? How long are the shock bushings going to last when they're constantly getting covered in cr@p?
The Sunday was an almost perfect peice of packaging in terms of where to put the shock both for weight distribution and mud protection - this looks errrr different.
The Sunday was an almost perfect peice of packaging in terms of where to put the shock both for weight distribution and mud protection - this looks errrr different.
Neither could I, Turner and DW both rock, but that has nothing to so with aesthetics or the amount of time one spends riding. Its an opinion of taste and nothing more.
back when this thread was a suck-off contest, on page 4 i commented that the DHR didnt look like a DW link bike. It still looked like a DHR. how is that possible ?
There are companies out there where performance and aesthetics come together - whatever. You like it, i don't; you buy one and i won't - easy as thatI see, so if Turner sacrificed aesthetics for performance, then you would be happy?
I'm not denying aesthetics aren't important, but it seems some are placing aesthetics above the pedigree of these two engineers and their past performance. Is that not a little shallow?
Thanks for posting that! Interesting words from Turner, fo sho!
In my post I am referring to the tendency of the vast majority to focus on aesthetics above other qualities being offered by this frame.
I don't really give a rats ass if people think its pretty or not, but rather the fact that they wont buy a bike (particularly of this potential calibre) cos it isn't pretty.
But yes it is all opinion, and it is the opinion of many that a bike must be pretty first of all.
Hopefully some of the old dhr's will be selling for super cheap....
hah hah. Like I've said before, Greg called us right before he shipped that bike to me. He said Dvae didn't want to send them to us b/c it was the best looking bike & paint they'd ever done.Butch - this one's for you:
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Nice ride... let's hope they come in "Sano White"... (rememeber that color from Redline back in the mid 80's during the Freestyle craze?) :biggrin:
You almost made me weep I loved that bike so much.
Is it true that the dw link gives you the ability to satisfy a woman with the same masterful skill as dw himself?
Damn right I wouldn't buy a bike of that caliber if it isn't pretty. as long as there acontinue to be equally good designs at the same price that don't make my eyes bleed I will reserve the right to be picky.
I predict the the Giant Gloryday will be the hot ticket in 2010 for just this reason (and it will be cheaper too).