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NOT Firing the Burner up again. The new RFX
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Just seeing this thread now. So after 6-7 years of not being offered the RFX resurfaces as a 160mm travel enduro bike which, knowing Turner will probably work very well for it's intended purpose but has almost zero Wow factor. Doesn't even look all that much different than my V1.1 RFX from 2000 though it's probably at least 4 lbs lighter as mine was the overbuilt version when we all thought dropping 10' to flat all the time was cool
Thank god that trend didn't last, don't think my back or joints would even be able to ride at all if that kept up. Bike on the other hand works just as well today as it did 15 years ago though at it's weight it's 100% relegated to DH past 7 years. That original, made in the USA frame doesn't have a single dent or scratch that can't be buffed out, absolutely amazing powder coat job on this that I'll never see again. Bike has taken on the best Sunday River, Attitash, Killington, Highland, Jiminy Peak, Waterville Valley, Burke Mtn, Copper Mtn, Keystone, Winter Park, Mount Snow, Moab, Fruita, Lynn Woods and NAM have to offer. It also has the longer stroke Avy DHS(which has only needed to be rebuilt twice in 15 seaons) so it gets 170mm travel which trumps the new RFX
Unfortunately the new v4 RFX doesn't wow me enough to think it should replace my 15 year old steed. Best of luck to you DT, you make great bikes! Durability wise the v1.1 cannot be beat!
Pics a bit old but frame looks identical, has a DC Boxxer these days and slacker HA.
Thank god that trend didn't last, don't think my back or joints would even be able to ride at all if that kept up. Bike on the other hand works just as well today as it did 15 years ago though at it's weight it's 100% relegated to DH past 7 years. That original, made in the USA frame doesn't have a single dent or scratch that can't be buffed out, absolutely amazing powder coat job on this that I'll never see again. Bike has taken on the best Sunday River, Attitash, Killington, Highland, Jiminy Peak, Waterville Valley, Burke Mtn, Copper Mtn, Keystone, Winter Park, Mount Snow, Moab, Fruita, Lynn Woods and NAM have to offer. It also has the longer stroke Avy DHS(which has only needed to be rebuilt twice in 15 seaons) so it gets 170mm travel which trumps the new RFX Unfortunately the new v4 RFX doesn't wow me enough to think it should replace my 15 year old steed. Best of luck to you DT, you make great bikes! Durability wise the v1.1 cannot be beat!
Pics a bit old but frame looks identical, has a DC Boxxer these days and slacker HA.
I can't believe I'm not the biggest hater in this thread. I actually think the bike looks pretty good, the price is on par for other ultra high end frames, and it'll probably have a dialed suspension setup because it's weaglized. Throw a coil shock on there and go party when the time comes.
68 degree headangle, 15" bottom bracket.
Pretty much the same bike really.
Bike looks like bike so therefore bike. Seems legit.
hooboy bikes used to suck
http://www.turnerbikes.com/turner-pdf/catalog/2002_turnerbikes_catalog.pdf
The wheelbases on that 'dh' bike back then.........eeeek!
Pretty much the same bike really.
Bike looks like bike so therefore bike. Seems legit.
hooboy bikes used to suck
http://www.turnerbikes.com/turner-pdf/catalog/2002_turnerbikes_catalog.pdf
The wheelbases on that 'dh' bike back then.........eeeek!
My hardtail with a 120mm fork has a longer wheelbase than the size L DH-Racer.
DH courses were very different "back then". I owned a 1999 DHR and for the time period it was a very capable machine for what it had to get down. Tight turns, technical and very little high speed sections. Evolution of the DH bike followed closely evolution of the DH course. Trying to get a modern DH geo bike through some of those old Sunday River BOMB series courses would be quite challenging
I can only imagine what it was like back then
did you have to protect your camp from mastadons?
Was your 99 "dhr" an afterburner or that javelin thing I never actually saw in the flesh?
did you have to protect your camp from mastadons?
Was your 99 "dhr" an afterburner or that javelin thing I never actually saw in the flesh?
And yet I've recently had to admit to myself that there are rides that I will never ride as well as I did on a '95 prototype Voodoo hardtail. Granted they are uber technical trials type rides but it wasn't all bad.
I guess my question is what makes this an ultra high end frame besides the outrageous price?
I don't know what it is about this area, but I STILL see whackjobs pedaling those things around here. Like on trails. Like 8 miles from a trailhead. Like they actually rode it there, and have to ride it back!
Best bike handlers on earth.
The stickers are shiny.
Honestly though........these are cheaper than what your MT + shock cost aren't they?
I know you got custom, well everything out of it but still. Normal people don't want that paint job.
Nope. Mine was still cheaper (probably barely). Plus you know, the MT was a custom frame, made in the U.S. Not an off the shelf chinese/catalog frame.
What orifice did you pull that out of?
Oh right.....the one called 'hacktastic'
I think this is the problem. Parts ordered out of a catalog don't take 5 years to get. Just because carbon facilities are in china, that doesn't mean the frames aren't getting designed, molded and having tooling made for them.
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Oh wait, just checked, with the custom paint job i think that pushed it over $3k. Honestly I don't want to add it all up. It's best not to know some things.
Don't worry about it, I already know what it costs roughly because I asked all the same questions
But it's not like the 3k crAbon frame is suddenly a thing just because of this one. Blame santa cruz for that, they did it 3 years ago. If anything turner is one of the LAST companies to be doing this, certainly just the latest.
You want to get really annoyed? Look at this beyotch
http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes/mountain/gravity/session/session_27_5_carbon_frameset/#
You remember when weagle used to post here? Can you honestly picture that guy accepting/agreeing to any suspension design that just exists in a catalog somewhere? "Yeah that's close enough" Just try to picture that. This bike was designed and fabrication paid for (which includes making the stuff to fabricate them) just like with every other company that outsources their stuff......which is most of them.
I don't like it either, and think it's getting ridiculous too. But like JoeG of SC fame said (paraphrasing): "dentists gonna dent. We gon take da money."
But it's not like the 3k crAbon frame is suddenly a thing just because of this one. Blame santa cruz for that, they did it 3 years ago. If anything turner is one of the LAST companies to be doing this, certainly just the latest.
You want to get really annoyed? Look at this beyotch
http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes/mountain/gravity/session/session_27_5_carbon_frameset/#
You remember when weagle used to post here? Can you honestly picture that guy accepting/agreeing to any suspension design that just exists in a catalog somewhere? "Yeah that's close enough" Just try to picture that. This bike was designed and fabrication paid for (which includes making the stuff to fabricate them) just like with every other company that outsources their stuff......which is most of them.
I don't like it either, and think it's getting ridiculous too. But like JoeG of SC fame said (paraphrasing): "dentists gonna dent. We gon take da money."
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Seriously. Made in China doesn't mean it's a catalog frame. Turner designed it and had tooling made for it, they just had the manufacture done overseas.
The GEO on the bike is decent. It isn't big and would probably order an XL with a 35mm stem or a LG with a 50mm stem. The bike should pedal well I have no idea who is making Turners frames but hopefully it is Santa Cruz just so it is someone in Asia that has been doing it awhile...
At least you get a decent shock with that frame, unlike the overpriced Yeti...
I'm proud to be the orifice from which things are pulled around here. Better than being the one in which things are inserted.What orifice did you pull that out of?
Oh right.....the one called 'hacktastic'
Wouldn't something need to be inserted in order to be subsequently removed?
I really hope that your stool doesn't need removal from an external force.
I didn't know that you were German.
By Hasselhoff, you've done it!
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Interestingly enough, the 'Hoff and I both went to the same high school. So, somewhat by Hasselhoff, you're correct.
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That explains a lot actually.
Hey now, I rode a 2002 DHR and it didn't totally suck........... (mine was drilled as far back as possible to lower the bb)
^^ Putting the 'Pink' in Pinkbike.... back in the mid-2000's...
I wasn't far behind with a 2003.
that one sucked slightly less
Still miss that rad twin top tube.
Santa Cruz no makey carbon frame, Specialized no makey frame, Trek no makey (most) their frames, Cannondale no makey.
Yeti, Rocky Mountain, Ibis, Intense, Evil, Pivot, Felt, Transition, Ellsworth (haha) all no makey their own carbon frames.
Giant makey their own carbon frames.
Pretty much all the companies (not many) in Asia that make carbon frames have been doing it for a while.
But you still get what you pay for....
pinkbike's "review": hey, it's a modern trailbike!
http://m.pinkbike.com/news/turner-rfx-v40-enduro-review-2016.html
http://m.pinkbike.com/news/turner-rfx-v40-enduro-review-2016.html
That review reminds of why MTBaction sucked so hard.
oh man...it's...it's almost like richard cunningcheese is the problem...hmmmm i dunno. how's that new ellsworth stack up?
why is it that the rc reviews always have pictures of some other bloke actually riding the thing?
Think really hard about that.
Would YOU trust listening to THAT guy's impressions of a bike?
I sure as shit wouldn't. I think that's one thing he does well.....hands off the riding duties.
Would YOU trust listening to THAT guy's impressions of a bike?
I sure as shit wouldn't. I think that's one thing he does well.....hands off the riding duties.
Thing looks nice.. Its got that "short reach" geo though...