Thread: FS: Turner 5Spot Frame w/ XTR cranks. 21"-XL. No shock. Make $ offer or trade for ?

Title says it all.

PM me your email address for pictures.

would consider trade for:
-hardtail 29er
-hitch bike rack (T2, Kuat, etc)
-hookers
-anything else?

frame located in Durango CO.

how tall are you? what year is the frame? dw or horst link?

I'm 6' and it looks too big for me.

No idea if it is DW or Horst. how do I tell?

I bought/traded for it and now I'm thinking it's too big.

let me know if someone wants frame only. I can use the cranks for a SS project.
what vintage?

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M960

external BB too. i'm guessing it's also XTR

let me know how to tell if it's DW link or Horst. doesn't say on it.

This 5spot is the old horst link bike:


This one is the DW link. It has the elevated chain stay synonymous with the DW link design:

What does a hooker cost in Durango nowadays? I am tempted to throw some cash at you.

obviously, if he has no idea, it is an older horst link. duh.

Yep, Horst Link

Lone_Summit: it doesn't take much. college girls will do anything to make rent.

make offers. 'especially cool trade ideas.

need any bike parts that are cheap to ship?

clothing size?

just trying to come up with trades..

don't really need any bike parts.
clothing size L (6', 170lbs)

Want this frame...Wanthttp://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php/244026-FS-or-Trade-Giant-Reign-0-XL-w-Fox-36

Anything else trade-wise?

How much cash money? Know what size shock she takes?

7.5x2 iirc

no thanks on the trade Z. thanks though.

other trade ideas?
raft oars (8.5-9')
29er (I'd be down with throwing down some cash)
alpine/AT boots in a 27-27.5.

otherwise just make an offer.
will also split the cranks & bb off 'cuz a friend may want 'em. so feel free to just make an offer for the frame alone

Turner has used all sorts of suspension designs through the years. I could be mistaking, but I don't see a Horst link on the blue bike Trench Town posted above. A Horst Link is a pivot close to the rear axle located on the chainstay. Bikes with the pivot located on the seatstay are actually masked single pivots commonly referred to as "faux bar" designs (as opposed to a Horst link "four bar.") Turner made lots of faux bar bikes in the mid 2000's.

well I don't know, but chugachjed has pics, and if he wants to post 'em it is fine with me...though I'm going to bed.

Originally Posted by Finstah

Turner has used all sorts of suspension designs through the years. I could be mistaking, but I don't see a Horst link on the blue bike Trench Town posted above. A Horst Link is a pivot close to the rear axle located on the chainstay. Bikes with the pivot located on the seatstay are actually masked single pivots commonly referred to as "faux bar" designs (as opposed to a Horst link "four bar.") Turner made lots of faux bar bikes in the mid 2000's.

yeah, i am pretty sure that the turner horst link 5 spot that i got in 2005 was their last horst link bike, then they went to the TNT or something like that. arty50, being the Homer that he is, would know for sure.

Guilty as charged. I don't remember the years involved nor do I know all the other little changes that occured over the years, but Finstah covered it well. Turner got sick of paying for a license for the Horst patent and switched to TNT/faux bar for a few years. Then they went DW.

Tech Tonics, you really should post pics. Optionally, you can call Turner and ask them about their frame trade-in program. Basically, you send them your old frame, and they give you a nice discount on a new one.

for 8 years and 2 tgr username's this is the first time I've posted pictures.

here goes nothin'

oh yeah!

forgot to mention.

most likely the cranks are gone. make offers on the frame and the frame alone.

That's one of the last years with the Horst Link. You can tell by the polished rear triangle and built in chainstay protector. Great bike.

Too bad(for me) its an XL, saw on the intertubes where a guy homebrewed a FS Fattie out of one of these and bumpatage.

Just out of curiosity what is the TT length?

I would be interested in the toptube length - Center to center please...