TURNER BURNER.... who's ridden one?

[Anospa]

A guy at Highland has been riding a burner for several months now. Last time I talked to him he was really stoked on it. He's pretty fast and from what I can tell rides techy trails pretty well.

[tellybele]

Totally OT but i was trolling the knolly forum and think I managed to get a death threat - my first one ever.

dfinn - yah. A bit blinkered of me to be dismissive of using at least some basic screening to narrow down CS sizes, While i understand DT's reasoning that Burner chainstay length is out of the norm.

creaky - can't really answer your question. I've not liked bikes with long wheelbases and enjoyed bikes with shortish- medium wheelbases so you might have caught me in talking out ass moment

creaky's points are hella relevant...


I can understand why most are lost on the CS gig; when you only think of a bike's handling characteristics when going down, it is easy to miss or not understand.

[kidwoo]

I can understand why most are lost on the CS gig; when you only think of a bike's handling characteristics when going down, it is easy to miss or not understand.

Bikes only do two things.

Descend.

And get to descents.

[Arty50]

Bikes only do two things.

Descend.

And get to descents.

This could be the greatest description of mountain biking evar.

[grinch]

haha, that's sig worthy. haven't followed this thread but I like short cs and long front centres. I think cs's have got too long ,or most. I figure long front centre saves my ass at speed or thrown into steeps and if I have to turn , pick up the front wheel and pivot off the short cs further saving my ass from lack of agility. win win. always liked turners but by the numbers I don't think its a fit for me, especially with that wheel size and use its designed for. I can see the wc dh'ers needing long wb's(with long cs's) at the speeds they're going , and the agility they have, but i'm not sure everyone does. not to mention "getting to descents". could be a new category of bike. the "getting to descents bike"

[tellybele]

Bikes only do two things.

Descend.

And get to descents.

Oh shit, I forgot about that Reverend Woo...

The binary Flatbiller's binary bible says so eh?!

Lord have Mercy on me

[creaky fossil]

ahhh, agree with the Grinchy. afraid I don't have Tinker's climbing ability and Peaty's descending ability, so I play to my non-existent "strengths."

Short TT, Long CS bikes only do two things.

Descend.

And get shuttled or pushed to descents.

fixed

pie are squared = sixfiftybeeniner

don't make me & tellybele break out the story of the Vassago Desert Canyon Geometry.

[grinch]

haha, pretty much. really like to support turner though. great builder, person, and customer service/warrantee. I think dw link could have shorter stays, maybe easier than vpp. doesn't ibis' 9er have shortish stays? not sure

[bagtagley]

Based on DT's comments, it wasn't a design constraint, but a personal decision.

Maybe he'll shorten them on the inevitable version 2. But, that'll mean you'll be able to get v1 super cheap. Quite the dilemma.