Have been looking at getting a SC Superlight but there appears to be no stock anywhere, at least in medium frames anyhow. What alternatives are there for around 12hundred quid ish – frame only? I may wait for the superlights to be back in but it’s going to be a month or so and I’m feeling impatient!

Turner Flux? Maybe a smidge over budget, but there’s a medium advertised at £1300, and all sizes at £1400…who knows what a bit of phoning around might bring…

Giant Anthem X?

Hmmm turner flux at £1300? Where might that be? As that sounds interesting

http://www.gearedbikes.co.uk/products/546/turner_flux_2009_dw_link/

That will be your £1300 flux, ha, yeah I would prob agree with the turner, they are meant to have a very good customer service as well just incase anything does go wrong. I plan on getting a 5 spot next summer to replace my frame.

Ahh cheers hadn’t seen that.
So then – wait for the superlight or buy a flux … Any opinions?

Here you go

It’s a 2009 and to be honest I’m not 100% sure what the differences between the 2009 & 2010 models are, but it’s nowt significant. Contact Turner to confirm. CRC have all 2009 colours & sizes @ £1400.

Oops, too slow!

Just to add to Highland’s comments, the feedback I’ve seen re: their customer service, is that it’s exemplary.

MTBR has a thriving Turner forum if you want to investigate further.

I personally would say flux, you don’t see quite as many of them around as the superlight, it isn’t as such a rare frame, just not half as common as the sc. If you havn’t guessed, I dont really like goin with the crowd. It is also still a great bike with a very good suspension design ime.

I picked up a pretty mint super light on eBay, with a Thompson seat post and spare dropout recently for £450. Leaves you quite a few quid free for an improved build kit.

Turner Flux. Awesome bike. Beautiful.

Nicolai Helius CC – the importer has a few medium and large frames reduced to that price.

Best bike I’ve ever ridden – with a Talas fork it can be a slackish 140mm hooligan one minute and a 100mm XC bike the next. It totally flatters my riding.

I’ve got an Anthem X too which is very light and well spec’d but I choose the Helius every time as it’s so much fun. You feel like your riding something a bit special.

just be patient dan, the SL is all you’ve talked about for months. gives you an extra months pay for shiney stuff!!

Morewood Zula is very similar.

I rode HTs for ages and always thought I would get a superlight – but when I test rode it felt like it was sapping energy from me on a climb unless I put the PP on.

I now have a flux (09 dw-link) and really like it – and no need to mess around with the PP ever. The Superlight is single pivot, the flux is one of the best performing suspension systems around with a bullet proof bushing system to back it up…

The ’10 version has an extra gusset at the junction above the BB as a small number have ‘cracked’ here – actually the weld has come apart (Turner use a good American frame builder so who nows why). But Turner CS is good and they would sort you out if you had problems, so I would take the discount myself.

The cable routing is also slightly different – the rear dr cable may route differently – on the 09 it is cable tied to the rear triangle in such a position that it could interfere with your calf if you really work the bike beneath you – but the superlight rear triangle bulges out a lot more and would interfere a lot more than the flux, even when riding normally – at least on my test ride.

Browse the mtbr forums and also read the reviews at

http://www.mtbr.com/cat/bikes/xc-suspensio/turner/fluxdwlink/PRD_425925_1526crx.aspx