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It's always worth having a chat with David Turner - he'll always have something to say, and he's not afraid to say it. Since his bikes hold a fond spo ...
By stwhannah
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I wish he'd go back to making DW-Link bikes, getting rid of the awful bushing system that adding friction at the start of riding, and then adding play when it had 'bedded-in'. It was like an advocado, and most of the time I missed the ripeness period!
Make a new 5-Spot and a Flux!
My latest Czar was on bearings (they moved away from Bushes around 2007) and the original bearings are 5000 miles old - it's running a dream even now. The old bush version was okay but did need a bit of messing about with every now and again.
DW-Link is still the absolute sweet spot for me.
I'm also running a Nitrous in rigid guise - It's a fantastic ride.
These bikes are keepers - I never sell my Turners.
Yeah, I feel like I should have kept my Flux - but it's rose tinted specs. It was 26, short, steep, slack seat angle. A new version would be amazing.
Got a full set of main pivots for Mrs Wachowchows 2006 HL 5-Spot a couple of weeks ago direct from David. Great guy / Company to deal with. Making only what he wants to ride will hopefully mean that everything he makes he is fully passionate about and invested in.
Great vid - I used to have a Turner Rail, was a great little bike 15yrs ago, but I'm sure I'm looking at it with rose tinned specs and it'd ride like a dog in comparison to modern bikes.
Moved away from bushes 2017 I mean!
I'm riding a Flux v4.0. I got a good deal buying the frame direct 3 years ago and built it up with all my favourite bits. I didn't even get badly clobbered on import tax.
I'm sure a more 29'er, longer, lower, slacker bike would make me a better person but the Flux still rides really nicely for what I do.
Treated it to a new BB, just yesterday.
I swapped a couple of messages with him on Facebook, when my 2010 5Spot developed a hairline crack in the seat-tube brace. His advice was to retire it, on the basis that most new, modern geometry MTBs are far better than what i had, and it wasn't worth trying to repair.
I'm still riding it of course... waiting for the day the crack reaches the other end of the weld...