Homerville, CA

[dstepper]

First off for those of you that do not know, a Homer is a Turner Bike owner. Homerville is in Murrieta, CA., where Turner Suspension Bikes are located. We Turner Owners are called Homers: because we are poseurs, that spend too much money on bikes and think that we have the best bike money can buy. I concede that obnoxious fact, but that does not change the fact that their customer service is very good.

As many know, I broke a 5-Spot frame two weeks ago and was not sure if I could get a replacement frame before my Tahoe trip. Anyway old news, that brings us to today: so this morning, I drove down to Turner to have them trade out my broken front triangle for my crash replacement new front triangle and upgrade the old 5 inch rockers to 5.5. I was in and out of there in about 15 minutes. They replaced all the pivots and bushings and gave me Turner Swag for the ride down. Greg at Turner is the best…very easy to deal with. He said that I would not notice a big difference in travel but the newer rockers are a lot stiffer without any weight penalty. You can use 5.5 rockers them on any 2004 5-Spot or later as long as the derailleur cable stop is not in the middle of the seat tube. I can admire the new frame until its new owner comes and picks it up this afternoon. Now I wait for my RXF frame. Greg said they will be in by the end of the week, then off to the Powered coaters...ready in two weeks. Or I can get a raw frame end of the week.

Here are a few pics of Turners shop and Greg with the new frame…also a pic showing the thicker the 5.5 rockers.

Dean

[J_Sims]

Originally Posted by dstepper

First off We Turner Owners are called Homers: because we are poseurs.

Dean

Damn I guess the I need to buy a Turner

[Sprockethead]

Nice Spot! I'm glad everything worked out for ya, but then, I never doubted it wouldn't.

[foofighter]

i keep hearing that they have great customer service over Ells...makes me wonder if i bought the right frame hmmm

[Burner]

nice frame, great color! sounds like Lynn can't wait to pick it up. with the new frame, she may have to change her name to "shegoesdown" er maybe not, "shedescends" ?

[LBmtb]

Do they sell the 5.5 rockers seperately?

[SSinGA]

What I notice more than the stiffness is that the quality of the travel is better with the new 5.5 rockers (mounted on a 05 6 Pack). That's the other Homer trait Dstep forgot - we are always tinkering.


Turner is good folks!!



yes you can get the rockers seperately - if they have any spares at the time you call.

[Code Blue]

Originally Posted by dstepper

First off for those of you that do not know, a Homer is a Turner Bike owner. Homerville is in Murrieta, CA., where Turner Suspension Bikes are located. We Turner Owners are called Homers: because we are poseurs, that spend too much money on bikes and think that we have the best bike money can buy. I concede that obnoxious fact, but that does not change the fact that their customer service is very good.

As many know, I broke a 5-Spot frame two weeks ago and was not sure if I could get a replacement frame before my Tahoe trip. Anyway old news, that brings us to today: so this morning, I drove down to Turner to have them trade out my broken front triangle for my crash replacement new front triangle and upgrade the old 5 inch rockers to 5.5. I was in and out of there in about 15 minutes. They replaced all the pivots and bushings and gave me Turner Swag for the ride down. Greg at Turner is the best…very easy to deal with. He said that I would not notice a big difference in travel but the newer rockers are a lot stiffer without any weight penalty. You can use 5.5 rockers them on any 2004 5-Spot or later as long as the derailleur cable stop is not in the middle of the seat tube. I can admire the new frame until its new owner comes and picks it up this afternoon. Now I wait for my RXF frame. Greg said they will be in by the end of the week, then off to the Powered coaters...ready in two weeks. Or I can get a raw frame end of the week.

Here are a few pics of Turners shop and Greg with the new frame…also a pic showing the thicker the 5.5 rockers.

Dean

Turner Swag for the ride down

is that your johnson will grow an inch if you drink the Turner Kool-Aid


pisst.....I am a former Turner owner

[Von-Skipp]

Originally Posted by LBmtb

Do they sell the 5.5 rockers seperately?

Wondering the same thing too. Will the 5.5 work with the DHX-air?

[dstepper]

Originally Posted by SSinGA

What I notice more than the stiffness is that the quality of the travel is better with the new 5.5 rockers (mounted on a 05 6 Pack). That's the other Homer trait Dstep forgot - we are always tinkering.


Turner is good folks!!



yes you can get the rockers seperately - if they have any spares at the time you call.

Yes always tickering...Greg said he has a couple sets of 5.5 rockers in stock.

Dean

Originally Posted by Von-Skipp

Wondering the same thing too. Will the 5.5 work with the DHX-air?

Matt, yes will work with your current shock. $150 for the set. If they have extras in stock.

Dean

Originally Posted by 29wheels

Turner Swag for the ride down

is that your johnson will grow an inch if you drink the Turner Kool-Aid


pisst.....I am a former Turner owner

Did you lose any lenght when you sold it? Do you still drink the Cool-aid?

Dean

[SSinGA]

Originally Posted by 29wheels

is that your johnson will grow an inch if you drink the Turner Kool-Aid

Only in girth - not length

[Code Blue]

Originally Posted by dstepper

Yes always tickering...Greg said he has a couple sets of 5.5 rockers in stock.

Dean



Matt, yes will work with your current shock. $150 for the set. If they have extras in stock.

Dean



Did you lose any lenght when you sold it? Do you still drink the Cool-aid?

Dean

And I am pissed about it

Now if the Homer Sultan had a 72 degree HA I would consider drinking the Kool-Aid again.

[Chaos]

Originally Posted by dstepper

Now I wait for my RXF frame. Greg said they will be in by the end of the week, then off to the Powered coaters...ready in two weeks. Or I can get a raw frame end of the week.

Dean

Need to call The Path to get an order in for a raw frame.
Thanks for the heads up.

Hey SS... do you know if they are going to put the asym chainstays on the Sultan?

[SSinGA]

Originally Posted by Chaos

Need to call The Path to get an order in for a raw frame.
Thanks for the heads up.

Hey SS... do you know if they are going to put the asym chainstays on the Sultan?

Haven't heard anything about it. I don't think DT is too keen on making any changes to the lines for 08 considering the 07 production problems.

[guero]

Originally Posted by LBmtb

Do they sell the 5.5 rockers seperately?

only if you show them pictures of you hucking first.

steppie, thanks for the pix and write up of your visit to homerville.

[SSinGA]

Originally Posted by 29wheels

And I am pissed about it

Now if the Homer Sultan had a 72 degree HA I would consider drinking the Kool-Aid again.

72 degree...why? Kinda steep isn't it, given that the Sultan is a 29'r AM rig.

[Code Blue]

Originally Posted by SSinGA

72 degree...why? Kinda steep isn't it, given that the Sultan is a 29'r AM rig.

Because I would want to run a 5" fork on it.

I demo'ed the El Rey at the Path (very close geo to the Sultan except it had a 71.5 HA and didn't like it. The Sultan with a 71 HA is not what I am looking for.

The Ellsworth Evolve is a 72 HA

[Chaos]

Originally Posted by dstepper

First off for those of you that do not know, a Homer is a Turner Bike owner. Homerville is in Murrieta, CA., where Turner Suspension Bikes are located. We Turner Owners are called Homers: because we are poseurs, that spend too much money on bikes and KNOW that we have the best bike money can buy. I concede that obnoxious fact, but that does not change the fact that their customer service is very good.
Dean

Fixed that for ya steppie!

[Wrecker]

As much as I love my Titus, their customer service SUCKS--think I'll go with Turner next

[ghixon]

Originally Posted by Wrecker

As much as I love my Titus, their customer service SUCKS--think I'll go with Turner next

I think the same thing applies to Fox as well. No help what so ever....

Dean

Looking forward to seeing the new addition...

greg