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Turner Flux DW-Link XC Full Suspension
Product DescriptionThe Flux is a 100mm travel cross country bike carrying the great tradition of Turner handling, uncompromised quality and now dw-link efficiency. For 2012 the bar has been raised with cross country specific pivot and frame design. All of the dw-link locations have been optimized resulting in snappy acceleration with uninhibited suspension travel. A bike of this caliber has the perfect combination of ergonomic fit and suspension geometry that will inspire you to make this bike fly! The Flux?s uncompromised design makes this bike perfect for hammering out epic adventures or breathing your lungs out on the race course.
User Reviews 
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Jon
a Cross Country Rider Date Reviewed: February 10, 2013 Strengths: This bike climbs like a mountain goat and descends like a bike with much more travel! The DW link is the best suspension system I have ridden. The rear triangle, 44 head tube and 142x12 rear axle make this bike so solid of a performer on single track and rough terrain I come home from a ride impressed every-time..... Weaknesses: None! If you plan to build this bike to race be careful of parts selection...it will end up on the high end of 25 pounds. If you use XC selection it will be mid 24. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 3months Price Paid: $2300.00 Purchased At: Town Cycle, New Jers Bike Setup: XTR drive train, shifters, Avid XO brakes, Mavic Crossmax ST wheel set, Race face 90 mm stem, Easton Carbon bar and Flight saddle.
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Fachiro1 Date Reviewed: December 22, 2012 Strengths: Quality hardware, beautiful craftsmanship/welds, rear end stiffness, suspension action, Turner customer service Weaknesses: Trouble with Formula brakes but not a Turner related issue Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Back in the day.. Chino Hills Duration Product Used: 1 month Similar Products Used: RFX, lts16, blur lt, weasel Bike Setup: Fox 120 rlc, XT drive train with SRAM ft der., formula rx brakes, Thompson stem 110mm 0 degree rise, Easton seat post, Kendal nev 2.35 ft, 2.1 rr
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Ben
a All Mountain Rider Date Reviewed: October 19, 2012 Strengths: Great climber. Great descender. Superb frame - very stiff, sorted geometry. Very comfortable to ride. Excellent suspension, really feels like it has way more than 110mm. Fast, fast, fast. Good in bed. Fun, fun, fun. Relatively light, yet feels like a solid, dependable beast. A bit too heavy for some, but rides like a bike weighing pounds less. Corners on rails, fast and twitch when needed, dependably solid and true when needed. It's basically not just a jack of all trades, it's a master of most of them too! Weaknesses: Really having to try hard here. Agree that the cable routing and the hack on the front derailleur aren't ideal (though the former has improved considerably since the first DW-Link one in 2009. Fact is though that it all works just fine, so nothing more than cosmetic and one for the anally retentive to get worked up about. So the only thing I can maybe fault, is that with the lower bottom bracket (12"8) you are susceptible to pedal strike. The trail that I was on was very rocky, very eroded, very steep and - above all - very narrow. The others were getting strikes as well, but it was worse for me (see below). That said despite the fact that my feet kept getting kicked off the pedals, I was still keeping up with much bigger bikes. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Llandegla Duration Product Used: 1 month Price Paid: $900.00 Purchased At: www.merlincycles.co. Similar Products Used: Cannondale, Trek, Specialised, 5.Spot, Santa Cruz Superlight Bike Setup: SRAM X-9 group, Elixir 5 discs, EA70 post, stem and bars, Mavic rims on Shimano hubs, Maxxis Ardent tyres, Charge saddle.
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cdsvenom
a Racer
from Huntsville, AL, USA Date Reviewed: March 19, 2012 Strengths: Great Build Quality Climbs very well No flex in the rear end Weaknesses: Pretty heavy frame Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Monte Sano Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $1225.00 Purchased At: ebay Bike Setup: older XTR mix, WCS flat bar, thompson post, fsa stem, reynolds xc carbon wheelset
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Wveddy
a Cross Country Rider
from North Carolina Date Reviewed: January 30, 2012 Strengths: I am really sold on the dw link suspension. It gives you all the goodness of a full suspension bike: eating bumps, without the badness: power robbing pedal bob. You can definitely tell the difference between the ride quality vs other designs. The bike climbs with ease and lets you really put the power down when needed. You can easily jump out of the saddle without feeling like it is a waste. The rearend eats up pumps and it does not send any unwanted feedback up to the rider. It is really hard to feel the suspension working, but it is. Very smooth. The bike corners very well and responds well rider input. You can really push the bike hard into a turn with little fear of loosing control. The head angle is steeper than most full suspension bikes, but that is one of things I like. It is very fast in the tight turns and responses very predictably. The rear disc mount is a nice feature and looks very clean. Fit and finish is very good. Frame and especially the rear end are super stiff. Weaknesses: So I agree the front derailleur hack is kinda dumb, but the space is limited so what can you do. Max rear tire being a 2.2, which is tight, kinda sucks, but it is a xc bike. If you ride in muddy conditions, the frame does seem to catch and hold a lot of mud in the rear links. Hard to really find anything wrong with this bike. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: MST Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $1200.00 Purchased At: Chain reaction Similar Products Used: Pivot Mach 4, kona dawg Bike Setup: 1x10 shimano xt with raceface turbine crank, Rockshox Reba fork, xt custom built wheels, Hayes brakes.
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iheartbicycles
a Cross Country Rider
from GnarCal Date Reviewed: January 28, 2012 Strengths: Climbs like a scared mountain goat, strung out on crack and redbull, being chased by a man-eating hamster while suffering from incontinence Weaknesses: Not a Dad-Gum THING! Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Tahoe Rim Trail Duration Product Used: 2 Years Price Paid: $2200.00 Purchased At: Wrench Science Similar Products Used: Ventana El Saltemontes, Intense Tracer (horstlnk) Bike Setup: Fox Float 120, chris king/stans wheels, sram XO drive train, a few lightweight goodies hither and thither
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dmash
a Cross Country Rider
from redondo beach, ca Date Reviewed: June 29, 2011 Strengths: design quality, anodized finish,grease fittings Weaknesses: none so far Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: any trail with dirt Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $1800.00 Purchased At: factory Similar Products Used: earlier flux, blur xc, original intense tracer Bike Setup: full shimano 970 xtr and wheelset, fox fit 100 rlc, f99 stem, salsa flatbar, kenda kozmik lites 
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MonsieurPapadapolis
a Cross Country Rider
from the woods Date Reviewed: April 12, 2011 Strengths: DW Link Weaknesses: Road poor. Front derailleur mod needed to make it work. Cable routing sucks and looks like an afterthought. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $1.00 Purchased At: shop Similar Products Used: Numerous Bike Setup: Parts and more parts
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etanc
a Cross Country Rider
from AZ Date Reviewed: December 11, 2010 Strengths: An outstanding frame with the dialed performance characteristics that you expect when you buy a Turner with a suspension system that outperforms the 4 bar version. Larger diameter tubing than previous flux has improved stiffness and strength. Post mount brake. Greg and the Turner crew always provide great support. Weaknesses: Carbon expensive but DW link great. Need to modify shimano front derailleurs to clear suspension movement. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 6 months Similar Products Used: Santa Cruz SL, 5 Spot and Flux (HL,TNT) Demoed:Pivot,Trek,Fisher,Niner. Bike Setup: Xl frame w/very good stuff like Fox (15qr from now on), Marta SL, C King hubs, Stan's rims, xt/xtr mix.
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Wilson Low
a Cross Country Rider
from Singapore Date Reviewed: October 11, 2010 Strengths: Excellent to handle in tight singletrack, very low tendency to lift front wheel even on extremely steep climbs, stiff and easy to rail and steer predictably on bumpy downhills, extremely stable on high speed downhills. It's made of aluminum, not a single wimpy carbon component. Idiot-proof and easy-to-maintain suspension pivots. Weaknesses: It makes me neglect my other bikes. Its purchase could make me refuse to ride any other full-sus XC bike on the market. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Butterfly Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $5840.00 Purchased At: Hup Leong (Singapore Similar Products Used: Turner 5 Spot, Pivot Firebird, Trek Fuel EX. Bike Setup: Raw coloured 'M'-size frame; Chris King ISO hubs + Stan's Olympic ZTR rims + DT Swiss Comp spokes; Ritchey WCS bar; Hope Tech X2 brakes + Goodridge brakelines; Fox 2010 RLC FIT 100mm 15mm thru-axle fork (25% sag) + RP23 shock (30% sag); Thomson 30.9 seatpost + stem; Maxxis Ranchero + Crossmark UST tubeless tires with sealant, XT drivetrain with XTR chain and shifters, Fizik Gobi XM saddle; Ergon grips.
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Fastal
a Cross Country Rider
from San Francisco, CA Date Reviewed: October 9, 2010 Strengths: Laterally stiff, exceptional build quality, made in the USA, looks as good as it performs. Weaknesses: Expensive. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: All of them Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $1500.00 Purchased At: go-ride.com Similar Products Used: Santa Cruz Blur, Rocky Mountain Element Bike Setup: Fox float 120 rl, x9 rear der, xt front, american classic wheelset, xt cranks, blah, blah, blah
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jonesch16
a Weekend Warrior
from San Diego, CA Date Reviewed: August 30, 2010 Strengths: Build Quality, Stiffness, Trail Feel, Acceleration, Climbing, Light Weight, Anti-squat Weaknesses: Not quite as plush as other rides and requires more finesse on downhills. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $3800.00 Purchased At: ebay Similar Products Used: Giant Trace, GT Timberline Bike Setup: XTR, Industry 9 XC wheels, Forumla 1 brakes, Kenda tires
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rollercam
a Cross Country Rider
from port moody bc Date Reviewed: June 11, 2010 Strengths: Durable, easy to service, pedals and climbs incredibly well Weaknesses: cannot think of one Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: too many to list Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $5500.00 Purchased At: Secret Cycles Similar Products Used: Kona hei hei, Fisher Hi Fi 29er Bike Setup: Magura Durin fork, King heaset, xo drivetrain, FSA 386 cranks,easton ec 90 seatpost and bar, hope pro 2 hubs, stans race rims, rocket ron tires or nobby nic depending conditions
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Rideon
a Racer
from Indianapolis, IN Date Reviewed: February 2, 2010 Strengths: Stiff frame, journal bearing system, DW link suspension, great geometry numbers, looks great Weaknesses: abit heavy compared to the plastic bikes these days Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: squirrel gap Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $5500.00 Purchased At: Matthews Similar Products Used: Pivot Mach 5, Titus Racer x, Hammerhead 100, Fisher dualies Bike Setup: xl frame, F120 w/15qr, xtr crankset, xo twisties & rear d, xt front d, Thomson MP seatpost & stem, WTB rocket, Magura Marta SLs, Stan's rims w/dtswiss hubs, Kenda Tires
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chainsaw
a Racer
from durango, co Date Reviewed: January 1, 2010 Strengths: solid frame, quiet, comfy race geometry and oh so sexy Weaknesses: a touch heavy for a pro xc racer, frame decal peelage Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Raider Ridge Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $5000.00 Purchased At: durango cyclery Similar Products Used: gary fisher roscoe, trek fuel ex Bike Setup: xl frame all white, rock shox revalation dual air 20 mil, chris king w/mavic 717, conti tyres (proto 390grm), full sram xx, crank bros lever seat post, fizik tundra saddle, truvativ stem and hollefezer bar, king headset, ti king cage, time pedals
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