Turner’s 5.Spot comfortably carried us off smaller drops, especially when ‘forked up’ Turner’s 5.spot comfortably carried us off smaller drops, especially when ‘forked up’: turner’s 5.spot comfortably carried us off smaller drops, especially when ‘forked up’ Matt Pacocha Because the new fork had a straight steerer we were able to use an inset 1-1/8in lower headset bearing to keep stack height as low as possible (from bottom headset cup to axle, the 32 Float measured 545mm while the 36 Van was 555mm). To test this theory, we ‘forked up’ the 5.Spot at David Turner’s suggestion, switching from the standard tapered-steerer Fox 32 Float 150 RLC to a coil-sprung Fox 36 Van 160. But if you’re more of an intermediate-level rider, there will likely be times when a little more straight up brawn, in the form of more travel, would trump all the finesse and refinement it possesses. If you’re a super-smooth, expert-level rider you’ll be able to ride just about anything on the 5.Spot. While many of their rivals offer a 160mm or 170mm bike, Turner only have the 210mm/8.3in-travel DHR downhill bike. While its 140mm of suspension travel is more than adequate for most any obstacle on a run-of-the-mill mountain bike trail, riders faced with particularly burly terrain may be left wanting. On their website, Turner variously describe the 5.Spot as an “all-mountain”, “enduro trail” and “adventure cross-country bike”.
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