Turner Sultan. Big wheels and bigger travel, intial impressions.
Posted: June 17th, 2009 by Eric McKeeganThe Turner Sultan is a 120mm travel 29er, one of the few big wheeled bikes out there sporting over 100mm of travel. I’m happy to be riding one for the beginning of the summer. My size large tester came built up with some interesting parts including a 2010 Fox F29 RLC with the 15mm QR and new FIT damper and very diminutive Formula R1 disc brakes.
 
I’ve made a few parts swaps, namely to the tires, bars and stem for fit and local terrain. It is feeling pretty dialed now.
The weather is getting hotter, the trails are getting drier and this bike is looking for rocky trails to stretch its legs. I’m happy to oblige. Not a lot of saddle time yet, but so far the Sultan has been quite adapt in the tight singletrack that has made up the majority of my time in the woods.
 Want more info? See the geometry and spec on the Turner website.
June 22nd, 2009 at 10:07 pm
I was looking forward to checking out the Turner Bikes at Big Cedar Wilderness Trails in Dallas on May 9th. The Turner Crew was going to hold a Demo at a DORBA (Dallas Off-Road Bicycling Assoc.) sponsored work day with beginner clinics food and the demo. Unfortunately the truck pulling the trailer had a breakdown.
We are still waiting to hear if they will be able to drop by on the way back to California. I was looking forward to post up a review on Dallasmountainbiking.com