I have to admit, I appreciate the looks of a bike and I find Turner bikes very aesthetic. Usually esthetics actually mirror functionality.
For example, the DHR is beautiful.
But WTF is a company like this thinking in that regard? I went to get a pic of the ugly truss structure found in this brand of bikes but found the updated frame and it's an even better example.
Seriously, this looks like it was in a garbage compactor or a photoshop joke. Can you tell me if this is pleasing to the eye or even better, an optimal design for weight and strength?
...I'm pretty sure that's the result of being on CC's roof rack....
hey!!!! i heard that! i cant even WALK through the garage without thinkin of that day. honest, it haunts me. is this the part of the movie where someone takes a hour from their life to find those old pics? i hope not.
as far as the rm goes, no, not the cleanest lookin frame around but it beats the crap outta so many others that suck to ride and break in half the 1st week out. these guys do a good job with production stuff and thats worth somethin. still, ill take a dhr please.
Um yeah I gotta agree with ya LD Im a real tradionalist when it comes to frame design!, Bikes for me have to look a certain way, though Ive had some innovative and at times unique frames & suspensions, ahead of there trime in there day! Lefty's 1.5 long before Manipoos etc
I suspect its my road and motorcylce back ground but even road bikes I still prefer traditional triangles, thats just my quirks not right or wrong!
I love the DHR intially round tubes had me thinking I might miss something from the earlier square models but once I saw the first one built up it was love at first sight, I still feel that way, while I may never throw a leg over one, will be my biggest regret, it will be right up there, just like the c dream plus, 5spot/RFX early DH RFX's of course the Highlines lines really do it for me, then there are bikes like Kona Stab I loved the bad ass ugly look of that frame,Morewood Izumi, Honda Gbox, Yeti 303s 309s Lawills, I like Giants current Regin X its sloping lines like my ToP HT to dropouts are just sexy! HT DJ bikes in general, the Turner MTX frame is awesome looking frame and Ive always liked the look of the IH Sunday it just looks right as a DH race bike forget the linkages for a moment! The Sunn Radical is also a fav, just to name a few...
No doubt the Straitline looks allot better in the flesh often as frames tend to do, I was always a fan of the RM mainly I think cause Rithcie Schley and WADE Symonds imortalise the frame and its moto inspired linkage and massive single chainstay arms remind me of Moto X bikes!
Nice thread gets ya thinking about design and function
CAD is a good thing, but like all good things too much of it is bad. the down tube looks like the bilbao museum.
ever since SC lets the dogs out with the nomad, which was the first marketing-driven design, seems like all the other companies are busy playing catch up (think of the new 575). personally i like the functional looks of Turner and im sure that if they start adding marketing driven cad touches it will be done tastefully.
That RM is six shades of ugly. No, make that seven shades of ugly.
Originally Posted by cactuscorn
hey!!!! i heard that! i cant even WALK through the garage without thinkin of that day. honest, it haunts me. is this the part of the movie where someone takes a hour from their life to find those old pics? i hope not.
Just one of the many reasons why I am getting rid of my roof rack and switching to this:
You can forgive me, cause clearly I'm new to the world of Turners, but I'm not particularly taken by the aesthetics of the DHR. What's worse, of the two, I actually like the look of the RM a bit better!
The way the top and down tubes meet on the DHR has a similar kind of look to the Ventana X5, which I also don't like.
Although before you shoot me, the DHR is the only model in the Turner line I don't really like the look of.
+1 with BA and TS, even though I'm more frequently mistaken for SSINGA.
Eye of the beholder. I'd imagine many ppl would find it a cool alternative look.
I also have an appreciation for Turner's clean lines.
Transitions too.
Those flattened tubes and pre-kinked areas are supposed to be flex-zones (or pre-folded crumple zones for some ). Seems like the RM engineers spent too much time on the ibis forum.
At least they didn't bend the top tube up. Now that's retarded.
Thats yellow thing up tops is the strailline not an RM, I mentioned RM as it was the previous model with the thrust link, not a candle in looks on the DHR I just like its moto inspired design not looks and it probably wouldn't ride in the same league as the DHR either, wieght, accel, cornerin, but 2 different, goals!
Transitions are cool BZ
This is one of the best DHRs though there are lots of worthy ones right up here with this!
MTX
Transition Blindside
Iron Horse Sunday
Thats yellow thing up tops is the strailline not an RM, I mentioned RM as it was the previous model with the thrust link,
Whoah, back away from the pain meds, TA. This bike is called the Flatline and their previous big bike model was called the RMX.
The purported goal with moving away from the thrust link was to reduce weight, lower the center of gravity (by keeping all the suspension bits low on the bike), lower the BB and increase stiffness. Whether that's accomplished or not, the "crumple zones" don't do the frame any justice, imo.
Whoah, back away from the pain meds, TA. This bike is called the Flatline and their previous big bike model was called the RMX.
The purported goal with moving away from the thrust link was to reduce weight, lower the center of gravity (by keeping all the suspension bits low on the bike), lower the BB and increase stiffness. Whether that's accomplished or not, the "crumple zones" don't do the frame any justice, imo.
Ahh yes thanks EB need that from time to time, little things like that Im having trouble with
Sorry, don't like the loos of the DHR all that much... Or the RM for that matter! All the other turners look great IMHO. Nothing is quite as bad a mountain cycle bikes. Holly crap.
As a guitarist I think that's pretty cool, but I'm looking for a Gibson V or an Explorer as I type this so I may be a little skewed. I bet it sounds like poop though....
Nice, knew a superV would make the list eventually
I am a fan of the traditional tube bikes. Few of the designers using hydroformed tubes seems to be able to put together something that is pleasant to the eye and strong.
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Originally Posted by xjbebop
I sorta like the RM too. 
). Seems like the RM engineers spent too much time on the ibis forum.
I bet it sounds like poop though....
