The Turner Five Spot has been the undisputed champ of the Turner bike line since 2002. It's their best seller by a long shot, and in large part has defined Turner’s existence in recent years. Now it's even better, as it's the beneficiary of a number of changes, including the name. With an increase in travel to 5.5" (140mm), the Five has been dropped, and is offically dubbed what most of us called it all along -- the Turner Spot.

After years of testing and designing bikes, Turner continues to manipulate the axle path of the rear wheel when designing his bikes to determine the pedaling dynamics he desires. After years of licensing the Horst link to accomplish this, Turner has unveiled a new design dubbed TNT -- Torque Neutralizing Technology. The axle path of the new design mirrors the old to within 1.1mm at the peak of travel, on the 5.5” travel Turner Spot. In both our tests and many others, each has found this calculated difference to be negligible in the field. We attribute this in large part to Turner's careful placement of the pivots that help to control and limit the lengthening of the chain during the shock cycle, so you'll feel no suspension-induced "kick-back".

The Spot is a 5.5" inch travel bike designed to handle virtually any situation. Critically acclaimed since it was first introduced as the Five Spot, the 2008 Turner Spot features a TNT suspension equipped with a Fox Float RP23 rear shock, giving it its most pedal-efficient platform ever. This is highlighted by redesigned rockers and asymmetrical chain stay. The asymmetrical design and forging process of the stays combined with the girder-like forged rockers, provides improved lateral rigidity to the Spot, and adds even more front derailleur clearance. All this is done without sacrificing any of the trademark Turner tire clearance.

The Turner Spot doesn’t just ride like a dream, it’s engineered to take a pounding. A reinforced head tube gusset ensures the frame will withstand the stress of the 5.5” travel fork recommended by Turner for use with the Spot. And a CNC-machined bottom bracket shell with an integrated lower shock mount provides torsional stiffness.

The disc-specific Turner Spot is powdercoated in Sangria Red or Smoke Black stock finishes in Small, Medium, Large, Extra Large or for those of you 6’5” +, the XXL size for an additional $200 (includes custom color charge.) It requires a 27.2mm seatpost and a 34.9 mm Traditional Top Pull Front Derailleur. Optional powder coat colors of Bright Yellow, Fire Engine Red, Granny Smith Green, Sparkle Blue, Gold Dust Orange, Gloss White, Semi Gloss Black, Iron Glimmer, Sparkle Silver, Robin's Egg Blue, Charcoal Metallic Blue and Luscious Pink are available for a $100 upcharge and a willingness to wait the 4-6 week expected turnaround. Or for those of you that are weight weenies or looking for a stealth aesthetic, with a short wait and no upcharge, you can get it raw -- that's right, no finish whatsoever.

2008 Turner Spot Pricing
	Frame	XTR 970	SRAM X.O	XT 770	SRAM X-9
Spot	$2149	5129	4218	4233	4043

2008 Turner Spot Geometry

Size	Seat Tube	Effective Top Tube	Stand Over	BB Height	Head Tube Angle	Seat Tube Angle	Head Tube	Chainstay
S/15	15	22.2	30.0	13.4	69.0	73	4.0	16.9
M/17	17	23.0	31.0	13.4	69.0	73	4.0	16.9
L/19	19	23.9	32.0	13.4	69.0	73	5.0	16.9
XL/22	22	24.8	33.0	13.4	69.0	73	6.0	16.9
XXL/24	24	26.5	34.0	13.4	69.0	73	7.0	16.9
All lengths are measured in inches.