Turner King Khan Full Suspension Fat Bike Flexes into Production

@why? – Downhill snow racing, obviously.

RE: why?

Because it’s fun as hell.

After 2 years of fatbiking switched to a pyga oneten29…. speed is higher, fun is higher and I’m happy.

As soon as I see snow I still regret selling the fatbike

The fact that this is about twice the price of a Bucksaw should surprise absolutely no-one.

When is suspension travel ever needed on snow? Sorry but you cant argue a need here. Its a complete want.

Um good luck winning a downhill race on suspensionless bike…so there defintely is a need for it kust not on fat bikes.

Sram will gladly take your money for a blutto though!

my thoughts on FS Fatbike:

– Have no interest in owning one: Heavy, slow, complicated, expensive.

– CANNOT WAIT to ride one. I hope shops in areas with rough terrain are stocking there rental fleets with FS fatties. I’m sure these are tons of fun, in small doses.

So in reading the comments I’ve learned:
1. It’s only acceptable to ride fat bikes on snow.
2. Riding isn’t about fun but is all about what someone else thinks you should be doing on your bike.
3. Wanting compression and rebound damping is unacceptable if you ride a fatbike.
4. Cyclists aren’t as open minded and as adventuresome as they’d like people to think they are.

Having ridden the King Kahn this October at Outerbike, this is hands down one of the most fun bikes I’ve ever ridden. Super efficient (pedaled great) because of the DW suspension, and descended like a demon. So much fun! Best bike I rode at outerbike. Period.

Btw it only weighed about 33lbs.

What I have learned from this post… 1/2 of the cyclist on bikerumor can be convinced that just about any bike related idea with a little marketing behind it is a great idea and worth overpaying for.

@Obriburns. How did it corner? Were you confident hitting turns at speed? Does one run the same low tire pressures as you would on a rigid?

@DowningK- It corners fantastic! Ridgid fat bikes typically have a little bounce in their step… tire pressure is low like other ridgid bikes. I confirmed this with Gary from Turner bikes at Outerbike. Hitting corners at speed is one of the highlights, like most fat bikes the traction is amazing. But the bounce you get from ridgid bikes is smoothed out with the suspension. So it’s more predictable.

I rode this on a variety of trail conditions, swapping bikes with two other buddies who I was at Outerbike, each of us getting a turn on the bike on a few loops. We were all giggling like school girls from it being so much fun to ride. Out of all the bikes we rode this past year at Outerbike, this is the bike we still talk about.

Once you go fat you never go back! I am a lifetime Turner owner and have never chose to ride anything else after I got my first Burner. Last year I replaced a 15 year old RFX to a new 27.5 Burner and love it! A good friend talked me into a fat bike after he got a Borealis Crestone, I was too a skeptic of the FB phenomenon, and I decided if I got one I’d get a Khan. Unfortunately by now Dave had stopped making them and the search was on. Long story short, I found an frame, built it and the Khan is hands down the most fun I’ve ever had on two wheels, I haven’t ridden my Burner since I got it! I’ll admit it’s not the lightest bike but with the right gearing it performs just as good if not better than my Burner, I’m not a small guy and not concerned with the weight it just makes me ride harder.