The 17.6” chainstays are relatively short for a dw-link bike, but not to the point that you feel like the front end is going to break with the ground if you put your chest down near the stem and pull the bars through your hips. I definitely had the chance to put the Burner through its paces on many long fire-road and singletrack climbs in the Sun Valley area, many of which were surprisingly rough, considering SV’s reputation as a buff-trail paradise.Īt sub-30 pounds as built, the Burner can hang weight-wise with many bikes on the market.
I’ve ridden a couple of those (Scott Genius 700 carbon, Ibis Mojo HD carbon frame with Easton carbon wheels), and they climb like a penguin that’s been shot out of a cannon. The Burner is a bike that climbs well, but you’re never going to confuse it with a carbon-framed wonder bike with carbon wheels and super-light tires. Since I’m not clever and the Turner is not a bike that inspired any particular simile, I’ll just try to provide some information that’s actually useful, because honestly, the last thing you want to be riding on is a meth-addicted mountain goat.
I hate it when bike reviewers use silly similes to describe how a bike climbed: like a meth-addicted mountain goat, like a jackrabbit on Mexican 8-ball, like an early Soviet rocket beating the Americans to space.