Rider's Bikes

Dale McMullan's Turner DHR

Frame - Turner DHR

Forks – Marzocchi 888 170mm Travel

Rear shock – Custom shimmed Fox Vanilla DH with custom engineered remote reservoir and pedal platform with adjustable platform bypass (see additional paragraph)

Stem – Simple 50mm with oversize clamp, custom machined to allow integration with Marzocchi crown.

Handlebars – Raceface Diablous oversize

Headset – FSA Extreme Pro 1 ½ “ with custom heavy duty bottom cap

Grips – ODI lock on

Brakes – Front, Hope mono M4; rear, Hope M4 upgraded with Phonolic pistons and Hope custom levers (made to order, contact your local dealer)

Shifter – XT 9 speed

Rear Mech – XT short cage

Block – 11/27 Shimano Ultegra close ratio (for fast shifting!)

Cranks – Shimano Saint 165, 38t (best in the world!)

Chain guide – MRP slalom ISCG mount with custom machined rollers

Pedals – Shimano DX SPD (clipped in all the way)

Chain – Sram 990

Wheels – Hubs: - Hope bulbs front and rear, 32 hole, black

Rims: - Mavic 721, 32 hole

Spokes: - DT double butted with pro lock nipples

Tyres – Dry/Intermediate: - Maxxis High Roller 2.5, Super Tacky front and rear

Mud: - Maxxis Wet Scream, 2.5 Super Tacky front and rear

Seat post – Thompson 27.2 in-line

Saddle – Fizik Pave (with ‘v’ in rear for extra tyre clearance).

Rear shock

I didn’t like the fact that the only place for the standard, bulky reservoir for my rear shock was on the swing arm of my bike, connected to the main body by an extra long hydraulic hose.

Over ten years of manual and CNC machining experience meant that I would be able to design and fabricate the perfect reservoir for my shock and bike.

I wanted it to be:-

• Smaller in diameter to be housed on the main frame by an integrated clamp
• Have some sort of pedal platform that could be turned on or of depending on the track, but without having to adjust air pressure and messing up the bottom out.
• Adjustable bottom out

To make it I had to source all the materials and parts needed. I used a Manitou Swinger SPV valve, some bits came from a Manitou Sherman fork, other bits I machined myself in the Chain Reaction machine shop from high grade aluminium, but the only thing I had to buy brand new was a customized Goodridge Hydraulic hose with 3mm bore. I also machined the bespoke mounting bracket to allow the assembled reservoir to sit neatly against the main frame. All was left was to see if it worked!

I headed of to a top secret location in France for a week of rigorous testing, only to find that half of the Irish DH community were there to check it out!

At the bottom of every run I made sure that my legs were free from oil and amazingly they were. If it could withstand the rigours of the Swiss and French National tracks then it would take me any where. (Holy $h1t my head isn’t full of sweetie mice!)

I’ll be taking orders at the next race, but please allow 4 months machining time!