seems strange that the moment another company heard "Turner 09 with DW link" their interest suddenly grew and the thought to screw the smaller player was the only way forward. Another Turner sale gone!!!
GASMAN
As an employee of the new distributer who happens to be kind of small company with only 7 empoyees, 5 of which are in house and 3 of the in house happen to be MTB riders and racers, I don't believe we have screwed the smaller player. Bill has done an excellent job with the brand but while it was only a side job for him, Turner believes we can give it better support as we are able to focus on the brand as we also do with other brands that we import as this is not a side job for us.
I have not heard anybody complain when we aquired Marzocchi earlier this year saying that it would lessen the brand or I would never purchase it, with our service we are trying to get a 2-3 days turnaround for repairs and warranties much faster than the previous Marzocchi importer which is what we wish to do with Turner.
To say that we won't put support back into the brand/sport or that we have bent anyone over is a bit of a letdown as we do plan on giving back with support to a DH team 5 of the riders have been picked and 1 more is in negotiations who we have embraced and was a previous DHD team rider, 1 of the picked 5 is in a contract with another bicycle brand for 12 more months but will be already using all other brands the team will be supported by.
If you count your chickens before they have hatched you are always in for dissapointment!
We at SCV Imports are very enthusiastic about getting Turner and we belive that we can do an excellent job supporting this brand