In the Turner booth there was two things of interest.

Full Suspension: The first was the Turner Sultan their 29er bike that is 4″ of travel BUT with 650b wheels on there. After speaking with Greg from Turner I learned that the bike was indeed a Sultan but with a 5 spot chain stay. The chain stay was 13-3/4″ which left the bottom bracket exactly in the same spot as the bike was with 29″ wheels. This change also shortened the travel to 3-3/4″. As most folks don’t set up their suspension correctly anyways, I’m pretty sure most won’t feel the 1/4″ difference.

Steel: The bike was out on a ride with David Turner so I wasn’t able to grab some shots but there indeed was a steel bike in the Turner tent with 650b wheels. The tubing was standard Columbus tubing.

It seems that a couple guys at Turner have taken high interest of the 650b and are even building personal bikes to test out their theories.

Late edit: From Greg at Turner- “ The head tube angle on the converted Sultan is 71and the seat tube angle is 73 with a 13.250 bottom bracket height. The fork is a 2009 120mm 29er fork.”