New bike - santa cruz chameleon

melallen

Had my new bike just over a week now......and I love it upgraded from a GT avalanche1 to a santa cruz chameleon built up by Stif in leeds ( superb shop by the way)

Links to pics below... posted this on bike magic , sorry if you've seen it twice :?

Chameleon - liquid blue, extra large ( I'm a big fella)

2009 fox vanilla 32R

XT, chainset, cassette, brakes, shifters, front mech, shadow rear mech.

Thomson seatpost, SDG bel air saddle

Easton hi rise EA50 bars

Hope headset ( tarty gold)

Mavic EX721 rims, hope pro2 hubs ( tarty gold), XTR skewers

Kore lite stem....need to change this its to short with too much rise...I can feel a thomson stem coming on next month!!!

Check out the links and let me know what you think......


http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/2422891/

http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/2422884/

http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/2422894/

Chaka Ping

Links should work now.

http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/2422891/

http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/2422884/

http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/2422894/


Looks nice, quite understated for a Santa Cruz too.

the-nasher

is that an 09 frame, looks quite a lot different.

I love my Chameleon, it started as an all mountain, but I only use it for downhill trashing now.

I like that colour

melallen

thanks for sorting the links.... :oops:

Its an 08 frame with the eccentric bottom bracket but being an xl it gets the gusset from the top tube to the seat tube

switchback18

Awesome looking bike - always liked Chameleons, and they seem to get better as time goes on. Looking at that one, I reckon it might be one of the best looking HT's around. Not a fan of all Santa Cruz bikes, but the Chameleon & Heckler are sorted.

the-nasher

melallen wrote:

thanks for sorting the links.... :oops:

Its an 08 frame with the eccentric bottom bracket but being an xl it gets the gusset from the top tube to the seat tube

ah that's why, never seen one that size.

joejoe

hi there, your bike looks great! I am about to order same frame size and colour, (green comes close but blue just pips it i think). still deciding on forks though. Going towards revelations at the mo. I tried a size L in lbs, found it too small. I'm going to order an XL (I'm 6ft), how tall are you? Would be great to try an XL first but lbs has none in stock.

melallen

great bike but they definetly come up small on sizing, I'm 6' 3" in my socks....if your 6' your right between sizes....what sort of riding do you do....if its mainly xc you might be okay on an xl frame inline seat post shortish stem....try and get a ride /sit on both frame sizes though as sizing is very personal....I'm just fitting a 90mm thomson stemand that feel perfect to me not too stretched at all........

lets see some pics when you get your bike......good luck

joejoe

hey there, thanks for the comment, would have liked to try xl but decided to take a risk as shop had none for me to try. i opted for a red frame in the end to match the forks! an't wait! the bike shop should have it ready for the weekend/early nxt week so will post a pic when i get it.

Belphegor

Looks frikkin sexy, love the colour!

joejoe

http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/2551522/

Here she is!! Took it out today and love love love it

mattyboy199

i m still riding my original SC Chameleon & although its an old design the rear end is so stiff. I really couldnt justify buying a new frame when the one i have is ideal. I do like what they ve done with the newer designs. The Jackal also looks pretty awsome.

davenix

Hi, I first saw your bike on pinkbike and loved the colour and the look of the frame, I have a XTC two to one singlespeed at the moment and wich has track fork ends and no rear disk mountings, so i was looking for a singlespeed frame with the option of fitting discs to the rear, when i saw that the new Camelian had EBB i was sold s i've orderd a liquid blue in large. I'm 5'8" so i could have had medium but i mainly do xc rideing and the geomatry on the large seems to be right for me. I'll be running it with ridged carbon 29er forks 130mm equivelent. I know; i'm a glutten for punishment! orderd it at the start of december cant wait, should be here thursday.

Stoo61

Heard nothing but good things about the chameleon, however will have to go against the grain and say I dont like the colour.... it'll still go like stink though so ENJOY!! 8)