Santa Cruz Chameleon #Chameleonclub

Yup, I had maybe less than 200 miles on mine, and I built it up nicer than the R Build and could not seem to get an offer north of $800 or 900 for it.

 

#chameleonclub 4 life!

 

The things you see at a bike race...

 

That’s a whole lotta.......purple.

 

Fun story: The one in the middle was the only one to used over the weekend!
The other two did a great job taking up rack space!

 

The red kit is too clashy!!!

 

Joined the club.

 

Welcome! Initial impression?

 

First ride yesterday, local trails
out of the house. The trails are
pretty mellow, kinda the reason
for a hardtail.
The bike rolled faster and was smoother
than expected. This is my first 29er.
It was a blast!

 

If you're happy then it was money well spent. Congrats on the new ride!

 

They are really good off the shelf. I'm very happy with mine, other than the lack of a second water bottle in the triangle. Mine is still set up SS, but now I miss a geared hard-tail!

 

Took the $$ from selling your son's bike and bought that eh?

 

Yup!
He’s not riding any more and
the Nomad was pretty much the
same bike as my Bronson.
I’ve always wanted a Chameleon.

 

I just thought he'd get the $$ I'm looking at getting a large Chameleon to have in my garage for "guests" that come to Prescott without a bike.

 

I bought a last year's model (2022) brand new unboxed Fox Factory 34 29-130 Grip2 to upgrade my Chameleon Fox 34 Rythm off of Ebay. I had a Fox 34 Grip2 on the Ibis Ripley I sold and I thought it was a very good fork. I must say that given the choice I'd buy RockShox Pike but the price was really good- The Ebay seller I bought from has many other forks and parts and has a 100% satisfaction rating.

 

I love my green/purple Chamelon, but those colors are dreamy!

 

It's currently single speed. I'm still searching for that single speed love some of you have.

 

YOu have to commit to it. Ride only the SS for 2-3 weeks. It gets easier. Riding it only once every couple of weeks, you'll never get the feel for it.

And try it on a shorter ride.

 

And IMO needs the right grade of up and down. Too steep, not fun. Too flat, not fun.
But if you get that perfect grade, magic!