with a gallon of Nitromors-quite easily. 
Horrid colour but cheap. Looked more like dog poo brown in the flesh so to speak. Not a nice McDonalds rootbeer that tastes like Germoleen colour.
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chameleon. seriously what makes it soo good?
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chameleon. seriously what makes it so good?
definitely NOT the rider!
I just blasted through and over straight ahead
did you go round for another go after i had left then?
Only kidding hora, its a sweet little bike that. couldn't believe how light it felt either (though you wouldn't know it from the meal you made of the first climb)
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Slowrider I still rode every line you took on your full suss though, maybe not as fast mind. Plus after the last gate on jacobs I rode down the steep grass banking rather than walk the snowdrift! Still that first climb to mam tor almost killed me
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i had a black v-only '97 version like the one above, same orange bombers.. possibly my most loved bike ever, not just the bike, but what and how i rode at the time too. very good times..
how do current ones compare, anyone had them over a 12 yr + period? my old 97 17" is still in the garage with a cracked headtube. i sometimes wonder about putting it on a jig then getting a carbon copy made in cr-mo.
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It's the anodised red bling that makes mine so good.
In all seriousness, I love my Chammy more than life itself.
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Love mine, i've had one since 1996- this one since 2004 (i broke the headtube on the other one)- it does everything and takes some serious stick!
I only broke my first one cos i did trials in the street on it- and it finally died on a 6foot drop.
I can do Welsh trail centres on it, all day XC rides- all i need to do is put skinnier tyres on, swap the flatties for spuds and whip the short stem off and stick a longer one on there.
I do downhill on it (albeit slower than the full sus boys), and dirt jumping too.
I do have an Intense Spider too which i keep for the XC stuff, but sometimes i just get the Chameleon out for the XC stuff because its just so much fun!Posted 1 year ago # -
I bought one of the first batch of EBB models in large and it just felt too high and XC-stylee for the riding I was doing. I mean, the biggest attribute for me was how well it climbed, which just isn't what a Chammy is about! Sold it after about 8 or 9 months, but I still had a niggle niggling away. Anyway, bought a medium pre-EBB model and it's so different. Lots of fun. Makes me wonder if the medium EBB version would have been OK, but I still think the BB is too high on that one.
Anyway, my tuppence worth - short back end makes it easy to loft the front and short wheelbase overall with not too slack angles on the front make it still sharp enough to enjoy in the twisties. Great fun.
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My old EBB version -
Muddy Chameleon by Rick T., on Flickr
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My 'new' old one -Posted 1 year ago # -
Heres the image that should have appeared in my previous post- i just learnt how to post a pic on here!! Hahahaha.
And while im feeling pleased with myself heres another one of my chameleon with some nice "Ghetto" scenery......
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