two bikes that I’m looking at for different reasons…

would be nice to get some inspiration…and nice to see some nice bikes to sway me to which one to get first!

Cheers

2010 size XL with Rohloff gearing, now fitted with air Pikes & a Hope stem, rides nice for its weight (not that weight worries me being over 15 stone)

snaps: monkeybone or rohloff specific drop out?

Access to a CNC mill!
I machined away the axle plate shape from a brake adapter similar to a monkey bone.

Oh go on then, my XL Santa Cruz Chameleon.

EDIT: Fixed link to photo

Got three Chameleons. This is Abigales

ooo get you and your fancy tools!

Speedbone & Hacksaw & File! 😉

thanks to all so far…keep ’em coming!

Chameleon (medium) in big-forked silliness guise:

And recently rebuilt as a pump-tracky, woodland singletrack, playbike type thing:

They really are very versatile… the name sort of says it all 😉

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Neat solution Stoner, don’t know why other frame makers don’t use those On one type brake mounts.

bin dun snaps 😉

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The Chameleon

The (t)inbred

both are great fun. The Chameleon best for short burst of fun though.

I think theyre great dropouts/trackends. SO verstatile – I normally ride SS, but rohloff for weekends away. In fact my only lament of my old scandal frame is that its vert drop out only and the new ones that DO have slotted drop outs arent made of the same alloy.

The only change Id like to see is longer calliper bolt slots so that you can use the full length of the track end to get extra tyre clearance – as it is you can only move the axle as far as the calliper will allow.
Also I think it would be easy have a rohloff fitting as part of the stamped drop out as standard somewhow.

My 456

My Chameleon

853 Inbred

thanks all – please do keep them coming in!!

quick question, stevenk4563 – where is the picture of the Cham taken?

It’s by surrey hill reservoir in swinley.

cheers – never been but looks nice!

Shame I was expecting at least one deliverance scene and an icky sticky tongue

My old new model Chammy – size large, always felt too high in the BB.

2008 Santa Cruz Chameleon by Rick T., on Flickr
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My current old model Chammy – size medium and its awesome for razzing around the woods, especially in singlespeed guise.

30/05/2011 by Rick T., on Flickr

IMAG0035 by Rick T., on Flickr