[Closed] Santa Cruz Chameleon frames- where are they all?!

er... I will be advertising one later but it is a large (18")

Wish I still had mine, it was like riding an overgrown BMX bike!!

it is a brilliant frame, but I am just too broken to be able to ride something that unbelievably stiff! now I mince around on a xc fs!

I got hold of a medium frame from stif, 6 week lead time mind. Absolutely stonking frame 🙂

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There are two in our garage and will be out again later today. I would say that one of them is our most used, abused and neglected bike. Apart from pads, tubes and tyres its had nothing spent on it since we won it in 2007. Good luck with the search

I think everybody keeps his last years fashion 26# cham frame..
rare tresures now...

Typer that looks amazing.

Hora, if you can't get a chameleon try a stiffee? (no s****ing at the back) seems to be a couple on fleabay.

Tried a stiffee hated it. Cham is fun fun fun

Cheers fella 🙂

Are you after 2nd hand or new? What size? I am up at Llandegla this week, they have a classifieds board so I will have a looksee.

2ndhand and medium 🙂

Bit posh for a pub bike init?

You want a large hora!!!!! 😉

Worth watching

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Santa-Cruz-Chameleon-Hardtail-Mountain-Bike-/151322449403?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item233b8555fb

Hora - I've got a Pace RC305 frame doing nowt, that's very chameleon-esque. That's why I bought it. Stiffer than Ron Jeremy on Viagra! Good fun. Sliding dropouts so you can run it SS. It's a medium - too small for you, so therefore ideal! 🙂

I bloody loved my old chameleon, but the relentless brutality it metered out to my poor bottom got too much!

Actually.... I should just build it up as a pub bike. Good thinking!!!

Haven't you already had one (or more) of those already?

He's had, by my estimate, 5 or 6. I bought mine off him.

Yep but as my only bike. This would be a third

Here's one, Hora. But not for sale. Used exactly as you describe - shops, pump track with the boys and occasional SS forays into the woods.

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Theres a large 18" chammy on the for sale section ATM Hora.

Does anyone reckon you could 650B a sliding dropout Chameleon?

Suggsey.... thats my one up for sale.....

I found mine a bit underwhelming tbh. Went back to a Blender, way more fun for that sort of riding. Probably because the chameleon seems to need to have fairly long forks to feel high enough at the front, and I hate hardtails with long travel forks.

Loved the three that I've had and still have a diddy one in the garage fir the boss that she's not ridden since it was resprayed.

I had a small built up as a jump bike which was great but it was bloody short in the top tube.

I've never found them much worse than any other hardtail to be honest....my BFe was pretty harsh. They do accelerate well though.

Trying to find a medium to SS/build up as a pumptrack/pub etc bike

650B version out soon so expect more of the 26 inchers in the classified then.

I've just put an orange one on the classifieds

Here's one

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Ooooooh is this like saying brant 3 times?

I'll have a go -

Small Stumpjumper Evo frame, Small Stumpjumper Evo frame, Small Stumpjumper Evo frame,

They do accelerate well though.

This is what I miss about it. They go like shit off a well oiled shovel.

Small Stumpjumper Evo frame, Small Stumpjumper Evo frame, Small Stumpjumper Evo frame

my large US made slot dropout frame is sat in the garage after being powder coated howies blue with new stickers. can't bring myself to sell it, going to build it up old skool but the steerer on my z1 bams is too short i think 🙁 really enjoyed riding it singlespeed as standing up all the time i avoided my arse getting pulverised... 😉 could probably fit 650b in it with 2-2.2inch tyres i reckon, not tried it yet

Seeing as we're all going rightfully misty-eyed over our old arse-pumellers, lets see 'em then.

Heres my old oversized BMX…

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gazc you cham-tease

Go on then

Sold, bikes not the kids

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Still got, won this one in 2007

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Just built one up hora for this exact purpose and I love it. Got an 06 frame with sliders off here in perfect nick. After riding just bmx for the last year and half I was hoping it would be the proverbial big bmx and it really is. It manuals better actually. I don't see the harsh ride aspect everyone gripes about but then as a single speed I only do hour and half rides.

A popular option in the household then Tracey? 😀

Just out of interest: has anyone ever broken a Chameleon frame? Is it possible? Short of putting it in a car crusher?

Very popular in our house. Just put a couple of Command posts on them, makes them even more versatile.

aah yes, the Chameleon. My old one from the days when they didn't have disc mounts, and the size of the chain stays would put a modern DH bike to shame.

Stupidly, I soloed this at the first dusk til dawn. My wife had to drive me home while I lay prone on the back seat, unable to sit up after the pounding the thing had given me overnight.

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finally got round to finishing it off, took it for a quick spin up a farm track but so far it rides as good as i remember 😀 tempted to put zee 1x10 on it

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EDIT: wish i took the fork lowers to get powder coated too, maybe a tad too much blue though...

Sniff, Looks shit. Be better off buying a carbon frame and selling it cheap to someone IMO.

I've got a Med which is 16" i think in Rootbeer that i'm about to sell. Just not got around to getting my ass in gear.

have you seen these Hora?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Santa-Cruz-Chameleon-Retro-MTB-Original-USA-made-/221466180711?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item339069bc67

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Santa-Cruz-Frame-/281357176740?pt=UK_Health_Beauty_Fragrances_Women_s_Fragrances_PP&hash=item418231cfa4

Just out of interest: has anyone ever broken a Chameleon frame?

tempted by daftvader's ad but as the fun stiff ali hardtail I already have in the attic isn't getting ridden I'm not sure I should be buying something very similar.

've got a Med which is 16" i think in Rootbeer that i'm about to sell. Just not got around to getting my ass in gear.

Very interested - cant see your email in your profile but mines in mine 🙂

Emailed you Hora but heres the photos i have for now.
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you haven't drawn around the tools on your toolboard - is disappoint 🙁

I saw a nice shiny one in the Santa Cruz HQ last week, along with with Steve, Greg and Josh's old bikes 😉

Ygm back 🙂

Weyhey, finally a [url= http://www.bikerumor.com/2014/06/25/santa-cruz-launches-new-27-5-chameleon-hardtail/ ]new Chameleon[/url] 🙂

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My Chameleon (mk2) is not leaving. Ever. Seems to get ridden almost as much as my cross bike.

I'm not sure I believe breaking is possible without power tools.

It's probably a bike to go a size larger than normal on, and I have cursed rear mud clearance at times...

A rare, dry day in the woods...

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I love mine (Of 2003 vintage I believe). Even though it is a little small I could never bring myself to sell it. Part of me wishes it would break so that I can replace it with a larger frame (probably just a larger Cham). But as vincienup said it just refuses to die!

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Got me one on its way....in rootbeer brown 8)

You'll need to get picks up once it's built up hora!!!! Hope you enjoy it as much as I have. Now its time to admit I'm old and get a steel 29er hard tail.

A pickup? Isn't that something I'd have on a guitar?