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Here is my new medium chameleon.
In the first week I had it, I took it on two long trail rides, one of which included a DH race course as part of the loop. I rode it twice at a slalom track, and hit my dirt jumps on it as well. Its living up to its name.:thumbsup:
Anyway, I know some of the old Chameleon owners was worried about the geometry changes, but from my measurements, its REALLY close to the old frame.
And with the EBB, you can play with your BB height and chainstay length as well.
I just changed mine after I took the pics, I wanted the lowest bb and shortest chainstay
length. With my fork set at 100mm, my bb is 12.3, my chainstays are 16.3, my head angle is right around 69, and the wheelbase is something like 42.3 or so.
Almost identical to my buddies old chameleon.
The only ***** about the frame is putting on a chainguide, and boy is it a *****.
First off, their is a ridge that sticks out on the EBB that interferes with how far back you can rotate your guide. I filed half of that ridge off to get it rotated properly.
But the other problem is the bigger pain. The ISCG adaptor will not sit flush with the frame. The frame itself it too big for the tabs to go around and two of the tabs sit against the frame making it sit crooked. I had to put a BB spacer inbetween the adaptor and the frame, and I had to put spacers behind ONE of the ISCG tabs but not the others, so it would not sit as crooked. Its working now, but what this thing really needs is a ISCG adaptor that is flush on both sides.
But besides that, it is all smiles.
Here are the pics:
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In the first week I had it, I took it on two long trail rides, one of which included a DH race course as part of the loop. I rode it twice at a slalom track, and hit my dirt jumps on it as well. Its living up to its name.:thumbsup:
Anyway, I know some of the old Chameleon owners was worried about the geometry changes, but from my measurements, its REALLY close to the old frame.
And with the EBB, you can play with your BB height and chainstay length as well.
I just changed mine after I took the pics, I wanted the lowest bb and shortest chainstay
length. With my fork set at 100mm, my bb is 12.3, my chainstays are 16.3, my head angle is right around 69, and the wheelbase is something like 42.3 or so.
Almost identical to my buddies old chameleon.
The only ***** about the frame is putting on a chainguide, and boy is it a *****.
First off, their is a ridge that sticks out on the EBB that interferes with how far back you can rotate your guide. I filed half of that ridge off to get it rotated properly.
But the other problem is the bigger pain. The ISCG adaptor will not sit flush with the frame. The frame itself it too big for the tabs to go around and two of the tabs sit against the frame making it sit crooked. I had to put a BB spacer inbetween the adaptor and the frame, and I had to put spacers behind ONE of the ISCG tabs but not the others, so it would not sit as crooked. Its working now, but what this thing really needs is a ISCG adaptor that is flush on both sides.
But besides that, it is all smiles.
Here are the pics:
