Santa Cruz Chameleon.

[-DAvo]

WHat!? Davo has a dirty bike!? :eek:

Ok so have had the frame for a while now, just finished building it up a while ago and man this thing is a heap of fun! haven't got a proper weight yet but its by far the lightest bike i've built to date.

sticking with the ss set up! this thing climbs!!

will be going clipless and further down the track, a better set of wheels..

stay tuned, as i have a new project on the books :cool:

for those who are wondering, yes i still have the rufus :p

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and yes, your eyes are not lying.. i have a dirty bike...:o:p (thanks to landon for dragging my ass out in the mud!! )

[AMBURGERS]

kool, what do you use you bike for? i'm guessing dj street since it ss?

[bunya djer n dher]

man i bet that would rip the trails..... freaking awsome bike once again davo!!!

looks very nice to :D

[starship303]

nice Davo. looks like your having fun on the trails with it.

BTW i'm just wondering, how are you finding the Maxxis Ignitor on the front? I'm currently running 2.35 Larsen TT's front and rear on my trail rig and find the front Larsen throws up sand into my face, which can obviously be annoying (don't fancy riding at speed with my eyes closed...). Apart from that they perform really well, but on a sandy trail (ie; all of sydney and most of OZ) it gets a bit annoying so I'm on the hunt for a better front and was wondering on the Ignitor's.

Cheers,

[-DAvo]

nice Davo. looks like your having fun on the trails with it.

BTW i'm just wondering, how are you finding the Maxxis Ignitor on the front? I'm currently running 2.35 Larsen TT's front and rear on my trail rig and find the front Larsen throws up sand into my face, which can obviously be annoying (don't fancy riding at speed with my eyes closed...). Apart from that they perform really well, but on a sandy trail (ie; all of sydney and most of OZ) it gets a bit annoying so I'm on the hunt for a better front and was wondering on the Ignitor's.

Cheers,


well i haven't had the chance to ride them on sandy trails.. ive only ridden them in wet, muddy conditions... in those conditions i was really really suprised with them. they gripped very well, even to wet rock. will update you on how they go on sandy trails within the next week.

as for kicking up crap, they did but as to how much i dunno cos it was a mix of rain/crap from front tire.

[NH_]

oh no dave the dark side, get out of there ;)

nice bike looks rad, but whats this? no fox forks :(

[Frazzle]

Hey DAvo,
Ive heard good stuff about those forks,
How do you like them compared to other forks youve used?

Edit: And the brakes, whyd you go with deores (thats what they look like) over juicy's and others?

[DeeMax]

Hey DAvo,

Edit: And the brakes, whyd you go with deores (thats what they look like) over juicy's and others?
They're XTR calipers with deore levers. Correct me if i'm wrong.

[Jordan!]

kool, what do you use you bike for? i'm guessing dj street since it ss?

You obviously don't know what you're on about, most 29'ers are ss, does that automaticly put them in the dj/street category?
No, it doesn't.

[-DAvo]

brakes are acctually xtr calipers on xt levers.

scott, would of liked some fox's but didnt wanna go all out on this build, as im saving for my new project ;)

other specs inc.

protaper carbons

revelations

mavic crossrides

xt cranks

chris king headset

thomson post

[-DAvo]

Hey DAvo,
Ive heard good stuff about those forks,
How do you like them compared to other forks youve used?

Edit: And the brakes, whyd you go with deores (thats what they look like) over juicy's and others?


they work great! first QR set of forks ive owned in a long time, so nothing to really compare against. compared to a set of rebas i owned years ago these rock!! had to add a bit more air in than what rockshox recommended for my weight but their nice and smooth :)

[Tristan23]

Yeah Dave! Finally a muddy ride! And she looks beautiful too. Glad you're seeing the singlespeed light:)

Enjoy.

Edit: 1800th post. What a sikk*nt..

[treggs]

I think you, me and Gripper should form a white santa cruz club. Bikes like that are what my last [R]evo article was about.

Very noice...

edit: Forgot to ask... Any hints on your next project? I still have my money on that white nomad (which by the way was my idea :rolleyes:)

[Dirt king]

Thats one nice reptile.:P

I really like them, wouldn't mind one, looks like a great SS XC bike. :D

[Gripper]

I think you, me and Gripper should form a white santa cruz club. Bikes like that are what my last [R]evo article was about.

Very noice...

edit: Forgot to ask... Any hints on your next project? I still have my money on that white nomad (which by the way was my idea :rolleyes:)

Yeeaah Davo/Treggs don't go stealing my idea of a white SC something or rather

I'm on a countdown to new heckler time...........3 days

Looks nice Davo, throw a derailuer on though and save your knees.

[rtd]

brakes are acctually xtr calipers on xt levers.

scott, would of liked some fox's but didnt wanna go all out on this build, as im saving for my new project ;)

other specs inc.

protaper carbons

xt cranks

chris king headset

thomson post

Hmmmm....

That looks really fast, good one!

[-DAvo]

Yeeaah Davo/Treggs don't go stealing my idea of a white SC something or rather

I'm on a countdown to new heckler time...........3 days

Looks nice Davo, throw a derailuer on though and save your knees.

Blasphemy!!! :p nice work on the new heckler, they look the goods this generation.

I think you, me and Gripper should form a white santa cruz club. Bikes like that are what my last [R]evo article was about.

Very noice...

edit: Forgot to ask... Any hints on your next project? I still have my money on that white nomad (which by the way was my idea :rolleyes:)


sorry mate, your off the mark this time, it wont be another santa cruz, and the frame wont be white ;)

[Snirr]

yesss, damn awesome bike, you guy just know how to build a really stylish bike

[spankey69]

thats a very nice bike

[Fergus Burger]

You obviously don't know what you're on about, most 29'ers are ss, does that automaticly put them in the dj/street category?
No, it doesn't.

Uh 29'er ?


Sweet bike davo, looks clean (clean spec, not referring to the mud;))