Yup- Chameleon is the bike you are describing. Pick up a Thomson 410mm seatpost and you will have
plentyof tube left over. I weigh 200 and have spent the last 6 months abusing one of these and it
still looks new. I hit DJ, 6' drops, and downhill with it regularly- the beautiful thing is I can
turn right around and climb straight back up thehill with no problems. Make sure you get a through-
axle fork if you want to hit it hard, though...check out revolutionfreeride.com and look in the bike
review archive- lots fo good information there.
/Dan
On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 03:28:31 +0100, iddqd <
[email protected]> wrote:
>Matthew Paterson wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> Im looking into getting a new frame. A hardtail frame. I want something very strong, but quite
>> light, light enough to ride uphill but strong enough to handle some big drops. Also to do some
>> dirt jumping and street. Basically a very good all round frame.
>>
>> Whats everyones ideas on this?
>>
>Santa cruz Chameleon - its not heavy, it will take a lot, has low stand over, good quality all
>over and the frame doubles as both a single speed and a regular frame for gears. Only drawback it
>needs a long seatpost. Only weakpoint seems to be one must make sure the seatpost reaches below
>the top tube.
>
>
http://mtbr.com/reviews/Frameset/product_21266.shtml
>
>Regards
>
>Bruno
>
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