11/21/2023 0 Comments 2017 santa cruz chameleon![]() Meanwhile the non-driveside of the chainstay yoke is beefier top to bottom with an additional reinforcing ridge to take advantage of fewer space constraints on that side. The driveside section tapers in thickness to make it stronger at the base where there’s more chainring clearance.Ĭombined with the slightly dropped, rubber armoured chainstay, it creates room for chain, chainring and crank arm without compromising strength and stiffness. This includes super wide, curved chainstay head sections to give clearance for 27.5×3.0in or 29×2.5in tyres. As product designer Josh Kissner says: “There aren’t a lot of tricks available for making a hardtail ride pleasantly, but we did everything we could while still remaining stiff in the ways you want it to be - and strong, of course.” The really clever stuff happens between the seat tube and the rear wheel though. Whatever dropouts you choose they can be adjusted fore and aft by 15mm to micro adjust chain tension and/or your chosen chainstay length Mick Kirkman / Immediate Media In this case the threaded, 73mm width, external cup bottom bracket is a welcome bearing durability booster compared to a production-line friendly but potentially fast wearing press fit bearing system. Santa Cruz has always prided itself on keeping its bikes practical and using proven standards too. While putting the second bottle mount under the down tube rather than the seat tube isn’t ideal if you ride in crappy conditions it lets Santa Cruz use a seriously dropped down tube for a lowered centre of gravity and better standover clearance. There’s a direct front mech mount at the base too, with internal cable routing for Shimano’s latest Side Swing design. It’s also ported for an internal dropper which pops out of the base of the seat tube then disappears into the down tube. The seatpost is curved at the base to allow short 415–430mm chainstays but still has a long enough straight section to drop the saddle a useful amount. The straight, flat rectangular down tube allows both up and under bottle cage mounts so you won’t go thirsty even if you’re running a frame bag for bike packing. The short tapered head tube allows low bar height for racier riders but plenty of top tube and down tube overlap along an extended seam keep steering obedient. It’s also ported for an internal dropper which pops out of the base of the seat tube then disappears into the down tube Mick Kirkman / Immediate MediaĪt £549 / $749 alone the welterweight 2.08kg / 4.6lb (claimed) Chameleon frameset is pricey for an alloy frame, but there’s a ton of detailing to justify it. ![]() Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware->processĬORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.The seatpost is curved at the base to allow short 415–430mm chainstays, but still has a long enough straight section to drop the saddle a useful amount.Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware->processĬORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php:68.Cake\Http\Middleware\BodyParserMiddleware->processĬORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php:161.Cake\Http\Middleware\CsrfProtectionMiddleware->processĬORE/src/Http/Middleware/BodyParserMiddleware.php:159.Cake\Controller\ControllerFactory->createĬORE/src/Http/Middleware/CsrfProtectionMiddleware.php:159.Cake\Controller\ControllerFactory->getControllerClassĬORE/src/Controller/ControllerFactory.php:63.Cake\Controller\ControllerFactory->missingControllerĬORE/src/Controller/ControllerFactory.php:213.CORE/src/Controller/ControllerFactory.php:228
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