Santa Cruz Chameleon (1998+)

[rigidftw]

That disc adapter was the only one available from Santa Cruz

That one? https://cambriabike.com/products/santa-cruz-chameleon-v3-bolt-on-is-disc-brake-mount

 

[Tsia]

Good to see the front tyre is on the right way now

Got any close-ups of the rear brake adapter? I don't think I ever saw one that positions the caliper below the chainstay.

Hah, I'd forgotten about that! Don't worry, it's been the right way around since I actually started riding the thing

Lacuna is quite right, it's the only OEM one available for the Chameleon MK1! It's less than ideal, especially with larger rotors (180 pictured, previously was 160) as the hose sits at a terrible angle, but it does the trick. There's somebody on here that managed to use a disc dropout from another bike brand entirely in order to fit one in the "correct" position which was quite interesting.


And to clarify here, the brake caliper isn't yet 'aligned' because I'm a fool and dropped the wheel whilst refitting the cassette, severely bending the rotor. Awaiting a new one as it's past straightening!

 

[Tsia]

Santa Cruz Chameleon mk1

In May last year I had the rather good fortune to pick up a mk1 Santa Cruz Chameleon from ebay. The price? A mere £20. It also came with a seatpost jammed in it, headset cups, UN72 BB, a dead Roox rollercoaster chainguide, a drive side Raceface crank and ring and a mystery non-drive crank. I...

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There's the one using the non standard disc adapter to get around the 'upside down' issue

 

[Lacuna]

Lacuna is quite right, it's the only OEM one available for the Chameleon MK1! It's less than ideal, especially with larger rotors (180 pictured, previously was 160) as the hose sits at a terrible angle, but it does the trick. There's somebody on here that managed to use a disc dropout from another bike brand entirely in order to fit one in the "correct" position which was quite interesting.

Yep, its mine

 

[Tsia]

Yep, its mine

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Shows how much attention I pay to usernames! It's a very nice solution - if the thread wasn't as old I was going to ask on there if you recall which bike it was from? I'd definitely be tempted to move away from the silly default one I have!

 

[Lacuna]

I checked my e-mails and this is what I ordered:

FSOOCNCSO-B2-GEAR-DISC-BLK​

On-One CNC Anodized Swap-Out B2 Geared Disc Side Black​

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I remember that it was only £1 in the sale back in 2018. I can't see them on the Planet X website now but you could try e-mailing them with the stock code?