My 3 month old baby (2011 Custom SC Chameleon)-green content

[mattyboy199]

10 week wait for the frame but finally took delivery in May of the frame. The build began. Brakes, seatpost, bars, stem & cranks were taken from my old build found here http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... highlight=

Santa cruz chameleon medium frame
Rock shox sektor u turn forks (Marzoochi drop off's on original build)
Stans crest on superstar switch evo hubs ith green nipples (SS green skewers) with DMR moto/ Schwable rockets rons
Avid ultimate disc brake set (superstar pads & rotors with green ti bolts also Mowa green hose clips)
Azonic single wall riser bars
ODI lock on shortened grip with superstar lock rings / caps & ti bolt upgrade
Specialized cold forged stem
FSA XL II headset
USE seatpost with ti bolt upgrade (old style very light)
superstar seat clamp with ti bolt upgrade
Selle Italia SLR XC saddle
Wellgo MG-1 with ti axles (extremely light)
XT crank arms with blackspire chainrings
Token bottom bracket (although cheap they never last anyway & these are light)
XO twist shift with ally clamp bolts with Jagwire cable kit
XT front & rear mechs
PG990 cassette
PG970 CHAIN

Few more things to complete, fork adjusters will be anodised green along with the through axle, hub adaptors & brake adaptors. Also plan to upgrade the brake adaptor & caliper bolts ( 8 ) to titanium.

Thanks
Matt

 

[coomber]

Very nice.

I would try and getting a better matching set of bars though if you are keen on colour co-ordinating.

 

[Mr Snrub]

It's different! Kinda cool though, nice work

Is it to ride or just a project?

 

[mattyboy199]

Its to ride, few more touches toi add yet.

Anodied green fork adjusters, ebb, brake adaptors, through axle and hub adaptors.
Just added titanium caliper bolts
Possiblyt green decals to forks

 

[Bob]

Hmm ... I like that

makes me want some of these though

 

[coomber]

Less is more - dont overdo the green!

 

[swos]

Very nice bike loving the colour scheme