Another good follow up piece Andrew, well thought out comments to truly help people "understand" this bike. Personally though, if I'm buying frame only HT and on a budget, I'm definitely picking up a Kona UNIT for <$700, which gives me the option of going rigid at that price or then picking a nice sus fork and having the option of swapping depending on what ride I'm doing. If I want slacker, an external cup and/or angleset will do the trick and a second wheelset adds even more versatility to have an XC setup and a more Trail focused with fatter and burlier rubber/inserts.
Don't really think the Chameleon offers anything substantial over said Unit, or Monkey or any one of the many other HT/Rigid frames out their with adjustable drop outs.
Here's a pic of my beauty now, waiting patiently until things get a bit more back to normal and work does the same, right now, still very slow here, but when it does, I'm going to grab one of the Rough Cut dampers for my Trace fork and run it at 100mm on the Unit. Right now I run "her" Dingle Speed upfront with a 32t & 36t ring and swap between depending on the trails, and climbing.
My Unit
Feb. 22, 2022, 11:55 a.m. - Lynx .
Another good follow up piece Andrew, well thought out comments to truly help people "understand" this bike. Personally though, if I'm buying frame only HT and on a budget, I'm definitely picking up a Kona UNIT for <$700, which gives me the option of going rigid at that price or then picking a nice sus fork and having the option of swapping depending on what ride I'm doing. If I want slacker, an external cup and/or angleset will do the trick and a second wheelset adds even more versatility to have an XC setup and a more Trail focused with fatter and burlier rubber/inserts. Don't really think the Chameleon offers anything substantial over said Unit, or Monkey or any one of the many other HT/Rigid frames out their with adjustable drop outs. Here's a pic of my beauty now, waiting patiently until things get a bit more back to normal and work does the same, right now, still very slow here, but when it does, I'm going to grab one of the Rough Cut dampers for my Trace fork and run it at 100mm on the Unit. Right now I run "her" Dingle Speed upfront with a 32t & 36t ring and swap between depending on the trails, and climbing. My Unit 