Video: Peaty And Ratboy On Hardtails

 The crazy thing is the black trail is probably safer than the big breakfast.

 Like the old saying goes "Growing old is mandatory, growing up isn't" . Keep doing what you enjoy Napalm!

 thaaattt..... made me wanna buy a hardtail

 Peaty and Rat boy are so damn tall they ride the hardtails like they're DJ bikes! XD

 dont think id call it a dj bike. not that it isnt dj capable, but i think id rather call it an all mountain hardtail....one of the most versatile bikes ive ever seen...

 It's just the shorter travel end of the all-mountain hardtail spectrum

 I've got a all mountain hardtail setup, thought it was pretty versitiale, no were near as good as one of those though, I want one soooooooooooooo bad!!!!!!!!

 Yea I guess so.... They are very versatile for sure.... Anyways I think we're sidetracked! The video is doooope! Good work guys!

 Don't get me wrong , they are great frames but how are then anymore verstile than anyother HT frame out there with the same angles/geo ?

HYPE HYPE HYPE

 I'm sure there are plenty of easily comparable handrail frames out there..although you don't see many non xc non 29er frames being promoted as such....also sc bikes is local for me (might as well rep em if I were to go for the hardtail) and I have only ever heard good things about the chameleon...old or new.

 I grew up riding one of the Norco shore hardtails and at that time very few brands were really making anything comparable. It is funny that now that those bikes have nearly been erased from their line up (and many other brand's line ups) that there is this emerging trend to market this type of bike as if its a new concept. Maybe trails have just become so smooth from the influence of bike parks that riding hardtails and even those Transition klunkers is a more desirable thing. I think hardtails used to be for young kids or older fellas who were just straight old school, but now they are being marketed as a nostalgia inducing, retro, fun, second bike to have along side the downhill bike. This way the brands don't have to actually design anything high tech but can pull in some more sales from guys who already have a full downhill bike. Train on bike hardtail, shred at the bike park on the dh bike.

 Yeah. The Trailstar was my first "proper" bike that I buit up myself, full SLX drivetrain, XT wheelset, Fox Talas forks, Thomson finish and conti tyres. Was sweet as a nut - if a little heavy. But that was the thing, after a while it stopped having a competitvie weight with models like the Genesis Alpitude following it and the Transition is a good shout too - their TransAM looks like a sweet contender. It always surprised me that DMR didn't make an effort to update the design especially when it was clearly so popular and has always had a bit of a cult following this side of the pond AND epecially when DMR had been pushing the tech to make their grades of steel so much lighter.

Miss that bike...

 Well, for some of us poor student types it's the most practical option as well. Affordable to buy, a little cheaper to run, simple, and a pleasure to ride. I graduated from a motley, spare parts, fully rigid bike, made up of surly forks, an old haro escape frame, and v brakes. Riding a 160mm travel fork feels like luxury. Sometimes it's just a progression?

 Agreed with all of the above. I'm still stuck in hardtail mode but mostly because every time I look at how much buying a new bike will cost me, I decide to throw a fraction of that at my Trailstar. I've probably invested way more than I ever wanted to in that bike but it's near perfect at this point and still, at least in the lower 48 and for the way I ride, a literal "do-it-all" bike. I completed the Colorado Trail (650 mile bike-packing death challenge), ride downhill trails all over the northwest, hit the dirt jump track and commute 10 miles to school every day all on the same bike...kind of ridiculous.

 *edit the CT was 550 miles, not 650, when I did it

 I've just finished a nice rebuild of my 2002 Trailstar LT - and a sweet ride it is too! The chameleon is another old dog that has stood the test of time, great that SC continue to improve it. I wish DMR had brought out the LT with proper hose guides and swopouts...

 Looks sick man, I like the clean and simple build.

 Yea same. Kinda makes me wanna go get the hardtail frame out of the shed and build it up again.

 certainly did it for me. i went out and got one used this summer and now im riding three times as much as i used to! whole world of dj/pumptrack.street fun opened up!

 Do it! I did, got a sweet Stanton Slackline (geo much like the Chameleon) and it's opened my eyes. Even sold my full-sus trail bike! Use it to commute, ride AM, enduro, skate park the lot

 Earthed 3. Warncliff Woods, Near Sheffield, UK. I still have my Orange Subzero. Best HT ever.

 Doug E Fresh = coolest name ever.

 yup

 not gonna lie man... that shit came in handy way more than i thought it would

 lol, love that trail i cant go half as fast as they do on my hardtail sick riding

 Oh ya!

 Yeah I know that hardtails are fun. It's a simple fact. I'm making the move to a 150mm trail/playbike from my 140mm hardtail, all I'm saying is i will miss my hardtail

 yeahhh. .hardtail is pain and fun.. its the mix of sliding drifting and crash. .. but i need a dropper seat post hahah

 luckily i didnt have to get rid of my dj :p

 it looks like they were at the santa cruz headquarters/warehouse, so i think they were just riding stock settups for the day to try the new chameleon out. the wheels shown in the video are an option on some of the stock santa cruz builds.

 what?

 Mmmkaaaay then

 Basically, no one does anything for me anymore, unless I threaten to kill myself.

 What's that first spot?

 Well, some guys in the comments are calling it Saratoga Gap.