If there is a Supreme store nearby, your favorite color is fire engine red, and the only mountain bike in the world that can satisfy your finicky tastes is Santa Cruz's
Chameleon hardtail - you're in luck! The New York-based streetwear brand, which has gained a cult following since it was established in 1994, has had a series collaborations with the likes of Gucci, Dior, North Face, and Fender. The most recent collaboration with Santa Cruz Bikes offers a signature version of SC's aluminum hardtail, painted bright red and emblazoned with Supreme's white, block-lettered logo.
Santa Cruz's standard D+ Chameleon build is damn close to the Supreme collab's, with a SRAM NX 12-speed transmission, Race Face cranks, Maxxis Rekon 27.5" Plus tires, and a cockpit that is outfitted with WTB and Race Face items. If you don't mind orange or blue, you can pick one up at your Santa Cruz dealer for about 1800 bucks.
Or, you can trot over to
Supreme and pick up a red one for $2,698 - provided some other urban hardtail junkie didn't beat to the draw. Reportedly, Supreme New York only made enough to outfit each of their stores with five of these red and white beauties. And that's less than 200 worldwide.
eBay Supreme collectors, who horde and resell just about everything that "Sharper Image of the Hood" releases, already have Supreme Chameleons on the block, starting around $8,000 USD.
This article will get a lot of hate regarding the people that will buy this, but if someone is willing to buy this overpriced bike, then more power to Supreme
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKl_Y3EA7Sc
Supreme brand is the same thing. Conspicuous consumption.
Sorry, what?
I was wondering that too. SC is already one of the best know bike companies on a global level and 200 units of this bike doesn’t really rake in a ton of dough for them. It’s gotta be some sort of target marketing. Haha, the blue looks way better in my opinion.
"I shop, therefore I am" Not very original, Babs!
In short: supreme is hipster.
@sandboass: don’t be so hard on yourself. It’s just another added-personal-value crap like Coke life or Snickers Protein. Like all that BS H&M does. The very idea of a bike like Chameleon is messed up in the first place, where you can buy a pretty ok fully in that price, or a really nice steel HT. It’s pretentious AF
Also, you’ll appreciate this. Very very much. Love Frank Bruno. For someone who professionally punches people in the face, he’s such a lovely bloke!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=g4y66d8EDvU
All right stop,
Collaborate and listen,
Ice is back with my brand new invention,
Something grabs a hold of me tightly,
Then I flow like a harpoon daily and nightly,
TBF, it's better than when brands call it a CoLab. That I just don't get.
Gawd that song sucked. Without that Bowie beat it would have never been heard.
The dude hit Madonna in her prime, so...respect
Prices are going up
www.ebay.com/itm/Supreme-NYC-18-Steel-Crowbar-Red-Box-Logo-Brand-New-DS-/112849882110?nav=SEARCH
LMFAO
With said f boi left shocked as his abhorrent obscenely expensive for what it actually is pos standing naked without even a supreme T-shirt to cover up his pubescent willy
So is Santa Cruz focused on making good bikes, or pushing a logo and jacking up prices? This "collab" might be a hint.
www.ebay.com/itm/SUPREME-SANTA-CRUZ-CHAMELEON-27-5-BIKE-L-RED-FW18-2018-ACCESSORY-MOUNTAIN-BIKE/382673086492?hash=item591917e81c:g:hbQAAOSwy3JcFFLO
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKVfRY53qIY
www.ebay.com/itm/Supreme-X-Santa-Cruz-Bike-Preorder/292843918501?hash=item442edb94a5:g:IYEAAOSwrZBcAyja:rk:1:pf:0
P-Bike
www.redbubble.com/people/monkeybdesigns/works/35609933-supreme-overhyped
Everything they touch is consumed by retail piranhas. Tune into Supremenyc.com any Thursday AM (drop day) and sh1t will be sold out within 30 minutes (except Hanes underwear).
Why all the hate? I hate to say, I am thoroughly disappointed in the PB community; you folks are spewing hate with no reason. Two companies can do whatever they want, you have no obligation to buy it. If anything, It spreads an awareness of mountain biking to a wider audience, bringing more people the joy of mountain biking. Especially to a user group that likely has little interaction with mountain biking. Growing the sport brings investment. Investment allows for exploration of new technology and potentially lower prices. Santa Cruz is making money and spreading the gospel of mountain biking. They aren't selling a 15k Supreme V10, its a reasonably priced chameleon. Sure those who buy it probably won't ride it, but who the f cares. Some people ay buy the regular one because of this and fall in love with this glorious sport. I had friends who have never expressed interest in mtb send me this, which launched a conversation about bikes and got them totally stoked! Supreme has branded limited edition fire extinguishers for christ sake. This is far more practical than that.
www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-FW18-Supreme-Santa-Cruz-Chameleon-27-5-IN-HAND-AND-READY-TO-SHIP/113448960743?hash=item1a6a15c2e7:g:rzMAAOSw9lBcEp2H:rk:17:pf:0
As guilty as I am of exactly this, I love all things bikes. Including photos, videos, and most definitely discussion