Fat City Cycles was an American bicycle manufacturing company. Fat City was started by Chris Chance in 1982. Fat City Cycles was one of the early builders of mountain bikes on the East Coast of the United States.The Mountain Bike Hall of Fame – Hall of Fame Inductees When Fat City moved from Somerville, Massachusetts to South Glens Falls, New York, many of the employees left behind went on to start Independent Fabrication.
History of Fat City Cycles Chris Chance began building frames in 1977. The company was financed, amongst others, by his wife Wendyll's family. Chance built his first mountain bike frame in 1982, The Fat Chance.
Fat City Cycles closed its doors in Somerville in October 1994 when it was sold to a holding company that had acquired another bike company (Serotta) in South Glens Falls, New York. The holding company moved the Fat City equipment to South Glens Falls. Few employees remained with the company after the move.
Models Below is a list of some of Fat City Cycles' bicycles.
ModelIntroducedDiscontinuedMaterialType ofbikeSizes Fat Chance1983 Fat Chance Cro-mo steel Mountain bike Fat Chance with 24" Rear Wheel1987 Fat Chance w/ 24" rear wheel Mountain bike Team Comp Mountain bike Monster Fat1991 Monster Fat 1991 1993 Cro-mo steel Mountain bike Slim Chance1992 Slim Chance Cro-mo steel Road bike Shock A Billy Full1994 Fat Chance Shock A Billy 1994 Cro-mo steel Full suspensionmountain bike Yo Eddy 1990 1999 Cro-mo steel Mountain bike Titanium 1993 1999 Titanium Mountain bike Yo Betty Cro-mo steel Mountain bike Buck Shaver 1994 Cro-mo steel Mountain bike Wicked Fat Chance 1987 Cro-mo steel Mountain bike Fat F*ck'n Chance Bro Eddy Flaming Sea Cycles 1980 Random Tandem Tandem Mountain Bike
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