At Interbike in September, there were sightings of Chris Chance, one of the early pioneers of mountain biking (especially on the east coast of America) and stories that he was going back into frame manufacturing after a 15 year absence from the industry.
The news was very well received by Fat Chance Cycles fans around the world and they’ve been waiting to see what the news would be. Chris has just announced that he will be making a starting run of bikes, funded through pre-orders on Kickstarter. He’s offering 27.5 and 29in frames built in steel, like the classic Yo Eddy! only with modern appointments like a dropper-compatible seat tube, tapered head tube and 142mm dropouts.
The website at fatchancebicycles.com details Chris’ ambitions for the brand – and he certainly seems to have the attention of many die-hard fans.
The Kickstarter page has now got over $117,000 pledged of its $116,000 goal. Frames start at $2,500, with T-shirt deals starting at $50.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1475918710/fat-chance-bicycles-yo-eddy-team-fat-chance-frame
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Ridiculous pricing.
Ridiculous pricing? Not by today’s standards of pricing for bike stuff.
I’m with GHill – $2.5k is a big ask for the guaranteed sale of a product that hasn’t been built yet. I’m not sure what full custom steel hardtails are going for, but am thinking that it’s generally under $2k.
I also think they could have gone a little further down the line before asking people to commit.
I don’t know what the geometry is, paint finish, suspension travel it’s built around, etc, etc
Price is what I expected though tbh.
Perfect for extracting cash from 40 somethings who remember the originals.
$2k for a frame?
Just buy a 45650B frame, have it custom spray-painted and spend the remaining £1500 on an ace holiday!
Its nice to see Fat Chance back and I’d like one of the frames but mostly from nostalgia…I’m not nostalgic enough about the brand to blew $2500 though, particularly when there’s no real details regarding geometry etc
I’ve wanted a Yo Eddy for the last 20 years, but that’s too rich for my blood, unfortunately. £1700 is a lot of money, even for the history.
And an invitation to the launch party thing is great, but I’d rather have the cost for just a frame and no bells & whistles. $2000 would be (slightly) more palatable and realistic.
Fat chance of him taking my $2.5k…. no thanks
if only pace did a kickstarter for an updated RC100… still love those square tubes
Its a bit rich for me too but 2.5k is about in line with what I remember Yo Eddy’s costing in the early 90’s.
And, appropriately enough, i have an ad between the article and the comments offering me a Tripster frame for 1500 quid.
WHOOA. Sorry, why is the pricing so high? Seriously.
Perfect for extracting cash from 40 somethings who remember the originals.
Beat me to it!