Fat City Cycles

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| name = Fat City Cycles

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| fate = Bought by a Holding Company and Closed

| Predecessor =

| successor = Independent Fabrication

| foundation = 1982

| defunct = 1999

| location = Somerville, Massachusetts

| industry = Bicycles

| products = Mountain, Cyclocross, and Road Bicycles

| key_people = Chris Chance

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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.[http://www.mtnbikehalloffame.com/page.cfm?pageid=6&memberid=65 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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ifbikes.com/who2/beginning.shtml |title=Independent Fabrication |access-date=2008-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723141933/http://www.ifbikes.com/who2/beginning.shtml |archive-date=2008-07-23 |url-status=dead }}

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.

class="wikitable sortable"

!Model

Introduced

Discontinued

Material

Type of
bike

Sizes

Fat Chance[http://www.mombat.org/1983_Fat_Chance.htm 1983 Fat Chance]

| Cro-mo steel

| Mountain bike

Fat Chance with 24" Rear Wheel[http://www.mombat.org/1987_Fat_Chance_24.htm 1987 Fat Chance w/ 24" rear wheel]

| Mountain bike

Team Comp {{cite web |url=http://www.eandsweb.com/cgi-bin/bikes.cgi?bike=Fat%20CityFat%20Chance |title=1987 Fat City Fat Chance |website=www.eandsweb.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026023717/http://www.eandsweb.com/cgi-bin/bikes.cgi?bike=Fat%20CityFat%20Chance |archive-date=2007-10-26}}

| Mountain bike

Monster Fat[http://www.mombat.org/1991_Monster_Fat.htm 1991 Monster Fat]

| 1991

| 1993

| Cro-mo steel

| Mountain bike

Slim Chance[http://www.mombat.org/1992_Slim_Chance.htm 1992 Slim Chance]

| Cro-mo steel

| Road bike

Shock A Billy Full[http://www.mombat.org/1994_Shock_A_Billy.htm 1994 Fat Chance Shock A Billy]

| 1994

| Cro-mo steel