First 2015 Fat Chance Yo Eddy Team Frames to be Offered Through Kickstarter

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I gotta agree with the previous post: I would have been tempted to get a yo eddy if the bike was $1000 less… and if some statements about the geometry was made..

Still I wish Chris Chance the best of luck and I am looking forward to see the first bikes.

12×142 out of date already !

I really wish Chris all the best, and I can’t wait to see what the bike is like, but I also wish there was a geometry chart or something. Would really love to see the brand return though.

Good luck, Chris, but I can still buy a custom Curtlo for around a grand.

$2,500 is a real stretch, IMO.

I just don’t get it. Must be an East Coast thing.

Was registered, and really thinking about one also. But not at $2500. I figured a premium and around $1500. But $2500 too steep for me, particularly for vaporware. Would like to see geometry, what tubing will be used, who will be welding it, paint schemes, etc before thinking about kicking out even $1500-1700 let alone $2500.00

I do wish Chris nothing but the best, and just hope pricing comes down and more details are revealed soon.

Dudes:

“The offers I have received from investors to bring Fat Chance bikes back to market quick and cheap are of no interest to me. That’s not what I’m here to do. My goal is to continue making great bikes and to find new ways we can enhance the experience of riding them.

I am turning to you, the riders who love and appreciate Fat Chance Bicycles, to “crowd fund” this project and help me begin making frames again.”

The point of the price point and the Kickstarter initiative is to bring the brand back to life without the compromises wrought by “investors”. I suspect things will change as the bikes move into production mode, but there seems little point to be so f*cking critical at this stage… especially if you aren’t going to bother with learning the details.

@kaliyauga – I dont think that anyone would dispute this point. The problem is that you cant have all the benefits without the costs. Based on your quote, Chance doesn’t want investors because they demand results and need money back. It costs money to have investors. So he went to kickstarter to get his free investors and he is having a difficult time (from the sounds of these comments) finding people willing to line up and pay extra for no return except them know that they helped the guy out. Thats awesome and all but who really lines up to pay double what this frame should cost so they can have that feeling.

I certainly will not be lining up at the door.

I’ve paid that and a little more for custom TI frames where custom steel runs for $1300-$1800. Too much sorry won’t be lining up either.

owned a wicked back in the day. personally, i think he should’ve gone the “fat” bike route as a comeback.

First off, I am a lifelong fan of Fat City, having owned everything from an early Kicker, Wicked, Wicked Lite and every version of Yo Eddy to support my favorite MTB brand.
What I’m not up for, is a watered down Yo and funding it’s return. If this is to be a true successful return, give us a real Yo (non-trail relaxed version) and create a solid business plan without using your customers to fund this (think Ibis). The demand is there, the Capitol is out there (somewhere), use the facts/history and real business approach to give Fat City true credibility. I do want this to succeed and prosper.
Oh yeah, and make pricing exclusive, but not ridiculous! Sell the accessories separate please!
Just my 2 cents, Mr Chance.

Long time Fat City fan and will buy one in the future. Pricing is a relative thing I bought a Fat Chance which was there entry level frame in 1991 for $400.00 and there were a number of levels up to the Yo Eddy I forget it’s price but think it was over a grand back then. Granted it will not be built in Somerville MA. but it will still be made in USA.
My Fat Chance has many thousands of miles on it and still going strong only thing i have replaced besides tires & brake pads have been bottom bracket bearings.
If Chris can keep the build quality equal to the Somerville built frames the price is not out of line.

I have a 1994 Yo Eddy with Manitou 4 fork that until about three weeks ago was my only mountain bike for the past 20 years. I recently bought a Santa Cruz Tallboy. I am glad I still have my Yo Eddy. I will ride it time to time. I will take it out for the novelty and nostalgia and as a tribute to a great period in New England manufacturing. But my Tallboy is now my go-to bike. It’s like owning a Morgan. Fun to drive now and then but wouldn’t want to use it as my daily driver.

As much as I love Fat Chance, I can’t see spending that kind of money for a rigid steel frame that is a watered down Yo Eddy. Glad I got mine when I did and have held on to it all these years.

I think people forget why Fat Chance and Chris Chance are so infamous. It is because of his quality of work, and his amazing frames from the 90’s. He was a true innovator; however, making a hand crafted steel rigid 29er or even 27.5 is not innovation. You have really really good custom manufactures doing this at much more obtainable price points. You have those who have been making frames for the last 10 years not 20 years ago.

I am sorry, but the brand that holds an extremely special place in my heart died in the 90’s, and some kickstarter campaign is not going to bring it back, it is especially not going to take it to new heights. The great Fat Chance brand that brought MTB’ing to the east coast has to resort to the use of kickstarter. That leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Steel is real so real that everyone is doing it and the only thing different about this frames then the countless others his the paint scheme and yo eddy graphics.

Judging from the less than enthusiastic comments on this string, my intentions are not fully understood.

I have not manufactured frames in nearly 15 years, so Fat Chance Bicycles is currently in “start up” mode. I am not selling frames through Kickstarter. I am asking for help from the people who love the bikes to help me bring the company back to life. I am using the funds generated from KickStarter as seed capital to resurrect the company.

I understand if this does not resonate with everyone, but I sincerely appreciate the support from those of you who care and have contributed so far.

We will be offering frames for sale at “regular prices” once we fulfill our commitment to the people who stepped up to help me get this company up and running again. I can not express how much their support means to me.

Regarding the geometry, it is available on the website http://www.fatchancebicycles.com/sizing-charts.

Looking forward to the future,
Chris

I’ve just read this thread with great interest and felt compelled to contribute.

I’m an aging, grey-haired, slightly balding cyclist based in the UK who can still remember the first day that I clapped eyes on a Yo-eddy and that ‘must-have’ feeling. Twenty eight years later and two Yo-eddy’s have passed through my hands and one Ti-Fat (sadly I no longer have any of them). I yearn for another however, I want to re-capture that feeling of my younger years, I want to hit the trails again, I want a bike that screams ‘ride me’, every time I look at it.
I’m now in a position in which I can afford a new Yo-eddy, I’m loyal to Chris and the Fat Chance brand, however I have a dilemma – I.F or Fat Chance? After much research I’m coming to the conclusion that I.F is closer and more true to the original Fat Chance ethos. I still have the brown paper cards from my previous Fats, how many signatures would match the new card that comes with an I.F frame?

I’d dearly love a new Yo-eddy from Fat Chance but I don’t want to spend hard-earned money on a frame that’s been sub-contracted to another manufacturer. In my opinion ‘Fat Chance’ will once again be Fat Chance, when Chris is employing a whole bunch of talented, like-minded individuals. Design, manufacturing through to painting and dispatch, everything needs to be done under one roof by one collective.