Recent content by zav

Sorry for gatecrashing this thread but, indeed, the only relevant Fat Chance Ti are 1994's with external frame butting method... see the thread below ... ( that one is not for sale.. ) https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/1994-fat-chance-ti-final-lockdown-project.430003/

Great looking bike at the time - Nico Vouilloz I think was riding one, bad news is they were all snapping like yours at the seat tube ( my friend Patric Maes broke one while training with me at Grundig 1992 WC in La Bourboule and headed back home )

https://theradavist.com/1991-raleigh-john-tomac-signature/ 14 accounted for … how many owned by Retrobike members ?

Sending PM on the front mech

Thanks ! Riding bikes now ! Will see if wife allows me another project ( used to drool over Ritchey's P23.... )

Lockdown project number 5.... After spending time last year reopening the "Geoff Ringle's YETI ARC" history books and rebuilding a bike with the parts, "refurbishing" an 2004 Santa Cruz Blur, building a 1991 Yo Eddy and pimping up my old Commencal flame, needed another project to keep sanity...

So it all started a long time ago with some Mountain Bike Action magazines... the ones with good old adverts from US retailers showing prices and weight for main parts as "listing" at the end of the magazine... Merlin, Yeti, Klein and... Fat Chance were the dream bike, with the latter the least...

Superbe build.... congrats for "thinking out of the box"

Thanks !

Yes in order to avoid people re welding frames without taking them back they requested us to cut the entire frame 5 cm before head tube and send them the front. Unexpectedly they re used my original frame plate and # on the 2001 coloured replacement frame

Re: Thanks ! The cranks were on mine in 2000 ( well in silver ... ) so guess it makes it period perfect ? :) And the blue matching the sid so had to go for them Hard to differentiate 20 years later between vintages as they started that model « mid 90s » but they were still selling...

Bump ;). Are Commencal of 0 interest to the crowd here ? still in love with that build....

As a happy owner of a 1994 Sunn Revolt, it was logical to follow the founder Max Commencal to his new venture in 2000. After a few emails with him, I decided to order their first "flagship" bike : The Flame. The bike saw some heavy usage and in 2002 I bought the latest version. Both bikes were...

Got one... pm me and I can take pictures tomorrow

I have XTR wheel set "deconstructed rear" Front XTR hub, 32h, M231 rims Rear : XTR Hub + 8 speed cassette, 32h, m231 rim + hub + spokes but not built PM if you fancy