Fat Chance Kickstarter
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I reckon that...
-There is no design, yet. It will probably be worked out once the money is in.
-The $100k is a downpayment to a frame builder.
-The playing field has changed and $2.5k USD buys you the cream of production bikes and any number of semi-custom to full-custom rigs of serious quality, with some current experience and R&D behind them.
-There is no design, yet. It will probably be worked out once the money is in.
-The $100k is a downpayment to a frame builder.
-The playing field has changed and $2.5k USD buys you the cream of production bikes and any number of semi-custom to full-custom rigs of serious quality, with some current experience and R&D behind them.
M-Power
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Painful though it is to hold off dropping on a $2500 option if I'm honest, I really want my first modern bike to be a new Fat Chance Shockabilly, ideally in Titanium. It will make sense to go and pick it up in person though
and fly back with it ! Fingers crossed for next year. It's going to be painful watching all the new build threads on here :facepalm: Il make do with the $250 option.
Painful though it is to hold off dropping on a $2500 option if I'm honest, I really want my first modern bike to be a new Fat Chance Shockabilly, ideally in Titanium. It will make sense to go and pick it up in person though
and fly back with it ! Fingers crossed for next year. It's going to be painful watching all the new build threads on here :facepalm: Il make do with the $250 option.
M-Power
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Chris was and I believe still is an innovator by nature. There are so many well known spin offs from the original FCC. Hell.... I will bet there will be other retro bike companies trying out Kickstarter now after watching his endeavours and hopefully success
I don't believe he will make anything for a production run until its well thought out and tested. The retro Shockabilly design is very similar to many well regarded bikes even today. I'm a middle aged bloke :facepalm: I don't need the fastest descending bicycle ever made I really do love the Fat brand, admire Chris and those fabricating geniuses who once worked for him. I'm happy with my Fat 26er hard tail collection. I'm only going to buy one full susser and its gonna be a Fat 
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Chris was and I believe still is an innovator by nature. There are so many well known spin offs from the original FCC. Hell.... I will bet there will be other retro bike companies trying out Kickstarter now after watching his endeavours and hopefully success
I don't believe he will make anything for a production run until its well thought out and tested. The retro Shockabilly design is very similar to many well regarded bikes even today. I'm a middle aged bloke :facepalm: I don't need the fastest descending bicycle ever made
I really do love the Fat brand, admire Chris and those fabricating geniuses who once worked for him. I'm happy with my Fat 26er hard tail collection. I'm only going to buy one full susser and its gonna be a Fat The 'relaunch' has only just been announced, stock is meant to go out in August, no confirmed builder, no geometry, no specs, no preproduction bike images, nothing firm whatsoever, nada. Innovating or making it up as they go along? Innovating or trading on an old name and some gimmicky graphic devices?
As for the fabricating geniuses that worked for Chance, most of them continued making bikes, continued actually learning and innovating, and most of them will sell you a top notch full custom for considerably less than the planned $2.5k USD production bikes from the relaunch!
As for the fabricating geniuses that worked for Chance, most of them continued making bikes, continued actually learning and innovating, and most of them will sell you a top notch full custom for considerably less than the planned $2.5k USD production bikes from the relaunch!
ted andkilde
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Retro is in, and cycling appears to be on the upswing so Chris isn't doing anything too outrageous.
We're all a part of it, new Minis, new Beetles, classic rock, new Folk bands like Mumford & Sons, The Lumineers, Black Keys, and Jack White's band of the month club.
Some of it is good, the new musclecars are astonishing, I can't fault the music, the Mini's are a bit like the German standup comedy scene, but they're still managing to sell plenty of them to soccer mom's who no longer need their minivans.
The $5000 one is taking the piss (but so are the. $250, 'special' albums bands release alongside their $20 releases), but $2500 is pretty much the going rate for a bespoke steel hardtail from a respected builder.
I like the concept of Kickstarter, the consumer protection side is pretty weak, but Chris' name is an established, valuable, brand, and he risks quite a bit if he doesn't come through, even if he gathers up a couple of hundred grand it's not like he can skip to the islands and retire on the proceeds.
The bike industry could use some new "middle" actors, there are plenty of 'one frame a week' custom builders and a full slate of corporate giants. All the good stuff in the beginning came out of the medium sized companies, Rocky, Kona, Ritchey, etc. Whether he succeeds or fails, I think this is a good idea.
Cheers, Ted
We're all a part of it, new Minis, new Beetles, classic rock, new Folk bands like Mumford & Sons, The Lumineers, Black Keys, and Jack White's band of the month club.
Some of it is good, the new musclecars are astonishing, I can't fault the music, the Mini's are a bit like the German standup comedy scene, but they're still managing to sell plenty of them to soccer mom's who no longer need their minivans.
The $5000 one is taking the piss (but so are the. $250, 'special' albums bands release alongside their $20 releases), but $2500 is pretty much the going rate for a bespoke steel hardtail from a respected builder.
I like the concept of Kickstarter, the consumer protection side is pretty weak, but Chris' name is an established, valuable, brand, and he risks quite a bit if he doesn't come through, even if he gathers up a couple of hundred grand it's not like he can skip to the islands and retire on the proceeds.
The bike industry could use some new "middle" actors, there are plenty of 'one frame a week' custom builders and a full slate of corporate giants. All the good stuff in the beginning came out of the medium sized companies, Rocky, Kona, Ritchey, etc. Whether he succeeds or fails, I think this is a good idea.
Cheers, Ted
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