Chris Chance’s personal Fat Chance Ti
This Fat Chance Ti was Chris Chance’s personal bike in 1996.
I have a dirty secret to admit, I’m a millennial. That could mean a lot of things, but what I’m trying to say is I’m not old enough to have obsessed over the heyday of American MTB manufacturing.
Syncros Stem.
That said, I am obsessed with bikes. So when this vintage Fat Chance rolled past me at Interbike, I had to find out more.
Those brakes.
According to Tommy Breeze, who works for the Marin Mountain Bike Hall of Fame, the bike is Chris Chance’s personal Fat Chance Ti.
Stem.
Chance manufactured a few titanium bikes in the mid-80s when Gary Helfrich (who would later found Merlin) was still an employee, but they didn’t start producing the Ti Fat as a production model until the early 90s.
Onza risers.
This bike was built in 1996 and is Chris Chance’s personal bike. It is mostly original, although there are supposedly some special bits. As I stated earlier, I’m no vintage expert, so I have no idea what I’m looking at. Instead of pretending I know more, I’m just going to post some pretty pictures. Enjoy!
Gripshift.
Fat Chance.
Brake booster.
OG tires.
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