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

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to South Glens Falls, New York, many of the employees left behind went on to start Independent Fabrication.

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 which had acquired another bike company (

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) 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 the bicycles that Fat City Cycles offered.

References

Cycle manufacturers of the United States Defunct companies based in Massachusetts Mountain bike manufacturers 1982 establishments in Massachusetts 1999 disestablishments in New York (state) Manufacturing companies established in 1982 Manufacturing companies disestablished in 1999 1994 mergers and acquisitions {{cycle-manufacturer-stub