1994 Fat Chance Shock A Billy
This bike is not for sale. The bikes and parts we currently have for sale can be found on the MOMBAT for sale page.
By 1994, it was becoming evident
that full suspension was around to stay. Most
of the major manufacturers had fs bikes on the
market and the smaller manufacturers were trying to
keep up. There were quite a few designs coming
on line with varying degrees of success. Many
of the suspension fork makers were coming out with
second generation designs based on the feedback
gleaned from the first gen forks. Most bike
makers would buy a suspension fork from someone like
Rock Shox or Manitou and bolt it up to their own
frame. It was also possible to use a rear
suspension design from an outside company. Fat
Chance chose to exercise both those options on this
Shock A Billy by using the AMP designed rear and
Action Tec front suspension designs. Since the
Action Tec suspension was housed under the head
tube, it required a specific frame design. Fat
Chance customized this one by using their own Big
One Inch (BOI) style fork blades. This bike was a
prototype to see if this was a direction Fat wanted
to take. Since this is a one-of-one bike, it
obviously wasn't the design they chose for
production. Parts package on this bike is
typical for the era with parts from Avid, Ringle,
Sampson and Answer to complement the Shimano XTR
drive train.
This bike frame was restored to the original Team Violet (pastel purple base coat with sunrise red pearl top coat) by Rody at Groovy Cycleworks as a contribution to the MOMBAT collection. Thanks Rody!
This bike frame was restored to the original Team Violet (pastel purple base coat with sunrise red pearl top coat) by Rody at Groovy Cycleworks as a contribution to the MOMBAT collection. Thanks Rody!
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