For Sale Fat Chance Yo Eddy Aquafade F+F OFFERS

[M-Power]

By a previous owner yes, like 90% of fat chance's unfortunately.

Any high end steel retro frame from 80/90s etc is prone to rusting out ( FROs, Marins etc ) if not looked after ‘properly’. Replacing the rusted seat tube with a smaller 27.2mm diameter seat tube will make the frame ride softer like a Wicked/Yo hybrid. This could appeal to an older rider who will maybe appreciate a bit more rider comfort. FAT were masters of fine tuning ride ‘feel’ and handling using differet spec/diameter custom tubes.

FATs were always expensive artisan made frames and in general people tend to look after them and some have been enjoyed by many owners like fine sports cars over the years. I rode my 89 Team Comp countless times touring Ireland in soaking conditions, riding it through streams in the Lake District with a mate, where it never stopped lashing down. He incidentally had a one week old Clockwork that had a head tube failure which ruined his trip. I always used rust protection in the seat tube from new, greased the post properly ( oil rig black grease ) and took the post out and tipped the frame upside down sat beside a radiator all night. Its still rust free to this day !

The steel frame failure rate imo is in low single figure percentages and I have looked at thousands of FAT threads over the years being conscious of these things ( no drain holes in the BB etc ) . Crawling over the Cogs site back to front many times - nerdy or what ? FAT CITY CYCLES made around 20,000 frames in total, including all the ones we know about with tube replacements on RB, FATCOGS and FB etc and it’s nothing unpreventable or unique to steel FATs.

Will make a stunning build which will undoubtedly bring a lot of pleasure to its new owner.

GLWTS 1552

 

[PanoIgano]

As M-Power mentions above if you take care of the frame regularly you will not have to go the seat tube replacement way.

However, as frames change a lot of owners you are never sure whether all of them were aware of the issue and took steps to prevent rust at the bottom of the seat tube. I think early owners were not really aware of the issue so if the rust took hold early on it would be difficult to treat.

Having said so, 2 drain holes in the BB (like Brodies for example) would have made fats free of this concern. The seat tubes of Yos are notoriously hard to clean and you can't reach all the way to the bottom of it to completely clean them. That's because the bottle cage holes are in fact small tubes themselves (don't know how to explain this better) that prevent you from reaching to the bottom of the tube.

I have done what M-Power mentions above with mine too and keep doing it regularly and honestly I have had no issues with the frame at all. Rides like new.

Don't mean to side track this thread from it's main objective that is to see this bike with a new owner who will enjoy it! So GLWS!

 

[1552]

Some suplex additions could have saved so many lovely Fat's

I just want this one to go to a good home

 

[M-Power]

Just for comparison I had a 94 Yo with Pace RC31 fork and it rode amazingly well. The fork really complimented the frame and handling which is not often the case with Yos ( needs the canti bolt on adapters £30 ) . There is one on ebay now ( not mine ) I would fit this and sell off the Mani fork to offset it. An original BOI fork would cost £750 + shipping + import usually etc if you could even find one.