So, that Fat Chancer Frame??

[beavis]

I'm not a big poster but am going to offer my opinion on this one...

Given your quite obvious dislike for most things On-One Dr.S, the fact that the Chance-a-Like is now in your possesion is really quite amusing and I'm sure whatever you decide to do with it will be followed with interest by us lot on here, but I would actually go for build it. It's now a unique frame with a story to tell (and if it turns out that it rides like a lame camel on ice then perhaps a Top Gear style end would be appropriate ).

Incidentally though, I don't think On One bikes are shit and can't help but feel that "in my opinion" should be attached to your statement. Sure they're not the best out there by any stretch of the imagination but certainly no worse designed or built than many frames costing double the price. Mine works great for me so I might be a little biased, but you can't ignore that they're value for money and any bike that people can win races on can't be all that bad..? At least they saw fit in the end not to put the Chancer into production.

BTW, although it isn't an old frame, it was designed and manufactured in present times to be like one - so is this not the very definition of an actual retro-bike?? Discuss..(again.. :roll: )

 

[supremate]

Just a "hint" :

Japanese Bike Destruction

In the middle of the cow pasture are two huge 30 ton - 125 foot cranes towering to the sky. At the top of one crane flies an American Flag the other a Confederate Flag. Also hanging from the top, for the entire week of BIKE WEEK, are some Japanese motorcycles awainting their fateful doom. At the end of BIKE WEEK the Japanese motorcycles are released....SMASH, they hit the ground...up in the air they go again....SMASH, they hit the ground again....and again....and again....Then, the Jap bikes get dowsed with gasoline and then set on fire. A bondfire of Jap bikes, as Harley bikers dance around, merrily drinking Budwieser. What a sight. I love the smell of burning Jap bikes in the morning. Harleys rule...

My favorite is when a Jap bike is cranked and running with throttle accelerated and then the oil filter is broken off at which point the huge crane hoists the bike high into the sky, oil draining out of it all the way up. The bike is left at the top, running at high throttle....then the bike starts to smoke....then sputter....and finally the engine seizes, burnt up, because of no oil. hehehe.....

Just having good clean family fun in the CABBAGE PATCH.

See ya next BIKE WEEK.

Well, this thing is just a matter of good taste, isn't it?

 

[manitou916]

Not as such - but 2 threads of 5 pages on, we´re still talking about it. Free publicity. Film it and put it on YouTube? - Priceless. Someone links to this thread from a forum that thinks we're a bunch of decrepit old farts? - Double priceless.

You've got it. The On-One viral marketing machine rolls on.

I wouldn't be surprised if the Fat Chancer was never intended to be released. Brant didn't do anything with the idea when he was at On-One, and then earlier this year when Dave at Planet X mentioned it it sounded like a wind up.

But the irony is that someone who regularly has a pop at On-One is now inadvertently fronting a marketing campaign for them... and at his own expense

I don't think On-One bikes are sh1t either... but I do think some people can be elitist

 

[MCsanandreas]

I don't think On-One bikes are sh1t either... but I do think some people can be elitist

did not really want to get into this but i agree with^^that.

 

[kaiser]

I think Si's dislike of On One is muddying the waters a bit. Now he has it I'd be interested to see where the FAT inspiration was in this frame. AFAIK there are no details of spec,tubing or geometry, this is why I wonder why some folks think it'll be a good frame for someone.

 

[kaiser]

It would be interesting to here the opionions on Fat Cogs.

 

[beepbeep]

Kill the thread or let it live - you decide

 

[Dr S]

I don't think On-One bikes are sh1t either... but I do think some people can be elitist

did not really want to get into this but i agree with^^that.

There are seven bikes in my fleet. One is a mid range Cannondale, one is a steel Kona Singlespeed, one is a low end Kona and there is a Stumpjumper. Hardly high end stuff so your elitist tag doesn't wash. You dont have to be elitist to dislike trash. Common sense dictates that cheap= low quality. Be it a On One or a Halfords Apollo.
I have no problem with low end stuff, just take a look in my garage. But i'm aware that it is low end and accept it as such. A pig is always going to be a pig. You dont have to be elitist to see that.

 

[GoldenEraMTB]

The thread has taken an ugly turn. I don't think Si is an elitist; no self-respecting elitist would post on retrobike as often as Si does.




Homer (Si), it's Moe (Rob). Uh, look, some of the ghouls (Fat Cogs) and I are a little concerned the project isn't moving forward.

borrowed from one of my favorite simpsons' episodes:

 

[Barneyballbags]

There's a guy who has posted on this very thread, and said that he wants the frame. He was bidding on it, and you beat him to it.

Do the decent thing, and sell it to him instead of wrecking it for absolutely no reason whatsoever. You get your money back, you keep the respect of a lot of fellow Retrobikers who think it's a bit pointless that you're thinking of destroying it in the first place, and you make another Retrobiker's day.