INTRODUCTION!
Hi all,
I'm the newest member -- hey, I'm really happy to have found this site! I've been a FAT rider since about 1998...although recently I've been very, very, lazy! Hope this site will help me get me and my FATs back in action!
My first FAT is a (roughly) 1988 Wicked custom silver-to-blue fade. This was my full-time race bike through college and law school -- I ran it with the stock Unicrown till I bent that fork, and then with the original Answer Manitou till it locked up. This old Wicked survived all of the races -- including downhilling, and the 24 hours of Canaan! Now it's in semi-retirement, sporting a big 1-inch fork and slicks (although I still off-road with it). Can't see the stickers anymore (all torn up) but she sports most of her original parts, including topshifters and XT components. Headset, rear rim and seattube failed at some point, and there's a newer saddle on there. I'm wondering if it's worth restoring.....I kind of like it with all of the battle scars.
I bought my TI Fat from the NY office in 1994 or thereabouts. It's got a custom fitted Rock Shox Carbon Fiber Judy, and the first issue of the Grey XTR grouppo. It's topped off with a nice carbon one-piece Nuke-Proof bar/barend combo (the complete opposite of my Wicked's stock bar and horrifically heavy but o-so-comfortable Syncros Steerhorns!) I didn't like the blue stickers, so the nice folks at FAT changed the colors for me to a subdued grey / black. Pretty bike, but not enough use put into it yet!
I look forward to seeing everyone online here at the new forum!
-Raj