Interview with Chris Chance on YouTube

afterbang · November 13th, 2013, 6:00 PM

Found these videos today of Chris Chance giving a lecture on early mountain bike history and the history of his brand. They only had about 100 views, so I figured I would post them for you all. It's a three part lecture:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6JKbBN-VBc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bkTSK3dYwI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aku5kAXod30

Edit: There is a fourth part as well that I just saw. Can't copy and paste the URL, as it didn't come up in search results and I'm on a phone. Should be able to find it on YouTube.

jpicard616 · November 13th, 2013, 7:02 PM

Wow, those were great! It made me wonder though, why did Chris stop making bikes after Fat went under, and what has he been doing since then?

mainlyfats · November 13th, 2013, 7:20 PM

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Originally Posted by jpicard616

Wow, those were great! It made me wonder though, why did Chris stop making bikes after Fat went under, and what has he been doing since then?

Garden furniture and Reiki so the legend goes... he moved to Marin, California and he seems to be re-emerging over the past 18 months or so with appearances at bike things.

Stingercut · November 13th, 2013, 7:43 PM

Fantastic videos. Really enjoyed them and it gives a fascinating insight into his mindset and personality. Lots of blanks filled in and it all makes sense, kind of like I hoped it would actually. I have two copies of the Jim Espey poster, great to see that come up !

Hope he returns to making bikes by hand with soul

tvcreative · November 13th, 2013, 7:55 PM

jeez i thought he had opened a backcracking practice...to undo all the years of pounding dished out by YO Eddy's responsive and unforgiving geometry.

Yo Eddy! · January 10th, 2014, 1:01 PM

Thanks for sharing

I-ROBOT · January 11th, 2014, 6:59 AM

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Originally Posted by tvcreative

jeez i thought he had opened a backcracking practice...to undo all the years of pounding dished out by YO Eddy's responsive and unforgiving geometry.

Actually Chris broke his neck while doing a riding demo at some BMX event in Maine way way back. Apparently, the hospital sent him on his way after examining him, then called him later in a panic after realizing that somebody missed seeing the neck fracture on an xray!

He always wore a scarf or neck wrap whenever it was cold out so it wouldn't stiffen up on him.

Enjoy
Scott

colker · January 11th, 2014, 8:33 AM

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Originally Posted by I-ROBOT

Actually Chris broke his neck while doing a riding demo at some BMX event in Maine way way back. Apparently, the hospital sent him on his way after examining him, then called him later in a panic after realizing that somebody missed seeing the neck fracture on an xray!

He always wore a scarf or neck wrap whenever it was cold out so it wouldn't stiffen up on him.

Enjoy
Scott

Zamfir · January 11th, 2014, 10:23 AM

Thank you for posting those videos, I watched all 4 and enjoyed them immensely.

RobTu · January 15th, 2014, 11:20 AM

cool

aspenvelo · February 8th, 2014, 1:21 PM

Too cool! In Part 2 at 5:50 Chris uses my Fat Cogs post as an example of a guy who changes his mind about selling his Fat Chance.

flyingsuperpetis · February 17th, 2014, 3:27 AM

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Originally Posted by afterbang

Found these videos today...

Really great to see & hear him talk. Thank you for sharing these vids.

November 13th, 2013, 6:00 PM	#1
afterbang Senior Member Join Date: August 21st, 2012 Location: Oregon Posts: 128	Lecture given by Chris Chance on YouTube Found these videos today of Chris Chance giving a lecture on early mountain bike history and the history of his brand. They only had about 100 views, so I figured I would post them for you all. It's a three part lecture: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6JKbBN-VBc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bkTSK3dYwI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aku5kAXod30 Edit: There is a fourth part as well that I just saw. Can't copy and paste the URL, as it didn't come up in search results and I'm on a phone. Should be able to find it on YouTube. __________________ 90 Wicked, 93 Yo Eddy, lots of FTW bikes

November 13th, 2013, 7:55 PM	#5
tvcreative Senior Member Join Date: March 15th, 2010 Location: Naperville IL Posts: 716	jeez i thought he had opened a backcracking practice...to undo all the years of pounding dished out by YO Eddy's responsive and unforgiving geometry. Last edited by tvcreative; November 13th, 2013 at 9:49 PM.

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Yo Eddy! Senior Member Join Date: July 16th, 2004 Location: Netherlands Posts: 638	Thanks for sharing __________________ Melvin Yo rider, Wicked attitude

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aspenvelo New Member Join Date: January 9th, 2012 Location: Ohio Posts: 8	Too cool! In Part 2 at 5:50 Chris uses my Fat Cogs post as an example of a guy who changes his mind about selling his Fat Chance. Last edited by aspenvelo; February 8th, 2014 at 3:15 PM.

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November 13th, 2013, 7:02 PM	#2
jpicard616 Senior Member Join Date: July 31st, 2012 Location: Missoula MT/Birmingham AL Posts: 145	Wow, those were great! It made me wonder though, why did Chris stop making bikes after Fat went under, and what has he been doing since then?

November 13th, 2013, 7:43 PM	#4
Stingercut Senior Member Join Date: July 2nd, 2013 Location: London Posts: 602	Fantastic videos. Really enjoyed them and it gives a fascinating insight into his mindset and personality. Lots of blanks filled in and it all makes sense, kind of like I hoped it would actually. I have two copies of the Jim Espey poster, great to see that come up ! Hope he returns to making bikes by hand with soul

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Zamfir Senior Member Join Date: May 31st, 2011 Location: Spokane Posts: 248	Thank you for posting those videos, I watched all 4 and enjoyed them immensely.

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RobTu Senior Member Join Date: October 8th, 2007 Location: NYC Posts: 271	cool

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