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    Getting there......93 Yo

    Its taken a while but its finally painted and stickered and partially built. I bought this as a real dog about 6 years ago, nothing original on the frame, spray painted black!. Seized seat post was the first issue, stripped the black off to find a Team Violet paint job way gone. Kept stripping...
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    Does this look like a Fat?

    For sale on local auction site, been resprayed and stickered, maybe not?
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    Pace RC35 forks?

    Anyone know much bout em? Any good? Any bad? Not having much luck with finding a 1 inch fork for my Yo and these have popped up Cheers Chris
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    Powder coating?

    Anybody ever powder coated their frame, is it a worthwhile exercise or is it worth putting the effort and painting it for real? Whats the go as I dont really fully understand the process fully. Cheers Chris
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    Riding in the Boston Area

    Ill be spending a week or so in the Boston environs later this year, anybody tell me how good the rides are and where they are, no bike cometh with me so I shall have to rent perhaps? Ta Chris
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    Colour choice

    So I did some investiagtions into gettin my Yo to the States and then picking it up when Im there but it made me wince and this govt employee dont get paid enough to make it feasible. So I think Ill go local but Im now having second thoughts over matching the Violet paint job in case it dont...
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    Shmano XT M730 hubset NOS

    Brand new never used. Someone out there could be interested for their early early Fat?
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    Frame painters

    Hi there I am coming to the States in September and looking for a paint shop to repaint my 93 Yo in its original Team Violet. Ill be East and West coast. Anybody got any info? I already spoke to Vicious Cycles, any other suggestions. Ta Chris Down here in Noo Zeeland
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    White Industries Ti BB?????

    Anybody have any experience with these...good bad indifferent....good for my Yo? There is one floating around in my local auction site..it is 112mm Ta Chris
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    Project Yo down under

    I could not help myself, I had to build her up to see those sleek lines again. Ive had this bike for opver 2 years and still not ridden it more than one mile probably. It has been in another island most of that time though! Heres some pics of it as it stands so far. You can see some of the Team...
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    Seatpost protection

    So i got the post out but theres some icky lookin stuff in the bottom of it..grease...13 years of accumulated crud and so on. What do you recommend for A. Cleaning it out, and B. Protecting it in the years to come against rust Cheers Chris
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    Seatpost woe....

    Hi fellow Fat fans Well I thought my problems were over when I took my frame to the engineers...but they couldnt get the post outta my Yo...and werent keen to drill it out. Any ideas. Ive tried heat and brute force....they tried soakin it and hacksawing and breaking it out down the tube but no...
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    Leslie's purple

    Kia ora from Aotearoa, New Zealand. What a cool site. Cant believe Ive been googling away on Fats and didnt find this site before now. Ive got a 93 Yo and it was totally bastardised when I got it. Still it did have a King HS..so I shouldnt complain. But someone painted it black probably cos they...
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