IF52
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Your reading comprehension sucks. The seller never states their own son nor the original owner's son got this directly from Fat. The seller states they bought it in 94 for their son to ride from the original owner who raced it beginning in 92. They also state they had it powder coated after they bought it.
And if you are going to hold bad spelling and grammar against a seller then you are going to be miserable in these forums. My head hurts every time somebody uses 'breaks' when they mean 'brakes'.
Fat offered discount pricing to local racers, sort of a developmental squad. They also had a factory pro team that guys like Don Myrah, Casey Kunselman and my own friend Earl Walker raced on. The original owner also may have simply bought it outright without any sort of factory discount or sponsorship.
Again, not speaking to the sellers integrity or how legitimate or not the auction is. They do however have 100% positive feedback over nearly 300 auctions.
And again, I would immediately assume this is a later frame than the seller lists, but Fat did do some customs frames when a stock geometry would not work for the rider. And of the scores of Fats we sold, we did sell a couple frames with custom geos. Notice the head tube looks longer on this frame than in the picture of a Yo Betty from the catalog. This to me suggests it is actually an earlier frame than 1996.
I have to say, if I had a small family member who could appreciate a cool vintage bike, I personally would seriously be keeping an eye on this auction. But seeing how beat the frame looks, I wouldn't go much over the opening bid.
