This 1987 Fat City Cycles Wicked Fat Chance arrived 2018 in my collection, sold by one of the greatest Fat Chance fans I know. After an immediate attempt to build it close to the catalogue (I got the bill and `88 catalogue with it), here a picture from that and the bill

The frame set, beauty as is, brought also very nice Fat Chance and True Temper parts with it. have a look

.... I wasn´t convinced, then some other projects piqued my interest much more. So I decided to sell it again - didn`t work. So it parked in the workshop and it waited quite patient until a key moment, when I saw this build: I thought, wow, maybe I`ll give it a try again with a bit more custom approach.

more details on Bjoernars Fuck´n Fat can be see here  - www.vintagemtbscandinavia.com/1988-fat-city-cycles-fuck-n-fat-chance-v-00708w

At the same time I saw this stem on facebook and the plan started to become clearer.

Since I built the very patina`ed Steve Potts CCR (link), I´m quite equipped with anti rust measures and extra rust prevention. So did I with the frame

There was also a heavy clean of the actually stuck head set, which ended up in smooth bearings, et voila, just dirt:)

By accident, as it usual in classic MTBs :), I found a great combination of IRD brakes. An IRD Progressive U-Brake and an IRD Switch back for the front.

I never mounted the Switchback before, so these manuals became quite helpful. And, imho, they are close to icon for this innovative period of bicyling. 

A friend of mine told me, Rod Moses (founder Interloc Racing Design) produced three different length of the U-Brake. Mine seemed to be the one with the longer arms, this is the reason, why I had to change from the plan using Shimano Bio-Pace to newer SG chain wheels.