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Mountain Bike Hall of Fame – Hall of Fame Inductees
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Below is a list of some of Fat City Cycles' bicycles.
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341:Buck Shaver
249:Slim Chance
230:Monster Fat
165:Discontinued
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70:Headquarters
51:Bought by a
1123:Gary Fisher
973:Specialized
913:Rhoades Car
683:Diamondback
673:Cycle Force
613:Bike Friday
214:Team Comp
181:Fat Chance
1425:Categories
1247:Components
1138:Iron Horse
1103:Clark-Kent
1018:Van Dessel
983:TerraCycle
928:Santa Cruz
918:Roadmaster
638:Cannondale
478:2008-07-07
441:References
259:Road bike
162:Introduced
112:East Coast
81:Key people
55:and Closed
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1264:Bontrager
1048:Yamaguchi
1033:Waterford
908:Rivendell
813:Milwaukee
793:Litespeed
773:K2 Sports
743:Hutch BMX
688:Dynacraft
653:Co-Motion
648:Centurion
392:Bro Eddy
324:Yo Betty
314:Titanium
305:Titanium
60:Successor
1347:Category
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1309:RockShox
1284:Fyxation
1223:Sterling
1153:Kogswell
1118:Fat City
1088:American
1043:Worksman
958:Softride
858:Priority
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763:Italvega
718:Fyxation
668:Cruzbike
658:Columbia
628:Brooklyn
623:Bohemian
286:Yo Eddy
168:Material
90:Products
26:Bicycles
22:Industry
1375:bicycle
1218:Stelber
1208:Serotta
1198:Rambler
1188:Overman
1178:Monarch
1133:Indiana
1098:Chicago
1081:Defunct
1013:Univega
993:Tommaso
938:Schwinn
933:Santana
893:Redline
868:Quality
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783:Kestrel
723:Gendron
698:Electra
663:Cortina
643:Catrike
618:Bilenky
601:Current
171:Type of
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114:of the
110:on the
40:Defunct
32:Founded
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1269:Burley
1238:Wright
1228:Stover
1213:Shelby
1193:Pocket
1183:Murray
1173:Merlin
1158:LeMond
1028:Volagi
998:Torker
843:Novara
633:Calfee
176:Sizes
149:Models
1294:Hayes
1274:Coker
1168:Melon
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978:Surly
948:Seven
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833:Niner
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410:1980
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159:Model
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1254:Bell
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1003:Trek
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963:Solé
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828:Next
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788:Kona
778:Kent
748:Ibis
733:Haro
713:Fuji
708:Felt
693:DYNO
173:bike
48:Fate
43:1999
35:1982
1279:Fox
1259:BTI
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1093:AMF
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