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Sources : www.fitbikeco.com, Ride US february 2001, www.fatbmx.com, ...
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2000 Robbie Morales has been riding for Terrible One since it started, but now he has left T1 to start a new company called Fit Bikes.
It's official in november 2000. Robbie Morales has teamed up with S&Ms Chris Moeller to form the Fit Bike Co. In the company's short life, they have already been able to put together an all stars team consisting of Nate Hanson, Mike Aitken and Brian Foster.

The name : It's called Fit Bike Company, but the FBM guys think it's F-it. I didn't try to fight that one. The name ... I never even knew I was this creative. It just hit me one day, and I also drew the logo (...) I was drawing arrows in and then noticed there were arrows going out too. I'm really a horrible artist so I had Jay at S&M clean it up.

The beginning : To make a long story a short, it had been two years since I got my frame from T1, the Progression. It took two years to get 50 of them, and it was really putting a stress on Taj Mihelich and Joe Rich because they werehaving to dedicate so much time trying to research manufactures. There was no tension, but it was just a losing battle; we could never get it right. So basically, Chris Moeller approached me one day out of the blue and said : Hey, I have the capabilities to make frames and get them done in a timely fashion and super-high quality. Obviously the light bulb went on in my head. I checked with Taj and Joe and they thought it would be a great opportunity for me to do, so I'm going to go for it.
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2005 Robo, www.fatbmx.com, april 2005 : I've got about six, seven guys on salary, you know and then there's another five I help with money while I can and product. The main guys are Mike Aitken, Van Homan, Edwin Delarosa, Brian Foster, Chase Hawk, Justin Inman. I'm pretty much more of a team manager role now, you know brand manager type guy. I still ride, I still film. I think one of the reasons why some of the guys respect me a bit is, I wouldn't get the craziest stuff done but I could still ride with those guys and organize all the trips and all the product and stuff like that. We've definitely kept it tight.
FIT team
Robbie Morales A-team

Brian Foster A-team

Nate Hanson A-team, involved in the company - november 2002 Nate is off Fit Bike Co and riding for Solid Bikes.

Mikey Aitken A-team

Van Homan october 2001 - ....