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 ===== Brodie Bicycles =====
-Paul D. Brodie started Brodie Research and Technology Inc (BRAT) in 1986 in Vancouver, BC, Canada producing finely crafted fillet brazed frames for over thirty years.  Paul got his start brazing frames at [[rm:start|Rocky Mountain]], which shared space with the Peddler Bike Shop, where he was working.  Many of the 113 frames Paul made for Rocky Mountain starting in 1984 were shipped with "Designed By Brodie decals."  The first large Brodie decal appeared as early as 1985, despite being made at Rocky Mountain, so the timeline will start there.
+Paul D. Brodie started Brodie Research and Technology Inc (BRAT) in 1986 in Vancouver, BC, Canada, producing finely crafted fillet brazed frames for over thirty years.  Paul got his start brazing frames at [[rm:start|Rocky Mountain]], which shared space with the Peddler Bike Shop, where he was working.  Many of the 113 frames Paul made for Rocky Mountain starting in 1984 were shipped with "Designed By Brodie decals."  The first large Brodie decal appeared as early as 1985, despite being made at Rocky Mountain, so the timeline will start there.
 Paul got his inspiration from a [[ritchey:start|Ritchey]] MTB which showed up at the Peddlar, where Paul was busy assembling [[apollo:start|Apollo]] ten speeds.
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 In the Summer of 1983 ... a Red Ritchey Team Comp with matching Red Bullmoose Bars showed up and totally blew me away. I had never seen anything like it, and couldn’t believe anyone could make a bike that beautiful. I had little money, so I decided to make my own...
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 That same afternoon I went to the dumpster behind Bikes on Broadway, and pulled out a 25″ Sekine road bike frame. I cut off the rear end, and lowered the top tube to give it a slope. I started gathering parts, and building wheels. It was exciting!
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 The finished product. Looks like a mountain bike, but is not. The head tube angle is too steep, and the bottom bracket is way too low. Even with 165mm cranks I had to be very careful when pedaling in corners.
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 Sekine/Brodie prototype [[https://nsmb.com/articles/5501-brodie-bikes-how-it-all-began/|nsmb]].  165mm cranks dragging on the ground, with a lot of toe overlap.
-Brodie bikes got its first break in 1986 when Brent Martin, one of Brodie's early customers, became Canadian MTB Champion in 1986.
+Brodie bikes got its first break when Brent Martin, one of Brodie's early customers, became Canadian MTB Champion in 1986.
-Brodie starting making bare frames, built up with customer's custom component choices, then their own components including Brodie Boosters and Gatorblades, which sold well beyond Brodie bicycles.  Starting 1996 Brodie sold a selection of complete bikes with mid and upper level components.  Brodie peaked at twelve employees in 1989, peaking at 500 frames per year, with a total of 4,269 frames created.  Brodie sponsored a successful race team and went to four trade shows per year.
+Brodie starting making bare frames, built up with customer's custom component choices, then their own Brodie branded components including Brodie Boosters and Gatorblades, which sold well beyond Brodie bicycles.  By 1996 Brodie sold a selection of complete bikes with mid and upper level components.  Brodie peaked at twelve employees in 1989, peaking at 500 frames per year, with a total of 4,269 frames created.  Brodie sponsored a successful race team and went to four trade shows per year.
-Paul was inducted into the [[https://mmbhof.org/mountain-bike-hall-of-fame/|Mountain Bike Hall of Fame]] in 2005.  Paul's autobiography, "Paul Brodie, The Man Behind Brodie Bikes", available at [[https://www.amazon.com/Paul-Brodie-Man-behind-Bikes/dp/0995065802|amazon]].  More recently, he has been teaching [[https://www.ufv.ca/bicycle-technology/|Frame Building]] 101 at the [[https://www.ufv.ca/|University of the Fraser Valley]] in Abbotsford, BC.
+Paul was inducted into the [[https://mmbhof.org/mountain-bike-hall-of-fame/|Mountain Bike Hall of Fame]] in 2005.  Paul's autobiography, "Paul Brodie, The Man Behind Brodie Bikes", is available at [[https://www.amazon.com/Paul-Brodie-Man-behind-Bikes/dp/0995065802|amazon]].  More recently, he has been teaching [[https://www.ufv.ca/bicycle-technology/|Frame Building]] 101 at the [[https://www.ufv.ca/|University of the Fraser Valley]] in Abbotsford, BC.
-Model names:
-  * climbMax    - Jul 1986
-  * romax       - Aug 1986
-  * catalyst    - Aug 1989
-  * sovereign    - Jun 1990
-  * light beam  - Dec 1991
-  * rodie       - Jun 1992
-  * eXpresso    - Jun 1993
-  * libido      - Aug 1995
-Starting in 1996, Brodie introduced a set of complete bikes.  The lineup included nine new models: nucleus, rocket, evolution, kinetic, infinity, dynamo, torque, energy & quantum.
-Serial numbers:
-  * 001+        Mar 1984 -> May 1986, Rocky Mountain
-  * 114         May 1986, first non-Rocky Mountain frame
-  * 380         Oct 1988, switched from Tange MTB -> Tange Prestige
-  * 428         Aug 1988, switched to TIG welding
-  * 509         Nov 1988, switched to u-brakes
-  * 1038                Mar 1990, mostly returned to cantilevers
-  * 1393                Apr 1991, switch to 1 1/8" head tubes
-  * 2578                Aug 1993, added anti-chainsuck plates
-  * 2712                Aug 1993, head tube angle 70.5' -> 71.2'
-  * 2722                Aug 1993, CNC dropouts
-  * 3090                Mar 1994, dropouts TIG welded to stays
-  * 4263                Feb 2013, eBee e-bike introduced
-  * 4265                Feb 2015, NAHBS Best City Bike award
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+Model names:
+  * climbMax    - Jul 1986
+  * romax       - Aug 1986
+  * catalyst    - Aug 1989
+  * sovereign    - Jun 1990
+  * light beam  - Dec 1991
+  * rodie       - Jun 1992
+  * eXpresso    - Jun 1993
+  * libido      - Aug 1995
+Starting in 1996, Brodie introduced a set of complete bikes.  The lineup included nine new models: nucleus, rocket, evolution, kinetic, infinity, dynamo, torque, energy & quantum.
+Serial numbers:
+  * 001+        Mar 1984 -> May 1986, Rocky Mountain
+  * 114         May 1986, first non-Rocky Mountain frame
+  * 380         Oct 1988, switched from Tange MTB -> Tange Prestige
+  * 428         Aug 1988, switched to TIG welding
+  * 509         Nov 1988, switched to u-brakes
+  * 1038                Mar 1990, mostly returned to cantilevers
+  * 1393                Apr 1991, switch to 1 1/8" head tubes
+  * 2578                Aug 1993, added anti-chainsuck plates
+  * 2712                Aug 1993, head tube angle 70.5' -> 71.2'
+  * 2722                Aug 1993, CNC dropouts
+  * 3090                Mar 1994, dropouts TIG welded to stays
+  * 4263                Feb 2013, eBee e-bike introduced
+  * 4265                Feb 2015, NAHBS Best City Bike award
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