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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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-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.