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Happy Good Friday! Gonna be a very nice spring long weekend :cool: (well, for the most part) Amazing weather in Burnaby today, my first of two rides planned today, this 1st one a solo ride taking a really good neighborhood forested trail. It has great views of Burrard inlet and a very steep...

Looks fantastic! 😍 Really great result, how's the ride?

Congrats @wtb_rider ! A lovely Brodie you've got there, I really love the build 👍

First good length ride today, beautiful sunny Vancouver weather too :cool: Riding buddies broke out their romax’s for a proper “romax ride”, my #278, Ryan’s #279, Roy’s #227 (late 1987) and Vintageman’s splatter beauty, we figure an 89’ romax with the curved gatorblade I really love the way...

That cleaned up real nice 👌

Thanks so much for all the kind words and feedback. I couldn’t be happier myself with the outcome of this build. My ideas and build planning have evolved a fair bit the last few years being heavily influenced by the many great builds on this forum along with the different opinions of my local...

Yes, the SS-5 is a favourite of mine, I went with the all black version and think they suit the build, a bit of artistic license taken 😉

Canuckbiker's 1988 Brodie Romax Build thread: https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/1988-brodie-romax.483473/

Finished build spec: Frame: 1988 Brodie romax (Frame # 278 18.5” Tange MTB 4130 Tubing) Fork: Brodie fillet brazed unicrown Headset: Deore XT HP-M735 Stem: Brodie TIG ICR 140mm Handlebar: Unbranded black aluminum Grips: WTB Trail Front Brake: Deore XT BR-M732 Canties Rear Brake: Deore XT...

It's finished and I love it I waited a week before shooting the clearcoat after laying down the base coats, a good idea to ensure the base coat was fully cured and it was also nice to have a few days to carefully add small touch ups to the original red paint where there were some paint chips...

Thanks for the quick reply Phill! 😁 Yes, I've used it before a couple times and always take care to cover up well and use a respirator, thanks for reinforcing the point though, the paint has a pretty toxic reputation Good to know going in tomorrow that I should be okay to not run out early 👍

Hi @PhillB , I'm just rereading this. Really great paintwork BTW I'm about to attempt 3 coats tomorrow on a frame only with the SprayMax 2K clear, you mentioned 3 coats "only just" but I assume that was 3 coats on the frame/fork/stem? If that's the case I should be more than okay getting 3...

I've been busy :D The front yellow and red stays were pretty tatty and I couldn't have lived with keeping them as is and simply making a few touch ups. I'm glad to be keeping the original paint scheme after a lot of thought back and forth last year and like to idea of keeping some of the...