1989 Brodie Romax

[mk one]

Re: Another Brodie Romax has surfaced

Very cool story on Harald and how he painted my frame here ...

http://www.dispatchphotography.com/blog ... xik-harald

I had seen the frame on his site, its great to actually see the painting in progress though. Great link.

 

[jimi911]

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It's cool to see. I got so lucky with all of this. Paul Brodie was able to do the work on the bike and dropped it off to Harald in the same week ... and it arrives just in time to be the feature in this photo article!

I'd like to say I planned it that way, but it's all just a fluke!

It's suppose to arrive here tomorrow

 

[Retro_Roy]

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Looking forward to seeing this built.

yo k-rod........this the guy?
contact info available from harald.

 

[jimi911]

Re: Another Brodie Romax has surfaced

I'll try to get the previous pics back up for this build. Here she sits now.

Just needs a bunch of NOS XT parts and skinwalls. Black looks cool, but not the right vintage or look I am going for.

 

[shamobius]

Re: Another Brodie Romax has surfaced

Simply shabless Jim, a fantastic project. That is some serious respect shown to a deserving frame, and an honour to Mr. Brodie and his work.

Now go on and getter done...

 

[jimi911]

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Crank on ... all down hill from here. Just need a few hours to finish it.

 

[wtb_rider]

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hmm... :|
ok lets give it a chance. looking forward for some more pics.
cheers kay

 

[Mr.Toad]

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Looking really, really nice Jim.

 

[jimi911]

Re: Another Brodie Romax has surfaced

This one has been pretty much done for a while. Just haven't had time to finish setting it up.

Photobucket strikes again so here’s the before:



Paul Brodie confirmed its a Romax built in Jan.1989. As you can see there were some modifications made to the bike. The previous owner removed the rear U brake and replaced it with a V brake setup. The work was done well by Marinoni in Montreal, but it wasn’t what I wanted. Luckily for me, PB had a bit of time between all of his other projects to restore the rear U brake (I went lower as you can see) for me. Flawless job as you’d expect … and off it went to Toxik Harrold for paint:



I sent him a pile of pics of what I had in mind and it turned out even better then I had hoped.

Here she is now. Basically every part on the bike is NOS outside of the Bullseye cranks which were restored to new condition. Total time machine.

Frame: 1989 Brodie Romax

Fork: Fillet Brazed Brodie

Headset: NOS XT730
Stem: Brodie Fillet Brazed
Handlebar: NOS Tange Prestige
Grips: NOS Grab On
Barends: None

Brakes: NOS XT730
Brake Pads: NOS XT730
Brake Cables: NOS XT730
Cantilever cable hangers: NOS XT730
Brake Levers: NOS XT730

Shifters: NOS XT730
Front Derailleur: NOS XT730
Rear Derailleur: NOS XT730
Derailleur Cables: NOS XT730
Cassette: NOS XT730
Chain: NOS XT730
Cranks: Bullseye with NOS Keeper
Crank Bolts: NOS XT730
Chainrings: NOS XT730
Chainring bolts: NOS XT730
Bottom Bracket: Bullseye
Pedals: NOS XT730

Hub Skewers: Ringle NOS
Rims: NOS Araya RM20
Hubs: NOS XT730/2
Nipples: DT
Spokes: DT
Tyres: NOS Panaracer Timbuk2
Tubes: MEC

Saddle: NOS Selle Turbo (dated 1989)
Seatpost: Syncros 1st Gen
Seatpost Binder: Ringle NOS

Weight: Eh … I don’t know.











I love this ...

 

[shamobius]

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I mean, come on. This is amazing, and ridiculous and so worthy. A great bike made greater, thank you Jim for preserving a heritage piece. The Brodie legacy is well kept here, thank you...