Brodie Kinetic

[mrkawasaki]

WiP on the NOS Brodie Kinetic I received from Germany last year. Not entirely sure of the year of manufacture, although suspect it's mid-nineties, despite the threaded fork, which is definitely a sprayed up P2. I'm seeing it an Explosif equivalent, therefore fairly lowly in the Brodie scheme of things. Should make a good comparison when I get the 91 Explosif and the 93 Hot all running at the same time...

 

[john]

More pics please Neil. Of the range and brodie.

 

[yo-Nate-y]

Wow! I am very interested in seeing more!

 

[Anthony]

Pardon me Mr Mighty Moderator, but in what sense does bike in wrapping represent 'progress' since last year? You mean you've got it out of its box? Well I suppose that is progress of a sort, but not quite anything to boast about, I feel.

The fork appears to have a 39cm a-c, which dates it to 93 or earlier in the Kona scheme of things. I would say from the length of the head tube that the geometry might suggest a similar date for the frame, from the pre-suspension era. Although it is a huge frame, so difficult to tell much.

 

[mrkawasaki]

;-)

Indeed out of its box.... but there is more! It's now in the LBS having a BB and the headest installed, then it can be screwed together in the cellar on a slightly speedier schedule.

I'm looking forward to your analysis of this frame compared to an equivalent year Kona - it's Tange MTB double butted and the main difference I can see is in the intersection of the rear seat stays, which adjoin the top tube/seat tube above the sight line of the top tube. Maybe it is earlier than I thought...

Yes it looks huge in this photo - but that is mainly due to the unpressed headset. The 93 Hot looks to be exactly the same geometry/size when held against it and that doesn't look so huge (to me). I'll get the tape on it when I get it back.

Component wise it will be a parts bin special - I have a Brodie bar but would like to source more Brodie components if they exist.

 

[mikee]

watch you don't inadvertantley kick that q/r under the cooker neil.

 

[mrkawasaki]

watch you don't inadvertantley kick that q/r under the cooker neil.

I wondered where that'd gone... thanks Poirot...

 

[sinnerman]

Any progress with your Brodie Mr K..?

 

[RockiMtn]

Any progress with your Brodie Mr K..?

i think someones on a Brodie binge before xmas.

are you on the hunt for one? :?

 

[FMJ]

From the outlined decals on the downtube I'd guess late 90s early 2Ks. The fork is a Brodie unicrown. Flip the bike over and read the S/N. If it starts with a H, it was made at the Hodaka factory in Taiwan.