shamobius
BoTM Winner
Re: Dream Bike Stolen - Found 26 Years Later? Fat Chance (TC)!!!
Okay not much action to report lately, except for this small sidebar to the story. I have been on a mission to sell some bikes recently, to raise money and make room in the stable for the Team Comp, so I reluctantly built up this 1996 Brodie Sovereign to sell (I was going to keep it for myself):
20170325_122955 by shamalama88, on Flickr
Well it sold without much trouble on the first day I listed it. The only issue was the buyer was over in Vancouver and I had to wait until early April to complete the transaction, when he plans to be in Victoria. We chatted on facebook messenger for a bit, and he tells me he knows Paul Brodie and Toxic Harald, and that his plan is to have Harald re-paint the Sovereign. I then proceed to tell him Toxic has a bike of mine waiting in the queue for some paint, a Fat Chance Team Comp. His response was, he too owned a 1989 Team Comp, same as mine! My jaw dropped, as his was probably one of a handful in Canada, and then I asked him if it had a three colour stipple fade? It did! The same bike as in the pics above, which I have pored over pictures of posted on the Fatcogs site. Even better, he is going to bring it over for me "for inspiration" when he buys my Brodie! I am going to talk his ear off that's for sure, and learn as much from him as I can about his bike. I know that he picked the colours for his frame, and the stipple sponge fade was done by Mike Papadopoulos at Fat City Cycles. He feels (as I do) that his bike may have been the inspiration for the iconic Yo Eddy aquafade...
user2037_pic548_1359010177 by shamalama88, on Flickr
Now I have been doing some thinking about the paint job for my TC, and have some good ideas. But I am still hashing it out with Harald, and I don't want to say what I have in mind until I have his go ahead for my vision. Also, I may simply not be able to afford it.
Anybody want to buy some bikes??
Okay not much action to report lately, except for this small sidebar to the story. I have been on a mission to sell some bikes recently, to raise money and make room in the stable for the Team Comp, so I reluctantly built up this 1996 Brodie Sovereign to sell (I was going to keep it for myself):
20170325_122955 by shamalama88, on FlickrWell it sold without much trouble on the first day I listed it. The only issue was the buyer was over in Vancouver and I had to wait until early April to complete the transaction, when he plans to be in Victoria. We chatted on facebook messenger for a bit, and he tells me he knows Paul Brodie and Toxic Harald, and that his plan is to have Harald re-paint the Sovereign. I then proceed to tell him Toxic has a bike of mine waiting in the queue for some paint, a Fat Chance Team Comp. His response was, he too owned a 1989 Team Comp, same as mine! My jaw dropped, as his was probably one of a handful in Canada, and then I asked him if it had a three colour stipple fade? It did! The same bike as in the pics above, which I have pored over pictures of posted on the Fatcogs site. Even better, he is going to bring it over for me "for inspiration" when he buys my Brodie! I am going to talk his ear off that's for sure, and learn as much from him as I can about his bike. I know that he picked the colours for his frame, and the stipple sponge fade was done by Mike Papadopoulos at Fat City Cycles. He feels (as I do) that his bike may have been the inspiration for the iconic Yo Eddy aquafade...
user2037_pic548_1359010177 by shamalama88, on FlickrNow I have been doing some thinking about the paint job for my TC, and have some good ideas. But I am still hashing it out with Harald, and I don't want to say what I have in mind until I have his go ahead for my vision. Also, I may simply not be able to afford it.
Anybody want to buy some bikes??
