Took almost 3 decades but I finally got my hands on one of these....Brodie Sovereign with Gatorblade fork

[canuckinboston]

I made a few adjustments and this is now my daily ride. I love love love this thing. The main change is that I swapped out the proprietary Synergy wheels for a set of Mavic Sunset 217s with XTR 950 hubs. And I put on modern Look STP compatible pedals for convenience. I know that the saddle is not to everyone's taste, but I came to it after many many trials of others on this bike and my road bikes (both period specific and non period specific). Comfort>>>looks for me when it comes to my saddle.

Yes I unapologetically admit that I have a massive Syncros fetish (on this fellow we have a Syncros headset, stem, Revolution cranks, seatpost and barends).

I'm still looking for a Brodie rear U brake booster....

 

[ted andkilde]

it think i have the last one built. it was paul's bike. he thought he should build himself
one before he sold control. he called me up one day and asked if i was interested in
buying it. i seem to recall him saying it was the last one built. it is serial #4031. i will
ask him. built in 1996 is my understanding.
just heard back from paul. he said he built quite a few sovereigns after mine.
i must have been dreaming. didn't tell me the serial number of the last one.

I believe this FB post documents the last Sovereign. 4261 is owned by a fellow named Lenard Beaudoin, who bought it new. He lives about a 1/2 hour from me.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/896369010516448/permalink/1774175219402485

 

[MattiThundrrr]

I believe this FB post documents the last Sovereign. 4261 is owned by a fellow named Lenard Beaudoin, who bought it new. He lives about a 1/2 hour from me.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/896369010516448/permalink/1774175219402485

Private group, post cannot be seen. 4261 did come up in this thread previously though
https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/last-year-of-brodies-made-by-paul.378854/

 

[ted andkilde]

Private group, post cannot be seen. 4261 did come up in this thread previously though
https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/last-year-of-brodies-made-by-paul.378854/

FB is annoying