Brodie’s 2010 lineup carries over a lot of the models we liked from 2009 (like the Section 8), but they’ve spread some updates across the range. Here are the changes:
The Remus, above, takes the same butted Chromoly steel tubing from their used-to-be-a-cyclocross bike Romulus and welds it into a simple single speed road bike. The Remus comes with a flip-flop rear wheel, so you can run it as a fixie or keep it as-is. For $699, you get the complete bike with Chromoly fork, Brodie-brand seatpost, bar and stem, Tektro brakes, Suntour cranks, Wellgo pedals and Formula hubs laced to Kore rims with Kenda tires.
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The 2010 Romulus takes what used to be a cyclocross bike and becomes a straight up roadie. Same double-butted Chromoly steel tubing and fork as the Remus, but it adds some gears via a Truvativ IsoFlow triple crankset, Shimano hubs, shifters, cassette and derailleurs, Alex rims and Kenda tires. MSRP is $799.
Stepping over to commuter and up to better spec, the Tesla is a new bike for 2010. It’s designed for serious commuting with a Shimano 105 group and hydraulic disc brakes and Race Face handlebar, stem and seatpost with a WTB SST saddle. The wheels use Shimano hubs with Mavic A-319 rims and Kenda 25c tires. It has the same double-butted Chromoly steel frame as their Ronin and Romax cyclocross bikes. MSRP is $1,499.
The 2010 Brodie Dissident gets a lot of updates, which we covered in greater detail (with some sweet action photos) in a prior post. Suffice to say it’s a serious descender with more XC-oriented geometry and handling, giving you a true multipurpose mountain bike. Main updates include a new 1.5″ headtube and mandrel shaped tubing. MSRP is $2,999.
Back to commuters, the Drifter is a commuter bike that could double as a mountain bike by throwing some knobbies on it. It’s a double-butted Chromoly frame with rigid Chromoly disc fork spec’d with a full Shimano drivetrain, hubs and hydraulic disc brakes, Brodie bar, stem and post, WTB saddle and Kenda 26 x 1.95 tires. MSRP is $1,099.
Starting off the Express Series of commuter bikes is the Cohort. Its geometry (like the Drifter) is set up for snappy urban handling that can also be ridden offroad. For $699, the Cohort delivers with the same frame and fork as the Drifter, but gets Tektro mechanical disc brakes, a Shimano drivetrain and Brodie bar, stem and post.
