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Gearing Up For Adventure, Brodie Bikes Adds New Models In Ti & Stainless

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6-2015-Wolff

Building on their mantra of “real bikes for real people”, Brodie Bikes from Vancouver, BC, is releasing new models for adventure off-roading, as well as complete bikes in their high-end frame designs.

“We’re in the business of making bikes we can be stoked on”, says Bruce Spicer, Product Manager. “We continually evolve the bikes, depending on technology advancements, our own riding styles, and the needs of our customers.”

One such bike is the new Wolff, a stainless steel disc brake road bike in their Speed series. The Romulus, Remo and Tiber all switch over to disc brakes, too, all with clearance for wider tires and/or fenders.  Some that don’t get discs move to long-reach rim brake calipers to get the same benefit. Plus, the bikes will be offered in more complete builds of both the titanium and stainless steel frames…

13-2015-Rodie

Brodie Bikes is named after Paul Brodie, and is still a family run operation. Originally an artist and motorcycle fanatic he began brazing frames for mountain bikes in 1985. An inductee to the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame, Paul has created an international fan base for the Vancouver brand. Building on the idea of making the bikes fun, they are working on adding a bit of adventure to the line for 2015. Here are a few highlights from the line.

Rodie Ti

The “Brodie Rodie” sure is fun to say, and with a titanium frame, Easton EC90 parts, and an Ultegra drivetrain, it must be just as fun to ride on the pavement.

SPECS –

  • MODEL Rodie b-Team
  • COLOUR Raw Titanium
  • SIZES XXS / XS / S / M / L / XL
  • FRAME 3/2.5 DB Shaped Ti Road
  • FRONT FORK Easton EC90 SL Tapered
  • HANDLE BAR Easton EC90 SLX3
  • STEM Easton EA90
  • BRAKES Shimano Ultegra Caliper
  • CRANKS Shimano Ultegra 36/52T
  • PEDALS N/A
  • HUBS Easton EA90 SLX
  • CASSETTE Shimano Ultegra 11-28t
  • RIMS Easton EA90 SLX
  • TIRES Clement Strada LGG 25c
  • FRONT DERAILLEUR Shimano Ultegra
  • REAR DERAILLEUR Shimano Ultegra
  • SHIFTERS Shimano Ultegra 11 Spd
  • SADDLE Selle Italia Nekkar
  • S/POST Easton EC90

18-2015-Romax-Ti

Romax Ti

Spec’d with Clement’s LAS 33c tire, and Shimano hydraulic disc brakes, the Romax Ti’s Titanium frame and carbon fork makes a pretty high-end machine for the places without pavement.

SPECS –

  • MODEL Romax b-Team
  • COLOUR Raw Titanium
  • SIZES XXS / XS / S / M / L
  • FRAME 3/2.5 DB Shaped Ti CX
  • FRONT FORK Easton EC90 XD Tapered
  • HANDLE BAR Easton EA70
  • STEM Easton EA90
  • BRAKES Shimano Hyd. RS685
  • CRANKS Shimano RS500 36/46T
  • PEDALS N/A
  • HUBS Easton EA90 XD
  • CASSETTE Shimano 105 11-28t
  • RIMS Easton EA90 XD
  • TIRES Clement LAS 33c
  • FRONT DERAILLEUR Shimano Ultegra
  • REAR DERAILLEUR Shimano Ultegra
  • SHIFTERS Shimano RS685 11 Spd
  • SADDLE WTB Devo
  • S/POST Easton EA70
  • EXTRAS Di2 Compatible
  • WEIGHT N/A

5-2015-Tiber

Tiber

At $1,999, the Tiber with Shimano 105, carbon fork and disc brakes is ready for cross, road or gravel. The 4130 cromo frame should deliver a comfortable ride on whatever surface you choose.

SPECS – 

  • MODEL Tiber (road)
  • COLOUR Med Pearl Grey
  • SIZES S / M / L
  • FRAME 4130 Butted Cromo Road
  • FRONT FORK Aprebic Carbon Road
  • HANDLE BAR Brodie Road 31.8
  • STEM Easton EA50
  • BRAKES Hayes CX Pro
  • CRANKS Shimano 105 34/50T
  • PEDALS N/A
  • HUBS Alex CXD5
  • CASSETTE Shimano Tiagra 12-28t
  • RIMS Alex CXD5
  • TIRES Clement Strada LGG 28c
  • FRONT DERAILLEUR Shimano Tiagra
  • REAR DERAILLEUR Shimano 105
  • SHIFTERS Shimano 105 10 Spd
  • SADDLE Selle Italia Nekkar
  • S/POST Easton EA50
  • EXTRAS Carbon Fork
  • WEIGHT 22.8

7-2015-Section-7-L

Section 7

“The new Section.7 from our Journey line looks awesome”, explains Bruce Spicer. “It’s a city bike but it looks both sleek and rugged”. For $749, the internally geared bike with aluminum frame seems like a great option for stylish commuting.

SPECS-

  • MODEL Section. 7
  • COLOUR Flat Black
  • SIZES S mixte / M mixte / M / L
  • FRAME 6061 Shaped Al City Comfort
  • FRONT FORK Brodie Cromo City
  • HANDLE BAR Brodie City 25.4
  • STEM Brodie City
  • BRAKES Promax Mech. / Shimano Roller
  • CRANKS Suntour Alloy 42T
  • PEDALS Wellgo Comfort
  • HUBS Shimano Nexus 7 Spd / Formula
  • CASSETTE Shimano Nexus 18t
  • RIMS Shinin A-M3
  • TIRES Kenda K830 45c
  • FRONT DERAILLEUR N/A
  • REAR DERAILLEUR N/A
  • SHIFTERS Shimano Nexus 7 Spd
  • SADDLE Freedom Connect SoftZone
  • S/POST Brodie 27.2
  • EXTRAS Fenders / Kickstand / Rack / Guard
  • WEIGHT 29.8

There are quite a few more new offerings for Brodie in 2015, check out their website to see the entire line.

brodiebikes.com

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Dude
Dude
10 years ago

Any time I see improperly installed shifters on a show bike I stop being able to pay attention. Please, please, please people… it hurts.

Dan
Dan
10 years ago

where are their frames made?

zach
zach
10 years ago

Wonky shifters drive me nuts too. What’s worse is people actually ride like that.

JBikes
JBikes
10 years ago

What’s wrong with the shifters. Maybe a slight downslope but pretty close to level at the hood to bar transition.

Anthony
Anthony
10 years ago

How much $ for the Romax ti ?

pfs
pfs
10 years ago

They couldnt bother to cut the forks? At least photoshop the steerer out…

kracken41
kracken41
10 years ago

I actually like that there is some flexibility in fork height. I’m glad the photos show that.

Dude
Dude
10 years ago

@JBikes – compare first and third pictures to second and fourth. Especially the first – the levers slope down a good bit and the bar is rotated way up.

The bottom tips of the levers should be about in line with a line parallel to the bottom straight section of the bars. Approximately. At the very least the hoods should form a level to slightly up surface and not slope downwards. And if you’re going to rotate the bars way up the levers need to match it.

The sloppiness looks unprofessional makes me instinctively feel like the bike wasn’t properly assembled. Even if I know it probably was, that’s the power of bad aesthetics. And like @pfs mentions – a slammed stem with lots of steerer out of the top also looks sloppy.

I’m sure they’re fine bikes. Just a weak assembly.

Chris M
Chris M
10 years ago

who cares if there are some imperfections/ oversights in the photos. I dislike all the negative crap I read on these posts. If you have nothing nice to say…

bikes look good, love the Wolff and Romax Ti …. great parts spec, my lbs will hopefully get some of these in.

mudrock
mudrock
10 years ago

omg, give it a rest. take that crap elsewhere, dude. too anal

b
b
10 years ago

I came to the comments section for the bar/shifter debacle. The Wolff and Romax are jacked up. The others look alright, but not perfect.

Greg
Greg
10 years ago

I imagine some of you don’t get invited to many dinner parties.

Von Kruiser
Von Kruiser
10 years ago

Valve stems are in PERFECT position… but I the crank arm position is a little off between them all. Seat angle is excellent and chain is centered on the cassette. I would give them a good 90% on studio bike shots… ha ha. Hey guys Brodie boys have been around the block… they kick ass.

mudrock
mudrock
10 years ago

Speaking of aesthetics – why not, that horse ain’t dead yet – Shimano cranks are the ugliest in the industry. They detract from the look of any bike. And we all know what happens to anodized alloy cranks: ankle rub soon wears it off and it looks like crap. They are far behind everyone else that went to carbon cranks years ago.

Rico
Rico
10 years ago

The Roadie frame has a nice looking geo at a glance.

Jay D.
Jay D.
10 years ago

Aesthetically they may not be perfect… but in my experience of fitting people to bikes they will never end up perfect anyways. Many people don’t ride in the flat (bottom area) of the drops so bars tend to get rotated back in order to allow them a comfortable position in the mid-drop area. When you rotate the bars back that way it is harder to get a flat section between the hoods and the top of the bar unless you have you hoods point to the sky so by necessity the levers get rotated forwards.

I would say the Wolff is set up quite similarly to how most people end up wanting their bars/shifters with modern short reach, short drop bars and current generation shimano products (which tends to be most comfortable for the majority of people when you choke further towards the lever not back near the lever/bar connection).

zach
zach
10 years ago

Its not an astetics issue as much as a performance issue. It looks bad because when you see it you automatically know its not gonna ride right before you even get on it.

Cheese
Cheese
10 years ago

$2000 for the double butted Romax Ti frame, so I’m guessing China.

http://www.brodiebikes.com/2015/bikes/romax_frame.php

JBikes
JBikes
10 years ago

One thing to keep in mind is that a lot of ergo drop bars do not have drop flats that are parallel to the ground.
But whatever, this is hardly a critique of the bikes themselves. Personally I like to see the move away from “chromoly” to a higher end and (I think) lighter tubeset mix.
Other than that some of these seem a perfect road bike for me

Dude
Dude
10 years ago

Right. Not a critique of the bike. Critique of the marketing manager who made my detail oriented bike lover brain hurt. Same way it would hurt to see the saddle tilted 20deg down in a photo shoot. Please, feed my bike p0rn obsession.

Tomi
Tomi
10 years ago

The issues with those sort of errors (levers/bars) position is you lose completely confidence in the product/brand. How can you be confident they can make great bike if they don’t even know how to set them up ?

Jonny
Jonny
9 years ago

@ Tommi, you hit the nail on the head with this one. How can one be confident in a brand who thinks it is acceptable to publish a show bike with improper lever positioning. FAIL

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