New bike ordered and I feel giddy: 2005 Brodie energy

landotter said:

Finally found myself a fast commuter on Ebay, for cheaper than I could
build it myself. I hate the anticipation. We need teleportation beams
or something. I feel like a three year old denied a cookie as I want
it NOW!

Looks to be a pretty stealthy ride:

http://www.brodiebikes.com/2005/light/speed/energy/index.php

Anybody have experience with Brodie bikes? All I've heard is that
they're good value bikes with [censored] paint. :P

Looking for post-purchase approval on a bike that's had 14 separate safety
recalls in just the last two years: good stuff!

Quoted message said:

Paid 500 sight unseen but with careful measuring of course, I think I
got a heck of a deal. If it doesn't work out, I can just flip it for
the same amount or sell it to one of youse. :P

Just because you got hosed doesn't mean you should foist it off on some
other poor sucker. Ride it till it fails catastrophically like a man.

Bill "OK, just kidding...enjoy your freaking bike" S.

Sorni said:

landotter said:

Finally found myself a fast commuter on Ebay, for cheaper than I could
build it myself. I hate the anticipation. We need teleportation beams
or something. I feel like a three year old denied a cookie as I want
it NOW!

Looks to be a pretty stealthy ride:

http://www.brodiebikes.com/2005/light/speed/energy/index.php

Anybody have experience with Brodie bikes? All I've heard is that
they're good value bikes with [censored] paint. :P

Looking for post-purchase approval on a bike that's had 14 separate safety
recalls in just the last two years: good stuff!

14 recalls in two years?!? sounds safe to me. Maybe about as good as a
Kent GMC Denali or a Schwinn Varsity. Okay I take that back, just looked
at the webpage. It looks like a pretty nice ride. Enjoy.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Paid 500 sight unseen but with careful measuring of course, I think I
got a heck of a deal. If it doesn't work out, I can just flip it for
the same amount or sell it to one of youse. :P

But at $500 thats not such a bad deal.

Quoted message said:

Just because you got hosed doesn't mean you should foist it off on some
other poor sucker. Ride it till it fails catastrophically like a man.

Bill "OK, just kidding...enjoy your freaking bike" S.

Ken "needs to start looking before typing" M.

Sorni said:

Looking for post-purchase approval on a bike that's had 14 separate safety
recalls in just the last two years: good stuff!

Who said I was looking for approval? I just wanted to know if anybody
else rode Brodies and their experiences with them.

Land "Bill has a hard time parsing posts, which seems to upset him and
cause hostility" Otter.

landotter wrote (over-snipping, AS ALWAYS):

Quoted message said:

Sorni wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Looking for post-purchase approval on a bike that's had 14 separate
safety recalls in just the last two years: good stuff!

Quoted message said:

Who said I was looking for approval? I just wanted to know if anybody
else rode Brodies and their experiences with them.

For most people, the time to ask, "Anybody have experience with Brodie
bikes? All I've heard is that
they're good value bikes with [censored] paint" is BEFORE buying one. Only dweebs
buy and /then/ ask (AM-B rule).

Quoted message said:

Land "Bill has a hard time parsing posts, which seems to upset him and
cause hostility" Otter.

The Terra-rat edits out that which belies his sniping (i.e., said I was just
kidding; enjoy your ugly new bike, etc. etc.).

Bill "only the over-sensitive would consider that hostility" S.

landotter said:

Sorni said:

Looking for post-purchase approval on a bike that's had 14 separate safety
recalls in just the last two years: good stuff!

Who said I was looking for approval? I just wanted to know if anybody
else rode Brodies and their experiences with them.

Land "Bill has a hard time parsing posts, which seems to upset him and
cause hostility" Otter.

And then there is 'Sorni' who tries to push everybodies buttons.
Bill

Sorni said:

landotter wrote (over-snipping, AS ALWAYS):

Quoted message said:

Sorni wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Looking for post-purchase approval on a bike that's had 14 separate
safety recalls in just the last two years: good stuff!

Quoted message said:

Who said I was looking for approval? I just wanted to know if anybody
else rode Brodies and their experiences with them.

For most people, the time to ask, "Anybody have experience with Brodie
bikes? All I've heard is that
they're good value bikes with [censored] paint" is BEFORE buying one. Only dweebs
buy and /then/ ask (AM-B rule).

I researched my purchase heavily and measured frame angles before
buying. I'm not too arsed with the paint as my commuters are
lectro-taped. So i knew the geometry would be right and componentry to
my satisfaction. Built in Vancouver by bike mad lefties. Good enough
for me.

What started off as me wanting a little banter, has again been spoiled
by the overly aggressive Sorenson. I'd be mad too if my daddy was named
after a video codec.

Thanks again for [censored] in my chowder, really, now get out more and
lynch some Mesopotamians or whatever your lot do for fun.

Bill Baka said:

landotter said:

Sorni said:

Looking for post-purchase approval on a bike that's had 14 separate safety
recalls in just the last two years: good stuff!

Who said I was looking for approval? I just wanted to know if anybody
else rode Brodies and their experiences with them.

Land "Bill has a hard time parsing posts, which seems to upset him and
cause hostility" Otter.

And then there is 'Sorni' who tries to push everybodies buttons.
Bill

My apologies for the general dismissal of all things Bill. My
neighbor's a Bill, and he's a good man with a knack for Victorian
gutter design, but that's beside the point.

In article <[email hidden]>,

landotter said:

Built in Vancouver by bike mad lefties. Good enough
for me.

Good enough for our local constabulary too.

cheers,
Tom

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"Sorni" wrote: (clip) till it fails catastrophically like a man.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Some of us don't fail catastrophically. We just fade away like old
soldiers.

Leo Lichtman said:

"Sorni" wrote: (clip) till it fails catastrophically like a man.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Some of us don't fail catastrophically. We just fade away like old
soldiers.

I envy your transparency.

/gets coat.

landotter said:

Sorni said:

landotter wrote (over-snipping, AS ALWAYS):

Quoted message said:

Sorni wrote:

Quoted message said:

> Looking for post-purchase approval on a bike that's had 14 separate
> safety recalls in just the last two years: good stuff!

Quoted message said:

Who said I was looking for approval? I just wanted to know if anybody
else rode Brodies and their experiences with them.

For most people, the time to ask, "Anybody have experience with Brodie
bikes? All I've heard is that
they're good value bikes with [censored] paint" is BEFORE buying one. Only dweebs
buy and /then/ ask (AM-B rule).

I researched my purchase heavily and measured frame angles before
buying. I'm not too arsed with the paint as my commuters are
lectro-taped. So i knew the geometry would be right and componentry to
my satisfaction. Built in Vancouver by bike mad lefties. Good enough
for me.

What started off as me wanting a little banter, has again been spoiled
by the overly aggressive Sorenson. I'd be mad too if my daddy was named
after a video codec.

Thanks again for [censored] in my chowder, really, now get out more and
lynch some Mesopotamians or whatever your lot do for fun.

Really, he was just having that bit of banter you were looking for. I got it,
even before the "just kidding" comment.

Ron

"landotter" wrote: I envy your transparency.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I don't see what you mean.

Leo Lichtman said:

"landotter" wrote: I envy your transparency.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I don't see what you mean.

By fading away I thought you had an alpha channel.*

*photoshop reference, a bad one.

/gets hat

Tom Keats said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

landotter said:

Built in Vancouver by bike mad lefties. Good enough
for me.

Good enough for our local constabulary too.

Ha! Quite fitting seeing as one of my other bikes is a Raleigh Bobbie
Bike. :-D

In article <[email hidden]>,

landotter said:

Tom Keats said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

landotter said:

Built in Vancouver by bike mad lefties. Good enough
for me.

Good enough for our local constabulary too.

Ha! Quite fitting seeing as one of my other bikes is a Raleigh Bobbie
Bike. :-D

Here are some pix of Vancouver bike cops and their rides:
http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/police/Bicycle/pictures.htm

I dunno why they insist on using those knobbly tires.

I tried to look up what model they ride (which Brodie is
"police issue",) but so far no soap.

They get groovy lookin' rack trunks with their kit.

cheers,
Tom

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Tom Keats said:

Here are some pix of Vancouver bike cops and their rides:
http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/police/Bicycle/pictures.htm

I dunno why they insist on using those knobbly tires.

Often the cop bikes are just rebadged hardtails, that's what the local
coppers ride, but they're clever enough to mount wide street rubber.
The knobs are nice when pursuing a streaker on wet grass though.

Cool link, they're required to be able to ride 10 miles in 35 minutes
on mtbs?! That's pretty good clip, especially with knobbies. I'm lucky
to do 16 miles per hour here on my SS and I'm a strong rider. I do have
grindy hills and traffic signals though. Surely they don't make the
cops ride ten miles in town in 35 minutes? That would be downright
cruel. I'd be in the peanut gallery watching of course.

Interesting to note that the first department to institute bike cops
was the [drum roll}....SPD. giggle.

I'm looking forward to the Brodie like ya can't believe. Fit should be
perfect according to my measurements.

Only "fault" I could find is a strange choice of gearing for the urban
environment: 53/39 with 12-25. Will suit me just fine, but it's a
little fierce for most, well if you have actual hills. That's a 2005.
This years gets 48/38/28 and 12-26. Crazy. They could have just put a
13-32 in back with the double and satisfied most customers. :P

landotter said:

Tom Keats said:

Here are some pix of Vancouver bike cops and their rides:
http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/police/Bicycle/pictures.htm

I dunno why they insist on using those knobbly tires.

Often the cop bikes are just rebadged hardtails, that's what the local
coppers ride, but they're clever enough to mount wide street rubber.
The knobs are nice when pursuing a streaker on wet grass though.

Cool link, they're required to be able to ride 10 miles in 35 minutes
on mtbs?! That's pretty good clip, especially with knobbies. I'm lucky
to do 16 miles per hour here on my SS and I'm a strong rider. I do have
grindy hills and traffic signals though. Surely they don't make the
cops ride ten miles in town in 35 minutes? That would be downright
cruel. I'd be in the peanut gallery watching of course.

Totally awesome. Our local cops look like over-inflated Homer Simpsons
and probably couldn't make 10 miles in an hour and 35 minutes. Even our
females cops are pushing 250 pounds. Now there's a group I wouldn't mind
riding along with for a bit. Kudos to Vancouver, cops minus doughnuts.
Bill

Quoted message said:

Interesting to note that the first department to institute bike cops
was the [drum roll}....SPD. giggle.

I'm looking forward to the Brodie like ya can't believe. Fit should be
perfect according to my measurements.

Only "fault" I could find is a strange choice of gearing for the urban
environment: 53/39 with 12-25. Will suit me just fine, but it's a
little fierce for most, well if you have actual hills. That's a 2005.
This years gets 48/38/28 and 12-26. Crazy. They could have just put a
13-32 in back with the double and satisfied most customers. :P

In article <[email hidden]>,

landotter said:

Tom Keats said:

Here are some pix of Vancouver bike cops and their rides:
http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/police/Bicycle/pictures.htm

I dunno why they insist on using those knobbly tires.

Often the cop bikes are just rebadged hardtails, that's what the local
coppers ride, but they're clever enough to mount wide street rubber.
The knobs are nice when pursuing a streaker on wet grass though.

Cool link, they're required to be able to ride 10 miles in 35 minutes
on mtbs?! That's pretty good clip, especially with knobbies. I'm lucky
to do 16 miles per hour here on my SS and I'm a strong rider. I do have
grindy hills and traffic signals though.

Oh, we have some humps & bumps here, too. And many traffic signals.

Quoted message said:

Surely they don't make the
cops ride ten miles in town in 35 minutes? That would be downright
cruel.

I guess that's what gives 'em that 'attitude'.

Quoted message said:

I'd be in the peanut gallery watching of course.

Interesting to note that the first department to institute bike cops
was the [drum roll}....SPD. giggle.

I liked the engraving-like pic of the 1890s bike cop with
the Bobby pith helmet.

Quoted message said:

I'm looking forward to the Brodie like ya can't believe. Fit should be
perfect according to my measurements.

That'll be great. Maybe it'll help support my argument with
Peter Clinch in the 'Frame Kit vs Basic Model' thread about
bike comfort.

Quoted message said:

Only "fault" I could find is a strange choice of gearing for the urban
environment: 53/39 with 12-25. Will suit me just fine, but it's a
little fierce for most, well if you have actual hills. That's a 2005.
This years gets 48/38/28 and 12-26. Crazy. They could have just put a
13-32 in back with the double and satisfied most customers. :P

For riding around parts of nearby New Westminster and North Vancouver,
a wall-climbing combo of 24T granny and a 14-34 would be nice.
Despite our urbanness, we do have hills here. Even mountains.

cheers,
Tom

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Tom Keats said:

I liked the engraving-like pic of the 1890s bike cop with
the Bobby pith helmet.

pith helmet? I thought it was some sort of uber proto time trial
helmet. *g* made of pith of course.

I thought it funny when the site suggested that the new bikes weighed
less than the first ones like in the pith pic. I seriously doubt it,
especially with all the gear in the rack trunk. Those turn of the
century safeties weren't pigs at all.

But now, I'm discounting the aerodynamic effect of that fabulously tall
carved pith aero wedge.