Paul Brodie
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| Paul Brodie | |
|---|---|
| Born | England |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Canadian |
| 💼 Occupation | Fabricator, Artist, Educator. |
| Known for | Sloping top tube, replica motorcycles, mtn bikes |
| Notable work | Bicycle frames, motorcycles |
| Twitter= | |
Paul Brodie is a Canadian bicycle frame builder, motorcycle racer, fabricator, designer, and the founder of Brodie research. Brodie was one of the first people to build mountain bike frames with a sloping top tube.[1][2][3] [4] He is a member of the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame.[5][6]
Early years[edit]
Brodie was born in Southampton, England. His family moved to Canada.[7][8]
Career[edit]
Brodie's first bicycle job was for the Peddlar bicycle shop, assembling bicycles.[9] Later, he went on to work for Rocky Mountain between 1984 and 1986. There, Brodie, who was known as an artist and gearhead[10] began his work at Sherpa Manufacturing (owned by Rocky Mountain), as a painter.[11] He eventually moved on to welding the mountain bike frames in 1985, when Rocky Mountain Bicycles began producing and supplying their own brand mountain and road bikes across Canada.
The Vancouver trademark "sloping top tube" frame design was initiated in the same year when Brodie built a unique new mountain bike frame design for Jacob Heilbron.[12][13][14][15]
In 1986, he left Rocky Mountain to start Brodie Bikes.[16][17]
Sale to Cybersport[edit]
CyberSport Ltd. bought the brand and assumed the worldwide distribution of Brodie Bicycles in 1994. At this time five production models were offered as complete bikes. In time, the Brodie brand was expanded to include roadbikes, hybrids and touring bikes.[18]
University of the Fraser Valley frame building course[edit]
Brodie taught frame Building 101 at the University of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford, British Columbia. His influence on frame design and construction has been passed to a new generation of frame makers, through the course.[19][20][21][22][23]
Accomplishments[edit]
- Built a sloping top tube mountain bike frame. This was the first bicycle frame he had ever built, and it was designed to fit smaller mountain bike wheels. Brodie was unaware of Charlie Cunningham's aluminum sloping top tube mountain bike prototype, built a few years before. However, a few years later he would get to visit Charlie at his workshop, and upon seeing a similar bicycle to his own, made by a master frame builder, he knew he was on the right track.[25][26]
- Gatorblade fork: While most bicycle forks are welded together, the gatorblade had a machined crown and the fork legs were bolted onto it.[27]
- Brodie brake booster: A machined aluminum archway designed to be bolted onto cantilever brakes to boost their stopping power, by adding stiffness and rigidity to them.[28][29]
- Reverse seat collar:A forward facing seat collar, and slit in the seattube to prevent water and debris from contaminating the inside of the seat tube.[30]
- Was commisioned by a member of the antique motorcycle club of america to build a working replica steam powered bicycle from 1896[34][35]
- Built a working replica of an 1888 Whippet (bicycle)[36][37]
- Built an award winning city Utility bicycle[38]
- Designed and built an electric bike, called the eBee.[39]
- Created over 4000 hand-built bicycle frames[40]
Motorcycles[edit]
Brodie built a working replica 1919 excelsior motorcycle, from only a few photographs he could find.[41][42][43] [44][45][46][47][48]
In addition he has also designed and built motorcycle frames, and parts[49][50] Not to mention restoring other vintage motorcycles [51] He ran Aermacchi Northwest, a source for vintage aermacchi motorcycle parts.[52]
His motorcycle restorations were to a standard where, in 1998, his work was exhibited at New York’s The Guggenheim art museum in The Art of the Motorcycle exhibition.[53][54]
He was inducted into the Greater Vancouver Motorsport Pioneer Society in 2019.[55]
He also raced motorcycles[56]. He was involved in a life-threatening motorcycle crash, during a warm up lap for a race. [57][58]
YouTube career[edit]
Paul started Youtube channel on April 4, 2020, along with videographer and riding partner Mitch.[59][60][61] The channel has 65,600 followers, and 6,544,161 views.[62]
Awards[edit]
- 2005 Inducted into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame.[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ Meredith, Nicole (Sep 30, 2016). "Interview with Paul Brodie, the man behind Brodie Bikes". The Province.
- ↑ Heilbron, Jacob (26 March 2014). "The British Columbians | Marin Museum of Bicycling and Mountain Bike Hall of Fame". Marin Museum of BIcycling.
- ↑ "Brodie Bikes | News". Daily Hive. Dec 19, 2017.
- ↑ McRae, Cam (Sep 15, 2021). "Makers-Paul Brodie". NSMB.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "The British Columbians | Marin Museum of Bicycling and Mountain Bike Hall of Fame". 26 March 2014.
- ↑ "THE INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN BIKE HALL OF FAME". Marin Museum of Bicycling. February 7, 2019.
- ↑ "About Paul Brodie". waybackmachine. Oct 4, 2022. Archived from the original on January 26, 2022.
grew up in England" "lived in a flat (apartment) in Southampton
- ↑ "Paul Brodie Pioneer". Gvmps. 2019.
Born in the UK
- ↑ "Brodie Bikes — the True Story". The Spoken. Sep 17, 2012.
- ↑ "Gearhead". slang.net. Retrieved Feb 16, 2023.
A person who is knowledgeable about mechanical objects
- ↑ "Canada's Rocky Mountain Bicycles". mountain culture group. October 13, 2021.
- ↑ Peterson, Mark (2002). "Jacob Heilbron". Marin Museum of BIcycling.
- ↑ Goett, Bruce (Apr 19, 2019). "Maple Leaf Bikes — Canadian Bike Builders". Medium.
- ↑ De-Walden, Scott (Jun 13, 2011). "The Story of Paul Brodie - Bicycles and Motorcycles". reprinted interview from oldschoolmtb.co.uk.
- ↑ Arbour, Miles (Jul 26, 2021). "BRODIE MEGA TOUR REVIEW: MEGA AFFORDABLE". Bikepacking.
- ↑ Pratt, Brian. "PAUL BRODIE Pioneer - Motorcycles - Inducted 2019" (PDF). Greater Vancouver Motorsports Pioneers Society.
- ↑ "Interview with Paul Brodie, the man behind Brodie Bikes".
- ↑ https://nsmb.com/forum/forum/gear-4/topic/when-did-brodie-21860/
- ↑ "Handbuild Your Own Bicycle with Personal Lessons from MTB Hall of Fame Inductee Paul Brodie". 11 August 2010.
- ↑ "Hand-build your dream ride with Paul Brodie: Inductee MTB Hall of Fame".
- ↑ "Paul Brodie". 12 June 2017.
- ↑ "Build a brodie". Nsmb. Feb 8, 2011.
- ↑ Stonoski, Darren (March 5, 2019). "THE TEACHER'S APPROACH: PAUL BRODIE'S OWN 27.5 MTB". The Spoken.
- ↑ "Round up: 30+ Fabrication Tutorials from Frame Building Legend Paul Brodie". 24 April 2021.
- ↑ "Paul Brodie". 17 January 2012.
- ↑ "The Original Mountain Biker Who Was and is Joe Murray". 2 September 2021.
- ↑ "Verkaufe - Brodie gatorblade". mtb-news.de. Oct 29, 2018.
- ↑ "Throwback Thursday: People and Products from 30 Years Ago". 28 February 2019.
- ↑ "Timeline of Mountain Bike Components and Accessories". Museum of Mountain Bike Art & Technology.
- ↑ "Brodie".
- ↑ Spratt, Ed (Mar 10, 2022). "Throwback Thursday: The Story Behind the One-Of-A-Kind Paul Brodie 69er Gearbox DH Bike". Pinkbike.
- ↑ McRae, Cam (Apr 30, 2021). "Paul Brodie Rebuilds his One Off 1998 69er DH". nsmb.
- ↑ "Retro-Alarm: die erstaunliche Geschichte des Sixty-Niner Bikes". Ride Magazin.
- ↑ "Pete Gagan". Canadian Motorcycle Hall of Fame.
- ↑ "1896 Roper Steam Bike". The Steam Car Club of Great Britain.
- ↑ "NAHBS Spotlight: A closer look at Paul Brodie's 1888 Whippet Replica". March 2, 2012.
- ↑ Curmei, Cristian (Jun 12, 2022). "The Whippet Full Suspension Bicycle Displays Tech You Never Imagined Possible in 1888". autoevolution.
- ↑ Overholt, Zach (March 14, 2015). "NAHBS 2015: Paul Brodie's Winning City/Utility Bike". Bikerumor.
- ↑ Hicks, Eric (Mar 16, 2016). "Custom Build Gallery, Paul Brodies 2013 NAHBS eBee". Electric Bike.
- ↑ "Paul Brodie Frame Building Workshop". Pedal Magazine. Aug 20, 2010.
- ↑ "On the Road: Paul Brodie's Excelsior".
- ↑ Smith, Robert. "The Mechanical Light of Perry's Ghost : Excelsior". Canadian Biker.
- ↑ Strohl, Dave (November 28, 2006). "1919 Excelsior boardtrack racer recreated". Hemmings.
- ↑ "Langley Heritage Society — December's Valley Voices program". BC historical federation. Dec 3, 2018.
- ↑ Fisher, Harry (Jan 4, 2022). "Watching an Excelsior Board track racer being built up is kind of cool". topspeed.
- ↑ Cherney, Andrew (Feb 15, 2019). "10th Anniversary The One Show Highlights". CRUISER.
- ↑ Roberts, Glenn (Dec 2012). "Excelsior Revived". Motorcycle Mojo.
- ↑ Mayberry, Mike (Sep 21, 2017). "Man in the machine". VAHNA.
- ↑ "AERMACCHI CRTT AND PAUL BRODIE MODIFICATIONS". Global Dimension. September 2018.
- ↑ Reynolds, Chad (Dec 9, 2021). "How To Make A Muffler: Paul Brodie Works His Magic". Bangshift.
- ↑ Abhi (Oct 22, 2019). "1964 Aermacchi Sprint 350 Road Racer". Bike urious.
- ↑ "Other Links". eurospares.
- ↑ "Paul Brodie". 12 June 2017.
- ↑ "The Art of the Motorcycle exhibit June 26-Sept 20, 1998". 1998.
- ↑ "Paul Brodie". Greater Vancouver Motorsport Pioneer Society.
- ↑ "WMRRA racing list" (PDF). UW Staff Web Server.
2005 racer list #358 Paul Brodie
- ↑ Rousseau, Louise (Mar 27, 2019). "BIKE FRAME BUILDING OPEN HOUSE WITH PAUL BRODIE – CANCELLED". UFV events.
- ↑ McRae, Cam (Sep 15, 2021). "Makers-Paul Brodie". Nsmb.
life-threatening crash warming up to race one of his board track racers
- ↑ "MTB Hall of Famer Paul Brodie offers Youtube frame building classes during the pandemic".
- ↑ Jenks, Diane (November 10, 2020). "OUTSPOKEN CYCLIST". The Cycling Independent.
- ↑ Dobson, Hannah (Jul 14, 2020). "Workshop Dreams and ViceTrackWorld Brodie Bikes". Singletrack world magazine.
- ↑ "paul brodie YouTube channel statistics and analytics". Social Blade. Apr 6, 2023.
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