The return of the Romax

[raidan73]

Those who know me know that my collection leans heavily towards the Canadian brands from the late 1980's and early 1990's, with Brodies being top of the list. I meant to start this thread almost seven years ago but one thing led to another! Some might remember this one surfacing in Canada back in 2015. A friend was fortunate enough to grab it, but it was sadly far too small for him - great news for me! Here's the first couple of pics I saw of it.



A deal was done for the frame and fork and it arrived sometime around Christmas 2015, if I remember correctly. As with all my projects it spent it's fair share of time hung up in the shed whilst I mulled over the build. Unfortunately Paul has a small gap in his records, so this one can't be pinpointed, but it's more than likely from early 1991. These pics are from early 2016.



This one is interesting as the brake noodle is a slightly different design and is mounted on the opposite side of the frame to normal and the fillet brazed unicrown fork isn't usually associated with Brodies of this era.

More to follow........

 

[raidan73]

Still in early 2016 just now and I started mocking it up, though I don't think I got around to applying @jimbotoad's decals for another couple of years! In my defence I was working away Monday-Friday at this time.

 

[raidan73]

In the late summer of 2017 Paul decided to make a batch of new ICR stems and of course I placed an order



They arrived to my door at the end of April 2018 but it wasn't until the spring of 2019 that I got them painted

 

[raidan73]

A black and yellow theme was probably the most obvious but already having a green and black themed Brodie I opted for silver parts. I had collected a few parts including a nos Kingsbery post, Merlin Ti bar and a lovely yellow perforated Turbo saddle. These pics are from April 2019. The yellow stem is still waiting for hardware and decals at this point.

 

[raidan73]

When the stem was finished I swapped the headset for a lovely silver Stronglight one. This is pretty much is how far I got with this one.

 

[raidan73]

Around a year later, in the spring of 2020, I sold it to a good friend, @Si_33 on the forum. I don't remember why, other than I needed funds for something else. Simon managed to go a step further than I did and completed the majority of the build last Autumn (I think). Many parts have been bought, sold, traded and donated between us over the years and 'first dibs', if things are ever moved on, is the norm.

Fast forward to spring this year and the dibs clause was activated. We both had an early start yesterday morning and met up to carry out the exchange over a coffee. That brings this story bang up to date and the lovely yellow Romax is sitting in the back of my van outside. We had discussed the build throughout, so the spec is a bit of a joint effort. Hopefully I'll find time to get it out and give it a few tweaks in the next few days and take some pics, though I wouldn't be counting those chickens yet

 

[mk one]

Looking forward, as always, to seeing more.

 

[wtb_rider]

ui, nice one.
Cheers Kay

 

[Retro_Roy]

nice one adrian. i recall this one when it first surfaced here in vancouver. fine job again.

 

[BlackCat]

7 years!? Now the thread’s started, best get a move on! We’ve all waited long enough