brodie Sovereign with original Manitou suspension fork

[Coquitlam Geoff]

HI gents well one of those lucky days...pulled this one out of the Magicians hat from a local used bike store, appears to be a late 90's (?) Sovereign with an original front fork, Most of the other parts are newer..I have several Brodies so I need to figure out what to do with this one.
Beautiful tig welds, sadly not the fillet brazed but my understanding is that they were manufactured both ways, Frame is solid paint has usual scratches but about a 7/10,
Frame is 19"

 

[Coquitlam Geoff]

Hi thanks to Retro Roy and JimBo toad
I have confirmed the Sovereign as a late 96 model
Its a whiptail with tear drop canle stays
Also added FC M-900 cranks to complete and replaced the mismatched wheels with Wolber AT18/20 DX hubs
Will update with photos later today

 

[Coquitlam Geoff]

Re: 1996 brodie soveriegn

Bike has been stripped polished and restored with xtr cranks m-900 and new cables nos decals
Will post photos but now brodie number 4 in the shed
Probably one of the last few made
Tubeset according to the 96 catalogue is Tange Prestige Ultimate Ultralight which I wasnt aware of
Welds are beautiful pencil thin works of art

 

[Coquitlam Geoff]

wolber AT18 and 20 wheels set, DX hubs Panaracer Fire XC tires

 

[Coquitlam Geoff]

the brake levers will be swapped out for 4 finger Suntour XC Pro's
Just waiting to get to Seattle and pick them up

 

[bartsince1975]

Re:

The xc pro's are canti levers, they have wrong cable pull for V's. I would look for a nice set of correct levers. Just my 2 cents. Other than that: love the bike, very nice colour, should be light too.

 

[mk one]

very nice.

what size is it?

Mark