You are looking at an '01 Brodie Rocket, and I don't think I've had another bike where I made so many changes and had so many different roles for it, before finally selling it.
Here's three configurations of the Rocket - as I bought it on the left, as a long travel hardtail in the middle, and something close to what you would have bought in '01 with an 80mm fork and fancy wheels.
The reason I'm posting about this at all is that I thought it would be interesting to examine it to see if I made any money off it. I didn't buy it specifically to flip, so I didn't make the same decisions that I normally would, and I think this will be useful to me to actually break it all down.
Let's start with how it looked as sold;
2001 Brodie Rocket, purchased for $100, sold for $200 (-$100)
Fork : Rock Shox Judy SL (-$50)
Drivetrain : Shimano Deore 10spd (-$100)
Headset : BLOOKE (-$15)
Chainring : LINJE (-$20)
Everything else is a wash as it's stuff that's been in my bins forever, or has come off other bikes - bar is from my Chromag (more on this soon), stem was a donation, cranks and brakes came from a Specialized FSR, wheels are parts bin specials - but, as it stands, I'm at -$285 on this bike, so, not looking too good...
But, let's talk about what was on it when I bought it.
Wheels : Hugi Compact hubs on Mavic 519 rims with Maxxis High Roller DH tires ($200)
Cranks : RaceFace in pewter. I'm 99% sure this colour was only available as an OEM part from Rocky Mountain. Also, I'm 99% sure there was a Shimano UN71 BB in there ($150)
Headset : RaceFace in salmon. This colour was only available on Rocky Mountains in 1995 ($50)
Fork : Manitou X-vert 100mm. It needs work, but I think it's still viable ($50)
Drivetrain : Shimano XTR M900 rear derailleur and shifter ($50)
Bar and stem : Easton Monkeylite and Titec DH stem ($75)
These numbers are probably optimistic, but I don't buy bikes to harvest parts, so I'm ok with these being theoretical prices. And the total is $600, which puts me up $315 - not bad.
I always meant to use the parts that were on it, and that's exactly what's happened here. The wheels, cranks, headset, and derailleur are all going on my Edge t.o. (more on this soon). And I still have the tires and maybe the stem - though I think that ended up on another bike. What made me happy about this bike is the buyer wanted to see if cycling/mountain biking was something they liked, and in its final configuration, it was a perfect cheap bike to start on. Nothing fancy, but everything worked, and worked way better than anything you could get from Walmart.
The reason I'm posting about this at all is that I thought it would be interesting to examine it to see if I made any money off it. I didn't buy it specifically to flip, so I didn't make the same decisions that I normally would, and I think this will be useful to me to actually break it all down.
Let's start with how it looked as sold;
2001 Brodie Rocket, purchased for $100, sold for $200 (-$100)
Fork : Rock Shox Judy SL (-$50)
Drivetrain : Shimano Deore 10spd (-$100)
Headset : BLOOKE (-$15)
Chainring : LINJE (-$20)
Everything else is a wash as it's stuff that's been in my bins forever, or has come off other bikes - bar is from my Chromag (more on this soon), stem was a donation, cranks and brakes came from a Specialized FSR, wheels are parts bin specials - but, as it stands, I'm at -$285 on this bike, so, not looking too good...
But, let's talk about what was on it when I bought it.
Wheels : Hugi Compact hubs on Mavic 519 rims with Maxxis High Roller DH tires ($200)
Cranks : RaceFace in pewter. I'm 99% sure this colour was only available as an OEM part from Rocky Mountain. Also, I'm 99% sure there was a Shimano UN71 BB in there ($150)
Headset : RaceFace in salmon. This colour was only available on Rocky Mountains in 1995 ($50)
Fork : Manitou X-vert 100mm. It needs work, but I think it's still viable ($50)
Drivetrain : Shimano XTR M900 rear derailleur and shifter ($50)
Bar and stem : Easton Monkeylite and Titec DH stem ($75)
These numbers are probably optimistic, but I don't buy bikes to harvest parts, so I'm ok with these being theoretical prices. And the total is $600, which puts me up $315 - not bad.
I always meant to use the parts that were on it, and that's exactly what's happened here. The wheels, cranks, headset, and derailleur are all going on my Edge t.o. (more on this soon). And I still have the tires and maybe the stem - though I think that ended up on another bike. What made me happy about this bike is the buyer wanted to see if cycling/mountain biking was something they liked, and in its final configuration, it was a perfect cheap bike to start on. Nothing fancy, but everything worked, and worked way better than anything you could get from Walmart.
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