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Phil is our General Manager. He is the driving force behind all of us at CyberSport. He is the proverbial father figure that motivates, disciplines and nags the rest of the immature souls that make up the CyberSport team. Phil believes in the daily commute, which he does on an Easton Ultralite Brodie climb Max with a 14sp internally geared Rohloff hub. His turn-offs include Bruce, Dylan and IBM computers. His turn-ons include cameras, Mac computers, Nanaimo bars, really, anything he can get in his hands and play with - endlessly.

Bruce is our Product Manager. Many believe our ‘Bruce C.’ hasn't worked a traditional day in his life… spending the better part of the eighties and nineties as a member of the Canadian National Road Team (8yrs) and a pro-level Mountain biker (8yrs). With an unprecedented 13 national titles, Bruce has experienced more pleasure and pain in the saddle than most of us mere mortals could ever comprehend. Responsible for the design of the Brodie line, Bruce carries a quite ‘serial-killer’ type demeanour that allows him the patience and passion to create the quality you see from Brodie year after year. Turn-offs include big-travel DH rigs in the back of pick up trucks, girls that call him more than once a day and whiners. Turn-ons include super technical single-track (up and down), monster trucks, fast cars and fast dirt bikes.

Roger is owner and CEO of CyberSport. In the early nineties, Roger approached Paul Brodie with an idea to expand Brodie from the 4 models Paul was hand building here in Vancouver. 7 years later, Brodie has become one of Canada’s premier bicycle companies with a limited worldwide distribution. Roger prides himself in his strength of communication, humility and his ability to care for and nurture his family, friends and staff. Oh, and not to mention how everyone thinks that Phil owns the Company. Turn-offs include long drawn out run-on sentences with too many words that should have been brief and to the point trying to explain a small little point that doesn’t really matter to anyone from the beginning, corporate attitude, top buttons and riding to work. Turn-ons include riding to work, kicking tires, auto-magazines, hockey, Christmas and living vicariously through Bruce and Dylan’s personal escapades.

Ying is our Credit and Office Manager. Spending most of his time counting, crunching, and yelling profanities into the phone, Ying is the crankshaft that keeps the CyberSport engine from grinding to a halt. His calm and reasonable approach, saddled with the odd verbal lashing, places the ageless Credit Man into the hearts of many. Ying keeps fit with the odd commute to work, coaching minor hockey and moving into his fictitious new house with his fictitious wife. Turn-offs include overdue accounts, pushy sales reps, Ottawa Senators and his food being touched. Turn-ons include The Toronto Maple Leafs, R&R weekends on Denman Island and kicking Phil and Roger’s ass on the commute to work.

Ryan (Jr. as he’s affectionately called in the Brodie dungeon) is our newest edition. Ryan is our new Warranty Manager. Warranty is one of the toughest jobs in the industry and Jr. is taking it all in stride. Ryan is new to cycling and has seriously embraced the sport. Whether he is pedaling his Awl, ripping the shore on his Devo, or trying to make his mark at work, Ryan is always full of youthful energy. Turn-offs include, warranties that aren’t stripped, the phrase “Hey Jr., I need you to do something for me.” , and unreliable internet. Turn-ons include BIKING!, playing hockey, getting ripped, and small, fast cars with carbon fibre parts bolted all over them.

Pat was the newest crüe member here in the metal wrought catacombs of Brodie for a very short period of time, then Alex and Andrew were brought home from the new employee store and things changed. An industry veteran, he's been working on - not synonymous with fixing - bikes since '86. United Bicycle Institute in Ashland Oregon was where he acquired the arcane knowledge loose in his head today followed by a 5 year stint at Rocky Mountain as the Quality Control/Warehouse/ Production Line guy. Add a 6 year bit as a shop owner and he never has to say, "I'm sorry, but it might be interesting to hear what's wrong with you". Single malt scotch is one of his life's little pleasures - Bowmore, Lagavulin and Laphroaig will all be fine- add urban rides, cooking, reading, the flashy new PS2 and the fact his sweetie never calls him at work. He's come to love riding the Pemberton steeps, anywhere in Squamish and Harper's Mountain in Kamloops; each has been blessed with the blood (and chunks) of the Irish. Sleek fleshed, cell phone worshipping whiners top his list of things to send to Fargo, ND. Politicians - known as food animals in some circles - are next, crowded closely by those who confuse opinion with fact.

Andrew grew up riding all types of bikes on Vancouver Island. After spending some time figuring out what he REALLY wanted to be doing and getting bored of being a carpet-layer he moved to Vancouver to work for Rocky Mountain Bicycles. After 3 1/2 years there he moved to West Point Cycles where he spent another 3 years working retail. With the taste of manufacturing still lingering he started working at RaceFace. Brodie Bikes enticed him away with the golden opportunity of rep'ing. Now he's part of the B-Team, manufacturing, promoting and selling some of the best bikes in the world! In his spare time he's all about friends, food, wine and travel. Kinda "Bon Apetit" but he's not going to apologize for that;) Bike: '06 Brodie Gigolo. Favourite Trail: The ones that go down. Favourite Riding Partner: Andrew M and Chris W, one for the up-hills and one for the down. Favourite Food: Anything, but force him to pick and he'd say Sushi. Favourite Movie: Fists of Legend (Jet Li)Alex Cogger

Alex is one of our newer additions, and our resident French Canadian. Hailing from the land of 'tourtiere and poutine', Alex has joined our sales team and will be handling Ontario, the Lower Mainland and the Okanagan areas. He will also be our, Quebec Assistant Account Manager. The Angry Inch (or Bitter Little Pill, take your pick) specializes in really, really, long rides. He has been known to ride his Single Speed in circles. For up to 24 hours in a row in fact… This tendency was brought on by a tragic dirt jumping accident that soured him on the concept, resulting in a broken nose and separated shoulder, although he is ready to get back on the horse now. As a country boy for the last 5 years, Alex is re-learning the ropes of urban living, so cut him slack if you see him on the roads. Turn offs include dirty bikes, smelly feet and people who kick dogs. Turn ons are deep snow, buff single-track, hand-built steel bikes and high winds.