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Title: 80's COOK BROS 3 peice crank
Post by: Olliecw on September 19, 2007, 06:18 PM: Hello all
Has any of you lot got a picture or any info in your old magazines on the early 80's cook bros dog leg cranks.If you have can you let me know as i need a picture/info :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch:
Thankyou ;)
Ollie
Title: Re: 80's COOK BROS 3 peice crank
Post by: Moose on September 19, 2007, 07:20 PM: Quote from: Olliecw on September 19, 2007, 06:18 PM
Hello all
Has any of you lot got a picture or any info in your old magazines on the early 80's cook bros dog leg cranks.If you have can you let me know as i need a picture/info :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch:
Thankyou ;)
Ollie

Do you mean 'dog bone'? ;)
Title: Re: 80's COOK BROS 3 peice crank
Post by: Olliecw on September 19, 2007, 08:54 PM: Quote from: Moose on September 19, 2007, 07:20 PM
Quote from: Olliecw on September 19, 2007, 06:18 PM
Hello all
Has any of you lot got a picture or any info in your old magazines on the early 80's cook bros dog leg cranks.If you have can you let me know as i need a picture/info :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch:
Thankyou ;)
Ollie

Do you mean 'dog bone'? ;)
;D ;D Yeah :-[ :-[ I am a dip $hit some times :crazy2: :idiot2:
Title: Re: 80's COOK BROS 3 peice crank
Post by: Olliecw on September 19, 2007, 10:12 PM: Anyone.......Please ???
Title: Re: 80's COOK BROS 3 peice crank
Post by: diesel on September 19, 2007, 10:51 PM: Here you go:

1st generation
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v655/dieseldmc/cooks.jpg)

2nd generation:
(sorry no pick but they have the newer script of the 3rd generation but without the chainring notch cut out on the inside of the arm).

3rd generation:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v655/dieseldmc/Jag24.jpg)

4th generation:
Not dog bones - but look similar have the back of the arms scooped out for weight reduction - only really for road and early xc mountain bikes

And a different company Cooks (lasted only a short time which was set up by one of the brothers after they sold CBR on)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v655/dieseldmc/Cooks3.jpg)
Title: Re: 80's COOK BROS 3 peice crank
Post by: Olliecw on September 19, 2007, 11:23 PM: Thanks very much diesel for that :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch:
So mine are the cooks company that didn't last long :idiot2: There was cooks stamped on each arm but it's very faint now :(
What year are they? Do you know ???

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/i115/Olliereefer/cooksmall1.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/i115/Olliereefer/cooksmall2.jpg)

Thanks again
Ollie
Title: Re: 80's COOK BROS 3 peice crank
Post by: diesel on September 20, 2007, 08:59 AM: Somewhere between 1985 & 1989 I now believe

Yup Cook's Cranks - Very nice!
Title: Re: 80's COOK BROS 3 peice crank
Post by: SaMAlex on September 20, 2007, 09:10 AM: They look alot like Middleburn MTB cranks from the late 90s (from what I can remember, seeing them in the bike shop I worked in)
Title: Re: 80's COOK BROS 3 peice crank
Post by: Jt on September 20, 2007, 09:34 AM: they want selling....to me!
Title: Re: 80's COOK BROS 3 peice crank
Post by: diesel on September 20, 2007, 11:47 AM: definatly Cooks = CQP (cooks quality products)

Here's a few more of my old set:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v655/dieseldmc/Cooks1.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v655/dieseldmc/Cooks2.jpg)
Title: Re: 80's COOK BROS 3 peice crank
Post by: RATTY on September 20, 2007, 12:19 PM: Dan, there is some great info here, can you prepare it all in one post so I can add it to the flite and profile sticky in tech an resto.
Title: Re: 80's COOK BROS 3 peice crank
Post by: diesel on September 20, 2007, 12:23 PM: Yup no worries - there's a great Cook bros post on vintage, with some excellent info and photos.

I grab some from that as soon as it up again