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Title: cook brothers?
Post by: martylaa on November 23, 2009, 07:22 PM: Anyone a fan?

Are the bikes and parts hard to come by?
Title: Re: cook brothers?
Post by: DIRTBIKER250F on November 23, 2009, 07:22 PM: They are mint Marty, with the right sourced parts they look the bollocks mate
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Post by: QUADROPHENIA on November 23, 2009, 07:25 PM: i like the stem / fork combo, something different but mega bucks and rare, if they was as common as haro's i would most proberly think they was cack, didn't one win rockford the other year, just a f&f,bars,cranks in a display box ?
Title: Re: cook brothers?
Post by: matt on November 23, 2009, 07:28 PM: they are rare indeed, frame sets and cranks are reasonably easy to come by but everything else, well you could wait years, was there not a cook bros in the bike of the month a few months aga :-\
Title: Re: cook brothers?
Post by: martylaa on November 23, 2009, 07:49 PM: So the bars are hard to find yeah?
What about the stems?
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Post by: matt on November 23, 2009, 07:54 PM: i believe so, there is a thread somewhere on OS regarding cook bros
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Post by: bobafett on November 23, 2009, 08:02 PM: Get ready to dig deep for Cook Bros. parts mate - cranks, bars, stem etc. etc. all fetch top dollar ;)

My favoutrite cooky - masterstint's '82 from BOTM about a year or so ago.................

:coolsmiley:

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/s253/claudemurphy/1110001_4c-copy.jpg)

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Title: Re: cook brothers?
Post by: matt on November 23, 2009, 08:13 PM: thats the one :smitten: i have some early 80s cranks if you are looking for parts
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Post by: martylaa on November 23, 2009, 08:34 PM: ok what price on the cranks, still thinking about it pm me mate
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Post by: martylaa on November 23, 2009, 08:35 PM: i've heard the pads are the hardest bits to come by, anyway time to do some research into them now
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Post by: tolaknawris on November 23, 2009, 08:38 PM: Speak to the living legend that is "Dennis Dain" .... he used to ride & work for Cook Bros. ;)

He can be found in 'Old School Race'

:crazy2:
Title: Re: cook brothers?
Post by: martylaa on November 23, 2009, 08:40 PM: ok will do
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Post by: stidds on November 23, 2009, 08:55 PM: Here are my Cooks cranks with PPP Powerdisk on my Slingshot. I always used Cooks Cranks BITD, never ran any other crank.

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v518/stidds/Slingshot/Slingshotwheels001.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v518/stidds/Slingshot/DSCF2281.jpg)
Title: Re: cook brothers?
Post by: zed4130 on November 23, 2009, 08:59 PM: I had some cook bro's cranks on my kona explosive about 92ish loved em, cost a bomb now and hard to find, good luck

paul
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Post by: muddstud on November 23, 2009, 09:05 PM: Did the cranks come in different sizes like 165
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Post by: stidds on November 23, 2009, 09:19 PM: Quote from: muddstud on November 23, 2009, 09:05 PM
Did the cranks come in different sizes like 165

Not sure how small they made them, I know they did 171mm, 176mm and 181mm
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Post by: muddstud on November 23, 2009, 09:23 PM: Cheers stidds want some some for a mini ripper (sorry for the thread hyjack marty ) :-X
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Post by: HUTCHMAN on November 23, 2009, 09:34 PM: the cranks came in odd lenghs like 171,176,181 etc.I've got a set of 171 and an odd set,one arm is 176 and the other is 181.doesn't really make a lot of difference,i raced with these odd cranks for over two years without even noticing.Also got a set of hubs.
Title: Re: cook brothers?
Post by: matt on November 23, 2009, 09:48 PM: here are my 181 set
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v697/mattskybeat/cookbros1.jpg)
Title: Re: cook brothers?
Post by: meticulous on November 24, 2009, 03:14 PM: when i was handing the dosh over for my gen 1 haro a couple of years ago, i asked the guy to take them cook brothers cranks off, as i didnt want them because i had never heard of them.... :idiot2:
Title: Re: cook brothers?
Post by: zed4130 on November 24, 2009, 03:15 PM: Quote from: meticus on November 24, 2009, 03:14 PM
when i was handing the dosh over for my gen 1 haro a couple of years ago, i asked the guy to take them cook brothers cranks off, as i didnt want them because i had never heard of them.... :idiot2:

:idiot2: :LolLolLolLol: bet your gutted now mate :-\

paul