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martylaa

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cook brothers?
« on: November 23, 2009, 07:22 PM »
Anyone a fan?

Are the bikes and parts hard to come by?

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Re: cook brothers?
« Reply #1 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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Re: cook brothers?
« Reply #2 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 ?

matt

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Re: cook brothers?
« Reply #3 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  :-\ 

martylaa

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Re: cook brothers?
« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2009, 07:49 PM »
So the bars are hard to find yeah?
What about the stems?

matt

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Re: cook brothers?
« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2009, 07:54 PM »
i believe so, there is a thread somewhere on OS regarding cook bros

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Re: cook brothers?
« Reply #6 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.................

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matt

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Re: cook brothers?
« Reply #7 on: November 23, 2009, 08:13 PM »
thats the one  :smitten:  i have some early 80s cranks if you are looking for parts

martylaa

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Re: cook brothers?
« Reply #8 on: November 23, 2009, 08:34 PM »
ok what price on the cranks, still thinking about it pm me mate

martylaa

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Re: cook brothers?
« Reply #9 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

tolaknawris

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Re: cook brothers?
« Reply #10 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'



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martylaa

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Re: cook brothers?
« Reply #11 on: November 23, 2009, 08:40 PM »
ok will do

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Re: cook brothers?
« Reply #12 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.



zed4130

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« Reply #13 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

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Re: cook brothers?
« Reply #14 on: November 23, 2009, 09:05 PM »
Did the cranks come in different sizes like 165

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Re: cook brothers?
« Reply #15 on: November 23, 2009, 09:19 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

muddstud

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« Reply #16 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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Re: cook brothers?
« Reply #17 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.

matt

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« Reply #18 on: November 23, 2009, 09:48 PM »
here are my 181 set

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« Reply #19 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:
R.I.P  O.M. Far short of the finish line...

zed4130

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Re: cook brothers?
« Reply #20 on: November 24, 2009, 03:15 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

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