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Here is an interesting bike that looks like it came out of a time capsule. It’s an 1989 Mongoose IBOC Team partially fillet brazed. (The only Fillet brazed Mongoose frame that I know of) I received the bike just as it is ; looks like it still has the original tires, different seat and stem...

Here are 2 early twin Rektek Titaniums, separated at birth and re-united 34 years later. I believe they are 1990 models, Both are 17 inch and have serial numbers with only one number between them ( xx.008 and xx.010) One was sold originally from a bike shop in Whistler BC Canada and the other...

That's an amazing bike ! and the fact you now have 2 of them is beyond belief. Plus 3 other Cook Bros !!!! Did you post the photos of your red CBR Alpine on here so others can see that one too. ( I know you sent these to me, but they just have to be shared ) Congrats on these finds !!

I don't think any Cook Bros. hung around long at the Cove bike shop BITD. Many were ordered for individuals. The rest sold quick from what I remember. I know the original owner of that red Alpine, I can give you his name if you want to PM me. He might know what happened to the original fork...

Was your Alpine red originally? I do remember CBS sold a red one of those.

Thanks. There is a photo of the original CBR straight forks included in the batch of photos in my original thread, couple of posts down from top. Please post some photos of your Alpine. Very rare.

Congrats @Ryry_1985 ! Your Brodie is an "Ultra" Stunner ! All the rest of the bikes this month are top notch and I am amazed at the number of votes I received on my old beast with this level of competition. Thanks All !

That is one crazy private collection ! I was told that website had info and photos of all of Merlin's early work. I thought Merlin built titanium bikes/parts for several companies BITD. ( There is an interesting flow chart on the site, attached below ) It's not easy tracking info down on who...

Probably built by Merlin. I was just looking at this one on Merlin's old website. https://merlintitanium.com/collection_frames_titanium.html

I’m throwing this one in the mix for your consideration. It’s OldSkoolReTool’d’s 1982 CUSTOMIZED COOK BROS. RACING STRAIGHTFRAME with fillet brazing and internal cable routing done by myself back when mountain bikes were first starting to evolve. I may be a bit biased since I have owned it...

Congrats ! Super nice bike. Awesome paint.

This one is only $99 bucks ! It looks like Cook Bros. is being resurrected, with new parts coming soon. https://cookbrosracing.com/collections/catalog-all-products/products/uni-stem

I'll snap some more photos of mine when I get a chance. Here's a couple I found online. This CBR Unistem /Fork was a predecessor to the "Ahead set", way ahead of their time ( excuse the pun )

Yup, It was Deep Cove Bike Shop supplying the goods, back in the good old days when mountain bikes were just beginning to evolve. It definitely was an interesting time. https://nsmb.com/articles/history-of-the-north-shore/

Thanks everyone for all the awesome comments ! I didn't think an old beast like this would be of so much interest, but being 40 years old this year, I just thought it was time to share it's photos and history. This forum/website seems to be the perfect place for it.

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This bike comes from an Era when if you wanted a mountain bike, you had it built up part by part because there really wasn’t too much to choose from as factory complete mountain bikes . Cook Bros and Schwinn’s were our go-to base bikes to use at the time and for ‘80/’81 most of these that were...

Here is my 40 year old, Custom 1982 Cook Bros. Racing (CBR) very rare straight frame Racing Cruiser (serial # 115) which I have owned since new. It’s by far not a catalog bike or new build, but I did take it all apart and cleaned it up/ polished a few parts before taking these photos. CBR...

Congrats on the BOTY win ! Very inspiring build you did there. Well deserved.

Very nice ! , and extremely clean.