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#163 ·
i still have a set of silver cqp 181's from around 1985/86 and i even have one of those layback seatposts from my bmx days 1980/82ish? i think theoreticly it would be possible to have (back then) a cookbro's aheadset system with chris king cups,though you may have had to make your own upper race. I made my own upper race,stem and solid 7075 steerer on my klien rascal at the time there was only a written description of tioga's threadless system in one magazine.
 
#168 ·
Please settle an argument

Hey-

My buddy and I both combed over this thread a few times, he and I both have Cook cranks and various parts... can any Cook experts on here settle what crank and bar are on my Smorgasbord? Please see the pics, I can email larger images too if needed. We would really appreciate an answer as we've been arguing for days over what is what.

Thanks!

-D-
 

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#173 ·
Thanks to this thread I was able to find out that Cook's is back in business! Anyone tried out the Bonz cranksets yet? I desperately want a pair for my neo retro build!

Good lord those Cook's from misterdangerpants are stunning.
 
#176 ·
phatykoko said:
<img src=https://farm4.static.flickr.com/3091/2582673866_34b54dc001.jpg>
<img src=https://farm4.static.flickr.com/3040/2581846901_dde0d00c62.jpg>
After years of bouncing off the Rockies on my singlespeed, these have retired to my parts bin. 177mm CQP Pro-Lite. I ran them with a weird Euro-BMX Style BB.
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I have a set like that.

What kind of BB?

Espen
 
#178 ·
not too hard to get the spiders off, press fitted

Fatmikeynyc said:
OM-

Why are you trying to remove the spyder from those nice cranks? Are you trying to use the arms with a different chain wheel or something? :nono:

Once you remove the torx bolt you have not loosened the spyder at all, you essentially just removed the torx bolt that makes sure that the spyder doesn't ever come loose while riding, that spyder is pressed onto that arm with NO intention of EVER coming off, so if you try to remove the spyder you are going to make a mess out of those crank arms and possibly render them useless. :madman:

I have never really seen anyone successfully take the spyder off of Cook Bros Racing RSR or CBR or any of the dog bone style cranks (Maybe the Cook's or CQP ones can come off?) without causing some type of cosmetic or functional damage. I happen to have the same RSR drive side crank arm and spyder that you do but the arm is cracked, if it's the Cook Bros Racing spyder that you need feel free to PM me to inquire about that as it's useless other than for the spyder (if someone knows how to remove it properly) I also have a bizarre silver Cook Bros Racing CBR set where the spyder has been successfully removed but it appears that there was some type of alteration made to the drive side to get that spyder off...Let me know if you want to see photos of what that looks like as I have taken photos of those crank arms and seperate spyder and it looks like the spyder will not function properly with the drive side arm but that one could probably put a Single Chain Wheel like a Profile BMX ring for a Single Speed type bike...Which is what it sounds like you are trying to do with your RSR cranks... ?
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Spiders are pressed fit on, just remove the fixing bolt and press out
 
#180 ·
Oddly, I have a set of CBRs that I didn't realize was missing the securing bolt when I used them on a build. On my first climb, they slipped but only rotated a few degrees. I didn't really know how to get them back to normal to put the bolt in, I was planning on bolting the cranks onto a board and putting pressure in the opposite direction. In the mean time, I still rode the bike a bit as it was and the spider slipped a couple of times and eventually came off after a couple of rides. Once it was off, it was very easy to get back in place and the only tool I needed was a mallet. No scratches or evidence of my ham-fistedness. Oh, and those three pins visible on the spider that look like they go through to the arms to anchor them together, they don't.
 
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