In digitally flipping through the Bill's BMXA scan CDs, I came across the initial "Hot Products" blurb on the Cook Bros. handlebar:


Shortly thereafter, Cook Bros. added the new handlebar to their print ad, calling it the Slant-Bar:


So who was this F.W. McIntyre person whose name seems to never again have been used to promote what is considered a pretty legendary product?

Billy "William" McIntyre. So Cal hot-shoe. Goes waaay back in BMX, very talented racer. Raced a mono for years even after people had gone to hardtails

ABA says it better tho...

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He’s one of the least credited racers from the earliest days of BMX. He raced from 1974 to 1979. Since his dad owned a machine shop, he was always tinkering. He rode for the original Gary Littlejohn team during the mid 70’s. He was the first guinea pig for Addicks sprockets. He worked and rode for Cook Bros. racing for nearly five years, where he designed and developed such famous Cook Bros. Products like the FW “McIntyre” bars, clamp-on stem, and built-in chain tensioners for Cook Bros. He was one of the first guys to show up on a 26 inch cruiser and race on it. Inspired by motocross, Billy experimented with mono shocks throughout his career. He even raced one against current bikes of the day in 1978, on Weinart Mountain, Randal Ranch and Yarnell. Amazingly, he was competitive on a bike that was fifteen pounds heavier than everyone else’s bike.

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