I updated photos of my four builds. They are not studio-grade shots, but better than the ones I took previously. It would be great to see other member's complete collections as well.

*1980 GJS A Frame:



*1979 Robinson:



*1977 Cheetah:



*1980 Cook Bros:

stunning! i'm drooling over the GJS.
mike

Very nice!

killer bikes killer photos....

Now this is a post that's worth logging into the site to comment on...

Lookin' great. Do you consider the Cook done, yet?
The Cheetah almost steals the show, though.
cheers.

Great! these bikes are Awsome! great job!

Great stuff, here. Top notch collector articles and I would have to say the Cheetah, in fact, does steal the show. Given it's company, that certainly is a statement.

lay back posts IMO take away from the purity of design of virtually any bike especially a Cook with what appears to be Cook cranks, and I think this should be looked into.

I give honesty. The only suspect thing is the post. Everything is awesome.

awesome, awesome bikes.
but i have to concur, for what you could get for that cook post, you could buy the frame pads you desire.

You said to post ours.

This is two BMX bikes short and feeble by comparison:


http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/user/23310

Thanks...and nope, the CBR is still not complete. I want to find a non-aero Kashimax in blue to replace the Aero seat, and I still need that blasted frame pad.
If a set of blue or silver Reedy pedals comes around, the Helix ones will go away (I do love them, though).

The thing about the CBR seatpost - I, um...I really do like it. It's part of the whole Cook Bros innovation thing. The bars are CBR as well (and the cranks, BB, stem, hubs, seat post clamp, etc etc). In my day, sonny boy, that seat post was what we called trick.
The only Cook Bros item I will not be seeking out is a CBR number plate - I never liked them.

In the end, If you like the post and it's Cook and If you want to put it on a Rockford candidate, who are we to suggest otherwise?

You obviously know a thing or two about bikes and maybe we should just listen.

This was a huge compliment, BTW.

sorry for the tangent but on the subject of laid backs on old bikes:

Here is an example of a survivor sporting one, as ridden by a young teen. For the geometry involved the seat position feels great for an adult ride, too.



and here's another example where I indulged myself with exactly the bike I would have enjoyed owning circa 1982. (79 frame) Note that to get it dialed into perfect riding geometry for an adult required the laid back. (18.5 in TT)

that Robinson is still my favourite.

nice rides.

how do you get the vintage decals...like the ones on the cooks bros (two white ones)?

The Cook Bros stickers are all reproductions. I found them right here on this site ages ago. All my bikes have been a piece-meal process. The one which is closest to being done is the Robinson. I am still looking for a frame pad and an early MCS stem, but those are changes I can wait for. Thanks to Hemi-Dart (Al), I was able to get repro Robinson stickers. I put the Robinson stickers on the forks incorrectly, and will be changing them soon (Al - if your reading this - I have not forgotten I owe you some $$ for these).
Cook Bros (the current owners) are not cool with reproduction sticker sets, so grab them wherever you can find them.

I like the laid back posts as well, but I remember them causing cracks where the post slips into the frame. Thats the only reason I dont use 'em.

Sweet!!

Great bikes!

Cheetah fascinates me most - partly because I know virtually nothing about them and partly because the low slung frame looks so good.

If I were choosing though, I'd kindly take the GJS off of your hands.

Agree with others above, BITD I disliked laid back seatposts. They got in the way when jumping and bunnyhopping and they did put extra leverage on the seatmast/top tube joint that was known to enhance liklihood of cracking.

Great builds though.

By the way - I saw an MCS 6 bolt stem on ebay a few days ago, used good condition in blue. Might still be there but you probably want a red one!

There is not a lot of information out there on the Cheetah. What I can tell you is they were manufactured in Arizona in the mid-70s, and there were two versions - the Cheetah (mild steel) and the Super Cheetah (chromoly). The Super Cheetah did not use a seat post - you simply clamped the seat to the seat mast. Too tall? Hacksaw the thing to size!
Cheetah is the model name, and I believe Competitor is the brand name. The standard Cheetah was available in several off-beat colors like green, purple, orange and so on. The Super Cheetah was available either chrome or gold.
The Weinert frame is almost identical (twin top tubes, etc) but the gusset has a "w" cut out in it.
BMXaction did a test of the Super Cheetah and praised it for handling, weight, etc.
From what I have read here on VBMX, they tend to crack easily.
The bike I currently own is a replica of the one I had as a kid (my first BMX bike). I strayed with a couple components - the stem on my original bike was an Ashtabula, and the one on my current bike is Cook Bros. My original bike had yellow pads. This one has black.



No way, man.
No way.



Could be. My GJS had a CBR post, and it cracked right behind the seat post.




I saw that! It is tempting, but what I really want is a silver one.

66,

Thanks for taking the time to give me (and anyone else) who are Cheetah ignoramuses some history - it looks ahead of it's time, styling wise, though hacking a frametube to fit a seat seems a bit loopy!

Thought you might decline on GJS.

Could strip the MCS back?

Everytime something good comes up I've been watching for, for months/years no spare cash. It's the pits, now's probably the best time in the world to buy anything!

Those are most rad!

JP

i've heard this before.
Thing is, it's kind of a crude frame. The gussets have no style. They seem like an afterthought. The welds are ok, and the thing weighs a lot. I suppose for the 1970s, it was a bit advanced, geometry-wise.
Nonetheless, I absolutely love the thing.

The pedals on the Cheetah and the Robinson, KKT Lightnings? I had them pedals on those bikes and I remember having KKT's but just cant put the two together if there the same thing/name.

why is every GJS photo deleted from Photobucket?

That is a Cook Bros. seat post. OME!

Wow - this is one old thread.

That seat post is a real CBR product - it still has the etched logo on it. All those bikes have been updated since the pictures were taken, and two more have been added to the stable (Patterson and JMC).
I suspect I may have to take new pics when I am able to come up for air.

Great bikes and pics. I really like the cheetah