Cook Bros. Racing Alpine – Canadian Cycling Magazine

In 1972, Gary and Craig Cook began designing BMX bikes and parts. Two years later, Cook Bros. Racing was officially on the market. Since the brothers had a passion for race cars and backgrounds in engineering, they brought an understanding of materials and manufacturing processes largely absent in the BMX community at the time. By using aircraft steel and aluminum in an industry that was making bikes out of steel pipes similar to those used for plumbing, the materials-handling alone transformed the way bikes were made. They accomplished what very few other companies were able to achieve through their . . .