Fantastic results, Jason!
Frank and I were riding our True Torch replicas down in Newport Beach the other day, and we ran into an older couple who had bought their Cook Bros Cruisers from Gary Cook back in the 80’s.
Unfortunately, he had repainted his, but hers was still completely original from the day they had bought them.
We were mentioning some of the recent auction results for those bikes, and they were stunned.
To them, they were just the cherished bikes that they’ve owned for years, and didn’t seem too interested in selling them at any price.
The husband said, that his bike wasn’t available, because he wasn’t dead yet. Lol!
Nice couple of bikes and an even nicer couple of proud owners.
After riding my replica around for a few weeks, I can certainly see why these bikes have such a loyal following.
I was more of a Sting-Ray generation kid, so the whole BMX thing kind of flew right by me.
So, it’s fun to see how much excitement these bikes generate when we ride the ocean front bike path these days.
A lot of reminiscing going on, from the older BMX crowd.
$25,000 for an old beach cruiser is most certainly a very respectable result.
Congrats to all of the BMX faithful.