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08-14-09, 07:40 PM
What happened to Kooka? i used to love their cranks and componets back in the 90s. Did they got belly up or did they get bought up and turned into junk?
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scrublover
08-15-09, 08:01 PM
Belly up around the same time many other CNC houses died. Partially from a lot of competition, partially from some QC issues. I think the name may have been bought out after. Not sure though.
PlatyPius
08-15-09, 08:03 PM
They got bought out first. I was dealing with Kooka in the late 90s, early 2000s and they were owned by some company in Utah who had bought them. I left the bike biz for I.T. in 2001. When I came back in 2007, they were gone.
kenhill3
08-15-09, 09:29 PM
I'm thinking that Kooka had some cranks available in Rasta anodized.
Here:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8WFnoErtf38/SgdFp4OCFEI/AAAAAAAAA7A/QmZHV7y3JeY/s400/!BRjiOd!BGk~$%28KGrHgoOKj8EjlLmVnm%29BJ-l20yjP!~~_3.jpg
I remember another one around the same time, Caramba (I have one of their ball caps):
http://www.mtb-channel.net/media/Image/userupload_160_1228998067500px.JPG
Here:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8WFnoErtf38/SgdFp4OCFEI/AAAAAAAAA7A/QmZHV7y3JeY/s400/!BRjiOd!BGk~$%28KGrHgoOKj8EjlLmVnm%29BJ-l20yjP!~~_3.jpg
I remember another one around the same time, Caramba (I have one of their ball caps):
http://www.mtb-channel.net/media/Image/userupload_160_1228998067500px.JPG