Best race Bike Ever

[shamrock stable]

you had to have a cheetah. you were at a disadvantage if you didnt, then campbell fucked it up for everyone.

[Mailbox Money]

The Chicago...The underslung....mid 70s

Didn't Joe King come out with a "Underslung" also or was he from Chi-town?

[Jazzman]

love the old tel stars still use them to train

[jupiter]

The King was first, I think then the Nassau. Not to far apart, if ya didn't have one you weren't going anywhere. The Cheetah was the fastest bike ever, rattled so much it scared the hell out of them. great for the boot. Love to see one on any of the good 3 yr olds and see what they'd do, with Steve's Wheels.

[ryansdad]

     Curt Watson Cheetah was was greatest face bike by far

[shotgunner]

The cheetah is probably the fastest bike of all time. UFO is probably the best going right now but a cheetah would still probably be faster.

[Lance]

It was a big move going to a metal bike....wood shafts used to get soft and warp...and nobody likes that.  Metal shafts stay hard for ever....and when you are staring at a big butt you want to make sure everything is hard.

[shamrock stable]

wasnt stein the guy behind the cheetah and the black jack?

[Grandstand Handicapper]

Curt Watson

[Meadow Ford]

IMHO
The Rolls-Royce of race bikes was The Houghton Faber circa Bret Hanover/ Frank Ervin.
All wood shafts, arch, and forks.
Put a padded cushion on the rattan seat and it was the most comfordable ride on the track. It just seemed to ride with you like a giant shock absorber.
The Houghton Faber went out of favor when Stanley Dancer started exclusively using the Jeralds with the wood shafts, and metal arch.

[Harness Stats]

It was a big move going to a metal bike....wood shafts used to get soft and warp...and nobody likes that.  Metal shafts stay hard for ever....and when you are staring at a big butt you want to make sure everything is hard.

The most appropriate thing you ever wrote.   

[kantseeback]

Wasn't there a bike called the Watson around the time of the cheetah. Back in the early 90's a friend I had at YR told me some drivers at the Meadows were using a bike called the Watson.

[kantseeback]

It was a big move going to a metal bike....wood shafts used to get soft and warp...and nobody likes that.  Metal shafts stay hard for ever....and when you are staring at a big butt you want to make sure everything is hard.

Way back in the day I saw one of those wooden shaft bikes get involved in a racing accident, a horse ran 2 laps around the track with no driver and kicked one of those bikes to smithereens, splintered wood everywhere.
I saw it happen live at Monticello.

[shamrock stable]

There was a company called super sulky that was the Cheetah. Watson and Stein must of been partners. They really kinda got screwed.

[jupiter]

How about the carbon fiber thing Campbell liked, didn't last long. When the Blackjack came out it was the had to have bike.