Dear oh dear mini are in on the act

looks like a uni pack

http://www.bikebiz.com/news/30594/Cooper-Car-Company-opens-bicycle-branch

http://cooperbikes.com/

my bets are on honda or subaru doing something next

ohhhh we could have a sweapstakes

Fuckin Jesus! Coming to a Foxtons near you......

don't get cooper mixed up with the new fangled bmw mini
coopers were the old school british motors and they made some darn fine minis back in the day

the 1275 cooper s was one of the cars
touring car racing / rally

competed against the big boys and still came out on top

it won't show me anything.
just asks for my email, and then says thankyou.
no photos.

looks like a uni pack

Yep, couldn't link the image here but its on their twitpic.

More info - customisable unipack.

*Each bike will feature the classic Cooper badge. Customers will be able to build their own bike on the website by choosing the frame size, colour, seat, rims and handle-bars.

As well as the special edition classic Cooper Racing Green, frames will come in metallic blue, silver, gloss black or white. Each frame will be numbered and each bike will be issued with a card that details the purchase and allows customers services to log any queries or problems.

Priced from £299, the bikes will be delivered to customers within three days of order.*

this rules!
it kinda feels like cars sales are plummeting so they start making bikes

like this:
bike company starts adding motors= motor bikes + some more wheels = car company
sit back for a few years till imminent climate crisis and global recession and watch the pattern fall back the other way

sorry im not to articulate today

i just saw the photo.
it has unipack wheels.... my heart is officially broken.
i loved my old mini, and wanted a cooper works kit on it soooo bad.
WAC.

john cooper will be turning in his grave ( if he's dead that is ) !

wel i will take back what i said if they are shit bikes, shit bikes are never a good thing, where are the pictures?

What the fuck? Unipack??? and £100 more than originally.

Smeear - here's their photo;

Looks like the Plug lalalalal

crying shame isn't it? Since it come from an actual company', no doubt they'll recieved a lots of unipack rider demanding money back after it break.

ah well, they'll have to learn the hard way not to choose the easy option.

Oh sweet mother of god.

Why on earth have they set their sights so low? Since they are trading on a brand with racing heritage and reputation for quality, why aim straight for the bottom end of shitdom?

Surely even the biggest hipster fule knows that £300 bike is going to be a teensy weensy bit crap.
Just look at the price of some basic but usable wheels, bars saddle, post, stem, cranks etc, add it up take it away from £300 take away some profit and ask yourself how good is £50 frame going to be?

Poor buggers must be desperate.

W.A.C

What the fuck? Unipack??? and £100 more than originally.

Smeear - here's their photo;

hah, I wrote a lengthy comment about choosing that specific bike, about how poorly constructed it is and it's part are prone to breaking, referring it to the even cheaper Unipack.

they removed that entire post that has the picture.

Ah cheers Ed, didn't get to see it now did I :(

;)

it's just a standard black unipack with silver wheel but with a bullhorn bar, literally look like a black Charge Plug

:( That's disappointing... I love Cooper... Hopefully they'll come out with something worthwhile later on...

*Each frame will be numbered and each bike will be issued with a card that details the purchase and allows customers services to log any queries or problems.

*If it is a unipack customer services are goin to be inundated..

"My chain snapped, what should I do?"

"There are strange noises coming from my bottom bracket, is that something to worry about?"

"My wheels are bent, can you help?" etc.

If that's what the cooper brand has come to that's tragic. I lusted after a proper John Cooper cooper as a teenager and they made some really nice bits. Why do all these brands have to be brought to shit?

Twitter fail:
http://twitter.com/cooperbikes

Me with the first ever Mini. Note child-like grin.

Twitter fail:
http://twitter.com/cooperbikes

Dismal.

"Just been to the city...so many cool fixies around!"

Is that the best the dude at the PR company could come up with?!

Mini Coopers were the bollox. My mate had a 1275GTs Cooper. We took the whole thing apart in his kitchen one summer.

If I have a daughter, the poor thing is gonna be called Mini (guess my surname)

Imagine seeing those Foxton twats cycling around Shoreditch on their bikes.

Dismal.

"Just been to the city...so many cool fixies around!"

Is that the best the dude at the PR company could come up with?!

I always wondered what pr people do. Thats it? Hyping up a product with fake "down with the kids" crap?