Cooper Bikes
  • newfixnewfix February 13

    Just found Cooper Bikes
    All look like expensive versions of that nice conversion I saw at St. Enoch's the other day....

  • newfixnewfix February 13

    They seem to have gone from car tuning kits to bikes - am I missing something?

  • john.stonejohn.stone February 13

    [quote][cite] newfix:[/cite]They seem to have gone from car tuning kits to bikes - am I missing something?

    only the fact that some marketing guy has picked up the brand and applied it to a bike that'll sit next to the loathesome BMW 'Mini' in the showroom for trendy young folks to buy as a rooftop accessory for the summer months.

  • 19031903 February 13

    I'd certainly epect better than 531 for 850 quid.

  • mechanical_vandalmechanical_vandal February 13

    Unipack + brooks = Cooper.

  • john.stonejohn.stone February 13

    [quote][cite] mechanical_vandal:[/cite]Unipack + brooks = Cooper.

    probably spot on.

  • rabsdarabsda February 14

    you don't even get any clips and straps for your 800 notes

  • Johnny+CrashJohnny Crash February 14

    Also, they're 520, not 531....

  • Johnny+CrashJohnny Crash February 14

    [quote][cite] john.stone:[/cite]

    only the fact that some marketing guy has picked up the brand and applied it to a bike that'll sit next to the loathesome BMW 'Mini' in the showroom for trendy young folks to buy as a rooftop accessory for the summer months.

    Add to that they're calling it 'The New British Fixie.' See? You see now, hmmm?

  • john.stonejohn.stone February 14

    [quote][cite] Johnny Crash:[/cite]

    Add to that they're calling it 'The New British Fixie.' See? You see now, hmmm?

    Yup, I see. Marketeers? wankers more like....

  • Johnny+CrashJohnny Crash February 14

    [quote][cite] john.stone:[/cite]

    Yup, I see. Marketeers? wankers more like....

    Almost - I understand there's a place for marketing but I'm sure the very first person to use the term fixie was in an office and not on a bike...

  • pidjen February 14

    i read this thread as copper bikes and thought surely not. i still have a vision of a plumbing piping bike.

  • Johnny+CrashJohnny Crash February 14

    [quote][cite] pidjen:[/cite]i read this thread as copper bikes and thought surely not. i still have a vision of a plumbing piping bike.

    There's a few copper plated bicycles around already although I'm pretty sure none of them are made with actual copper piping... That of course, may be for a reason!

  • euaneuan February 14

    copper tubed bike? Sounds like something Raleigh had for the 80s.

  • Johnny+CrashJohnny Crash February 14

    [quote][cite] euan:[/cite]copper tubed bike? Sounds like something Raleigh had for the 80s.

    There was a pair (maybe a matched set) of Wilier copper plated bikes on ebay before Christmas.

  • JoshvegasJoshvegas February 14

    there is a wooden bike with copper lugs somewhere I saw a photo once. but it is a stupid idea as copper is far to soft.

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