Cooper Bikes, the bike subsidiary of Cooper Car Company, the maker behind the original Mini Cooper, has just unveiled four new electric bikes frame steel with a resolutely vintage design. They incorporate the Zehus Gen2n 40 Nm motor in the rear hub which also incorporates the 173 Wh battery. As a result, these Cooper Bikes have theair classic muscle bikes.
L’autonomy advertised is 60 km for all models. Those electric bikes have the particularity of integrating a recovery system of thekinetic energy (SREC) which operates downhill and engine braking. According to the brand, it ” play a role in battery life without knowing the exact extent.
In the range, we start with the Cooper CS-1E, a single speed driven by a Gates belt at 2,399 euros. We continue with the Cooper CL-7E, a low step-over model aimed at female cyclists. This VAE at seven gears cut for the city with rear rack and mudguards costs 2,499 euros. It is available in a straight frame version (Cooper CG-7E) with similar services and prices. We end with the Cooper CR-7E which takes up the frame of the Cooper CG-7E but with a sportier handlebar and the possibility of attaching luggage to the front. It is billed at 2,799 euros.
Cooper Bikes was born in 2009 and expanded to electric bikes in 2017 through a partnership with the German brand TechniBike.