Express your personality with a Cruiser Lowrider beach Look cool, be cool with a car track or a lowrider.
new car models come out each year. When you look, you can really make the difference between them? You could do that in the 1950s, of course, but today? No, they mostly look the same.
This is not the case with bicycles. Cycling is more popular than ever, and new models are highlighted each year for any type of interest of road bikes to mountain biking and everything else.
Two of the newest styles creates an interest among a larger group of fans are beach cruisers and lowriders.
A lowrider bike is exactly what it sounds like - a bike that runs along the ground. The highlights of these cycles are handles and the seat is down at the wheel. Indeed, the pedals are sometimes higher than the seat. It looks like a Harley Davidson! Therefore, it is also called a bicycle chopper bike or muscle. "
These lowriders made their debut in the Chicano American community, but they begin to seek their popularity with the general public. It's all about style. Most lowriders have the banana seat made famous by the Schwinn Stingray of yore, "excessive" chrome, "overspoked" wheels, and fur. Lowriders have their own culture and their bikes are custom creations to show their personality.
Aztlan Bicycle is the number one global lowrider bike - at least according to their website. They were certainly among the first firms to exit the lowrider.
Similar to the lowrider is the beach cruiser. Remember the Stingray bike 1950s and 60s? It is the precursor of beach cruiser. It is usually a single speed bike, and brake levers are not on the handlebars, they are at your feet. The pedals, that is to say. They are called coaster brakes, which means that you reverse pedal to slow or stop. Cruiser bikes have what is called balloon tires to go over packed sand - hence the name beach cruiser.
Like any other bike you care to name, the beach cruiser comes in styles designed for men, women and children.
Almost every major bike manufacturer makes at least one cruiser model, and there are new manufacturers on the market. Check Electra, Nirve, Kustom Kruise and Aero-Fast before taking any decision on the type of cruiser to buy.
To take one example, has several styles Nirve cruise to choose, and you can check out the styles and specifications on their website.
The "Classic" series consists of the Classic, the fifty-three, articulation, Kilroy, and forty-nine. cool names, but you will have opportunities to see if you like.
Their series consists of the islands of the sunflower, the flower of the island, and Lahaina. As expected, these bikes are decorated with paintings of flowers on the frame! These bikes are girls or women, and have three speeds.
So if you are looking for a slightly different cycling experience, visit the lowrider or cruiser, and would like what you see.
Posted on May 17, 2010.