Schwinn Cruiser Bike

Look cool, be cool with a beach cruiser or a lowrider. New automobile models come out each year. When you look at them, are you able to truly spot the difference between them? You might do that in the 1950s, for sure, but today? No, they often look the same. That isn't the case with bicycles. Bicycling is more popular than ever, and new models are being brought out each year for any sort of interest from road bikes to mountain bikes and everything between.

2 of the latest styles gaining interest among a bigger group of fans are the beach cruisers and the lowriders. A lowrider bike is precisely what it sounds like - a bike that cuddles the ground. The highest points these types of bikes are the handgrips, and the seat is down at wheel level. Indeed, the pedals are occasionally higher than the seat. It seems like a Harley Davidson! That's the reason why it is also called a "chopper bike" or a "muscle bike." These lowriders got their start in the Chicano-American community, but are beginning to pick up their recognition with the main line. 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 a culture of their own and their bikes are custom creations to show off their personalities.

Like the lowrider is the beach cruiser. Remember the Stingray bike of the 1950s and 60s? That is the forerunner of the beach cruiser. It's sometimes a single speed bike, and the brake levers aren't on the handlebars, they are at your feet. The pedals, that is to assert. They are called coaster brakes, which suggests you have to reverse pedal to decelerate or stop. Cruiser bikes have what's called balloon tires to go over packed sand - thus the name, beach cruiser.

Like any other bike you care to name, the beach cruiser comes in styles designed for men, women and youngsters. Nearly each major bike manufacturer makes one cruiser model, and there are new makers out there. Check out Electra, Nirve, Kustom Kruiser, and Aero-Fast before you make any decision on what sort of cruiser to purchase. To take only one example, Nirve has many styles of Cruisers to make a choice from, and you can take a look at the styles and specs at their site. The "Classic" series includes the Classic, the Fifty-Three, the Knuckle, the Kilroy, and the Forty-Nine. Cool names, but you will have to scope them out to determine if you like them. Their Islander series contains the Sunflower, the Island Flower, and the Lahaina. As you could expect, these bikes are embellished with paintings of flowers on the frame! These bikes are for girls or ladies, and have three speeds. So if you're searching for a little different biking experience, try the lowriders or the cruisers, and you might like what you see.