Look cool, be cool with a beach cruiser or a lowrider.
New car models come out every year. When you look at them, can you really tell the difference between them? You could do that in the 1950s, for sure, but today? No, they mostly look the same.
That isn’t the case with bicycles. Bicycling is more popular than ever, and new models are being brought out every year for any type of interest from road bikes to mountain bikes and everything in between.
Two of the newest styles gaining interest among a larger group of fans are the beach cruisers and the lowriders.
A lowrider bike is exactly what it sounds like – a bike that hugs the ground. The highest points these kinds of bikes are the handgrips, and the seat is down at wheel level. Indeed, the pedals are sometimes higher than the seat. It looks like a Harley Davidson! That’s why it’s also called a “chopper bike” or a “muscle bike.”
These lowriders got their start in the Chicano-American community, but are starting to pick up their popularity with the mainstream. It’s all about style. Most lowriders have the banana seat made famous by the...