Lowrider Bike
The lowrider bicycle was largely an imitation of the lowrider car. The designs were taken and adapted to suit a bicycle. And haven’t these young people done well.
Lowrider bikes as we know them first appeared in the1960s. They had been around before this, but with the advent of television during this period; it just took off. This type of lowrider bike featured a long banana shaped seat. Tall, wide handle bars known as ‘ape hangers’. At the rear end was a bar that rose from either side of the axle to above the side of the seat. This piece of apparatus was nicknamed ‘sissy bar’.
On a lowrider bike the brightly colored paint work was as professional as you would ever see on any lowrider car. And oh yes, an abundance of chrome is forever present. Chrome that sparkled as the sun reflected off it. If you watch this demonstration you may want to buy a lowrider bike.
As far as the official origin of lowrider bikes goes it is something like this. They have always been around. But their first documented proof was on a television show known as ‘The Munsters’. Eddie Munster rode one and from his lowrider bicycles appearance on national television every kid wanted one.
And of course so they did. If there wasn’t enough money to buy one then the ingenious built one from scratch. The lowrider bicycle is very much like its counterpart the lowrider car. Both show an expression of a person’s creativity. It reveals their dedication to an artistic form and style. I think lowrider bicycles are going to be around for a few more years yet.
Lowrider bicycles also helped bridge the generation gap. Grandpa and father would work together with a young teen to get their lowrider bike ready. But then cars came into the equation and junior was on his own.
The lowrider bicycle can be dressed up. There are a whole lot of accessories available. Things like dual mirrors, chrome wheels, twisted handle bars, dice valve caps and painted murals.