Lowrider Bikes
Lowrider Bikes
Lowrider bikes, just like the lowrider cars, are classic pieces of art. They are often associated with the Southern California beach lifestyle and categorized with beach cruisers. It’s well known that the Schwinn Sting-Ray has been the most popular model for lowrider builders since it hit the market in the 1960s. It remained popular throughout the next decade.
However, the BMX rage in the 1980s took over the mainstream market, but there were still those who remained devoted to the older bikes. The lowrider bike trend returned in the 1990s and has peddled beyond Southern California into the rest of the country. The old Schwinn Sting-Rays are now collectables with a high value. With bright multi-layer jobs and plenty of options for customized parts, today’s lowrider bikes have become anything but ordinary.
Lowrider bike parts are added to the bikes for both style and function, since these are both important traits in the custom lowrider. Chrome is heavily featured on these bikes for shine. Chain link high handle bars and spoke wire wheel sets are popular modifications. The banana seat is also a staple on lowrider bicycles. Other popular accessories include horns, rims, mirrors and handle bar grips. Some owners even add sound systems, and there’s very interesting and entertaining examples footage of these elaborate bikes on YouTube.
If you’re interested in purchasing your own, there are now a lot of lowrider bikes for sale over the Internet. They range in value depending on the model and the customizations and may be bought from large retailers and independent designers. A more affordable option can be to purchase a kit with all the parts necessarily to turn a bicycle into a lowrider. Websites such as eHow have articles that will teach you how to turn building a lowrider bike into your next family project. You can then choose how much you want to invest in customizations.
Owners are proud to display these colorful bikes and enjoy expressing their creativity by investing in embellishments that transform their lowrider bikes into original creations. The only activity that might be for fun for the enthusiast than designing the lowrider bicycle is taking it out for a ride.