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| - | + | New automobile models come out each year. When you search at them, can you actually tell the difference amongst them? You could do that in the 1950s, for sure, but nowadays? No, they largely look the very same. | |
| - | + | That is not the case with bicycles. Bicycling is far more well-liked than ever, and new models are becoming brought out each year for any kind of interest from road bikes to mountain bikes and every thing in in between. | |
| - | + | Two of the newest... | |
| - | + | Look cool, be cool with a beach cruiser or a lowrider. | |
| - | + | New auto models come out each and every year. When you search at them, can you truly inform the distinction among them? You could do that in the 1950s, for certain, but nowadays? No, they largely look the identical. | |
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| + | That isn't the case with bicycles. Bicycling is much more well-known than ever, and new models are getting brought out every year for any kind of interest from road bikes to mountain bikes and anything in in between. | ||
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| + | Two of the newest designs gaining interest among a bigger group of fans are the beach cruisers and the lowriders. | ||
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| + | A lowrider bike is exactly what it sounds like - a bike that hugs the ground. The highest points these sorts of bikes are the handgrips, and the seat is down at wheel level. Indeed, the pedals are sometimes greater than the seat. It looks like a Harley Davidson! That is why it's also known as a "chopper bike" or a "muscle bike." | ||
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| + | These lowriders got their commence in the Chicano-American community, but are beginning to choose up their popularity with the mainstream. 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. | ||
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| + | Aztlan Bicycle is the world's number a single lowrider bike firm - at least according to their website. They undoubtedly had been a single of the initial organizations to come out with the lowrider. | ||
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| + | Equivalent to the lowrider is the beach cruiser. Keep in mind the Stingray bike of the 1950s and 60s? That's the forerunner of the beach cruiser. It is usually a single speed bicycle, and the brake levers are not on the handlebars, they are at your feet. The pedals, that is to say. They are known as coaster brakes, which indicates you have to reverse pedal to slow down or stop. Cruiser bikes have what is known as balloon tires to go over packed sand - therefore the name, beach cruiser. | ||
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| + | Like any other bike you care to name, the beach cruiser comes in designs created for men, women and youngsters. | ||
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| + | Almost every single major bike manufacturer makes at least a single cruiser model, and there are new manufacturers out there. Examine out Electra, Nirve, Kustom Kruiser, and Aero-Quick prior to you make any choice on what sort of cruiser to buy. | ||
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| + | To take just one particular instance, Nirve has several types of Cruisers to choose from, and you can check out the styles and specifications at their internet site. | ||
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| + | The "Classic" series consists of the Classic, the Fifty-3, the Knuckle, the Kilroy, and the Forty-Nine. Cool names, but you are going to have to scope them out to see if you like them. | ||
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| + | Their Islander series consists of the Sunflower, the Island Flower, and the Lahaina. As you may possibly anticipate, these bikes are decorated with paintings of flowers on the frame! These bikes are for girls or females, and have three speeds. | ||
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| + | So if you're seeking for a little various biking encounter, examine out the lowriders or the cruisers, and you may possibly like what you see. | ||
Revision as of 05:09, 23 November 2012
New automobile models come out each year. When you search at them, can you actually tell the difference amongst them? You could do that in the 1950s, for sure, but nowadays? No, they largely look the very same.
That is not the case with bicycles. Bicycling is far more well-liked than ever, and new models are becoming brought out each year for any kind of interest from road bikes to mountain bikes and every thing in in between.
Two of the newest...
Look cool, be cool with a beach cruiser or a lowrider.
New auto models come out each and every year. When you search at them, can you truly inform the distinction among them? You could do that in the 1950s, for certain, but nowadays? No, they largely look the identical.
That isn't the case with bicycles. Bicycling is much more well-known than ever, and new models are getting brought out every year for any kind of interest from road bikes to mountain bikes and anything in in between.
Two of the newest designs gaining interest among a bigger 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 sorts of bikes are the handgrips, and the seat is down at wheel level. Indeed, the pedals are sometimes greater than the seat. It looks like a Harley Davidson! That is why it's also known as a "chopper bike" or a "muscle bike."
These lowriders got their commence in the Chicano-American community, but are beginning to choose up their popularity with the mainstream. 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.
Aztlan Bicycle is the world's number a single lowrider bike firm - at least according to their website. They undoubtedly had been a single of the initial organizations to come out with the lowrider.
Equivalent to the lowrider is the beach cruiser. Keep in mind the Stingray bike of the 1950s and 60s? That's the forerunner of the beach cruiser. It is usually a single speed bicycle, and the brake levers are not on the handlebars, they are at your feet. The pedals, that is to say. They are known as coaster brakes, which indicates you have to reverse pedal to slow down or stop. Cruiser bikes have what is known as balloon tires to go over packed sand - therefore the name, beach cruiser.
Like any other bike you care to name, the beach cruiser comes in designs created for men, women and youngsters.
Almost every single major bike manufacturer makes at least a single cruiser model, and there are new manufacturers out there. Examine out Electra, Nirve, Kustom Kruiser, and Aero-Quick prior to you make any choice on what sort of cruiser to buy.
To take just one particular instance, Nirve has several types of Cruisers to choose from, and you can check out the styles and specifications at their internet site.
The "Classic" series consists of the Classic, the Fifty-3, the Knuckle, the Kilroy, and the Forty-Nine. Cool names, but you are going to have to scope them out to see if you like them.
Their Islander series consists of the Sunflower, the Island Flower, and the Lahaina. As you may possibly anticipate, these bikes are decorated with paintings of flowers on the frame! These bikes are for girls or females, and have three speeds.
So if you're seeking for a little various biking encounter, examine out the lowriders or the cruisers, and you may possibly like what you see.
