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New automobile models come out each and every year. When you look at them, can you truly inform the difference amongst them? You could do that in the 1950s, for positive, but right now? No, they mostly search the exact same.

That is not the case with bicycles. Bicycling is 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 every little thing in in between.

Two of the newest...

Look cool, be cool with a beach cruiser or a lowrider.

New vehicle models come out every year. When you look at them, can you really inform the difference between them? You could do that in the 1950s, for sure, but nowadays? No, they mostly look the identical.

That is not the case with bicycles. Bicycling is much more popular than ever, and new models are being brought out each year for any kind of interest from road bikes to mountain bikes and anything in amongst.

Two of the newest types gaining interest among a more substantial group of fans are the beach cruisers and the lowriders.

A lowrider bike is precisely what it sounds like - a bike that hugs the ground. The highest factors these sorts of bikes are the handgrips, and the seat is down at wheel level. Indeed, the pedals are occasionally larger than the seat. It looks like a Harley Davidson! That's why it is also called a "chopper bike" or a "muscle bike."

These lowriders got their commence in the Chicano-American neighborhood, but are beginning to pick up their recognition 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 quantity a single lowrider bike organization - at least according to their internet site. They undoubtedly have been 1 of the 1st businesses 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 is the forerunner of the beach cruiser. It really is generally a single speed bicycle, and the brake levers aren't on the handlebars, they're at your feet. The pedals, that is to say. They're referred to as coaster brakes, which indicates you have to reverse pedal to slow down or quit. Cruiser bikes have what is known as balloon tires to go more than packed sand - hence the name, beach cruiser.

Like any other bike you care to name, the beach cruiser comes in styles created for guys, females and children.

Practically every single main bike manufacturer makes at least a single cruiser model, and there are new manufacturers out there. Examine out Electra, Nirve, Kustom Kruiser, and Aero-Quickly ahead of you make any selection on what kind of cruiser to buy.

To take just a single example, Nirve has numerous styles of Cruisers to select from, and you can examine out the designs and specifications at their internet site.

The "Classic" series consists of the Traditional, the Fifty-Three, 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 well expect, these bikes are decorated with paintings of flowers on the frame! These bikes are for girls or ladies, and have three speeds.

So if you're hunting for a tiny distinct biking knowledge, examine out the lowriders or the cruisers, and you may well like what you see.