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The LowRider Bicycle, Low Rider Bike, Banana Seat Bicycles all have their origins to the late sixties. Your Low Rider Bike can include mirrors, tachometers, extended forks and more. Let us know what accesories you need for your Low Rider Bike and we will get them for you.

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Don't forget to check out our Beach Cruiser section.

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LowRider Bicycles have become a fashion statement. Many people place extra lights on their LowRider Bicycles including the Glow LIghts shown on our Category Page. Lights set a LowRider apart. Many people will also add a tach to their LowRider Bicycle and some have gone so far as to equip their LowRider Bicycle with sound systems

LowRider Bicycles are more of a statement of fashion than a utility instrument used to get from place A to B as in the old days. Eddie Munster was one of the first televised LowRider Bicyclist on Television. Since then most TV shows have a LowRider Bicycle, Chopper bicycle or Beach Cruiser Bicycle to show style and fashion for the show. In the 1980s LowRider Bicycles and Chopper Bicycle took a plunge in sales as Mountain Bicycles became the rage of the country. Offering multiple speeds and a method to take advantage of the next generation of technology Mountain Bicycles developed special cushions that led to the Full Suspension Mountain Bike.

Some thirty years later LowRider Bicycles, Beach Cruisers and Chopper Bicycles are back in full swing. The Internet has become the place to purchase a LowRider Bicycle.

Click Here to be taken to our huge selection of LowRider Bicycles Other than a few shops most local bike shops still hold to the Mountain Bicycle as their stable of profitability and have not been able to react to the Lowrider Bicycle demand. Online catalogs of LowRider bicycle abound and online communities allow LowRider Bicycle groups to post pictures of their bikes as they evolve from day to day.

HERE IS A GREAT ARTICLE ON LOWRIDER BICYCLES AND THE LOWRIDER BICYCLE COMMUNITIES

Lowrider Bikes: A Way of Life

Want to make a Lowrider bike? Here's what it might cost:

$210 Basic bike
$150 Body work
$500 Murals
$ 16 Tires
$ 60 Baby D rims
$ 45 Steering Wheel
$250 Hydraulics

Lowrider Bikes: A Way of Life

Biker clubs promote fancy styles and family values
By ROBERT LOWE and HOPE CASTRO
Q'bo Knights News Service
Dream On is a $4,000 Lowrider bike. Covered with murals of dragons and wizard girls, this bike also has hydraulics, fancy "Baby D" rims, and is lavishly upholstered. It belongs to Irma Villa, a member of Nemesis, a local Lowrider bike club. Her first bike was 14 karat gold, and is now "retired".

Why do people spend $4,000 on a bicycle? "A Lowrider is more then a bike. It's a culture," says Lilian Robles of the Raza Unida Club, who with her sisters hosts a popular Chicano-oriented radio show on KXCI. "Lowriding is pride which comes from the corazón (heart). It is an important part of our Chicano community. We of the Raza Unida Club are trying to break the stereotype of Lowriders as gangsters and educate ourselves and the community."

For her efforts with Raza Unida, Robles recently received a Can-Do Community Award. The Raza Unida Club works on many projects and presentations at middle and high schools in Tucson. This club has 30 members, from about 9 to 29 years of age. Raza Unida has existed since 1992 and is best known for its wide range of ages, its bikes and most of all, its love of "La Raza".

"A Lowrider bike is a bike modified to enhance a low profile," explains Bobby Herrera, one of the owners of Ajo Bikes on South 12th. Ajo Bikes caters to the lowrider bike community. "Lowrider bikes are worth anywhere from $400- $1,000, and much more with after-market customizing. About 15% of our business is to Lowrider bikers."

The clubs in this community include Nemesis, Camaradas, Wicked Style, and Raza Unida. "I get a sense of security having my children in this club. It keeps them busy and out of trouble. We travel together everywhere around Arizona and we are going to New Mexico soon," says Joe Villa. "The kids do all the work putting their bikes together including custom paint and upholstery. Every chance they get to do hands on work, they take it. Helping each other is important in order to reach our goals." Villa and his club have won 37 trophies.

"My dream Lowrider bike would be an all gold three wheeler with a mural of a joker on the back and graphics everywhere," says Andres West, an 8th grade student at Wakefield and a member of Raza Unida. "I'd upholster the seat, add twisted forks and hydraulics. It would have a sound system-the best- and Baby Dalton rims with 20 inch white wall tires. That's my dream Lowrider!" In reality West's bike is purple and chrome with Baby D's. "I like being in the club because these bikes are cool and when you finish customizing your bike, you get to go around and show it off," he concludes.

"I'm not in a club but I like putting Lowrider bikes together," says Sam Castro, a fifth grader at Corbett. "It's like putting a model car together. There are so many pieces and instructions to follow in order for it to come out the way you want it to."

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Then there is this story on Beach Cruisers from the New York Times

Beach Cruisers Sign In to E-Mail This Printer-Friendly Reprints Save Article By BRAD MISKELL Published: July 15, 2005 VENICE, Calif. YOU begin noticing them before you ever reach the beach: The opalescent baby blue cruiser with pink rims and whitewalls in front of the yoga studio on Main Street, its flip-flop-wearing owner removing her mat from its wicker basket. The matte black and solid chrome cruisers, draped with young men in mesh-back caps, clustered outside the local dive on Washington Boulevard. At Windward Avenue an art girl in thrift-store couture pedals past, a Paul Frank monkey mugging from her bike's shiny red frame. These days it seems beach cruisers catch your eye everywhere you go in Venice, even at the beach. Skip to next paragraph Enlarge This Image Stephanie Diani for The New York Times EASY RIDES Cruisers, like these in Venice Beach, Calif., are ideal for flat areas. That's saying something at Venice Beach, where people think nothing of seeing a man in a loincloth balanced precariously atop a stepladder as he attempts to charm a hydra-headed rubber cobra. It takes more than a pink and purple Hello Kitty cruiser to cause a stir here. Or so the family out for a ride on four conspicuously detailed vintage cruisers appears to think. The bicycles, styled like those popular in the 1950's - with fat tires that can handle sand, wide handlebars, cushy seats and coaster brakes - have been known as beach cruisers or just plain cruisers since the 60's and 70's. Schwinn finally came out with a model named the Cruiser in 1980. And for years they were fairly utilitarian. Some owners didn't mind their bikes rusting in the salt air. The worse they looked, the less likely they were to be stolen, the thinking went. And so, on boardwalks, campuses and studio back-lots across Southern California, the humble cruiser became a fixture. Now, flashy cruisers have become a fixation. Bike stores in the area report a noticeable surge in cruiser sales in the last year or so. At many shops, they've become best sellers. Bike Attack's new bike boutique on Main Street in Santa Monica has sold between 100 and 200 each month since opening in January. Design is widely credited for the boom. "Before a few years ago, if you wanted a cruiser, you basically chose between the red or blue one," said Scott McPherson, manager of Helen's Cycles on Lincoln Boulevard in Venice. "With the range of cruisers now available, many more people are buying." The new bikes come in a dazzling array of colors and styles. Ten-coat paint jobs and flaring fenders are common. "I love the Hawaiian flowers and the butterfly on the seat," said Nancy Keller Bacon, 42, of Venice, out for a seaside ride aboard her gleaming new aquamarine cruiser. For baby boomers in particular, the new cruisers are the bikes they dreamed of as children. "The retro factor was the big appeal," Ms. Bacon said. FOR some, cruisers are retro-chic, for others, nostalgic. Makers offer models reminiscent of old woody wagons or with names like Roadster. The bikes recall a simpler time, when cars, smog and sprawl hadn't seriously endangered the Southern California idyll of orange groves and endless summers. Cruising past sandcastles and surf breaks seems to return some of that. "Getting out, enjoying the lifestyle, that's what it's all about," said John Michela, 41, of Valencia, whose family regularly drives the hour to the beach for rides on rare cruisers that he painstakingly restores. Today, his orange metal-flake Dyno Cruiser, with its motorcyclelike "tank," attracts many admirers. Cruisers are uncomplicated, appealing to those overwhelmed by 27 gears and rampant technology. And they're comfortable: They have wide seats and, sitting upright, riders can relax and enjoy the scenery instead of bending forward uncomfortably. The Townie made by Electra is designed so that riders can always touch the ground yet still extend their legs when pedaling, a feature that attracts reluctant cyclists. Cost often seals the deal. Though the Electra Townie is $470, other jazzy new cruisers go for as little as $129. Many cost around $250, less than a tenth the price of some fancy road bikes. At such prices, almost anyone can ride in style - which can be a source of amusement. "They're easy impulse buys," said Kitty Monsalud, an owner of Bike Attack. "Some girls see them as accessories, like a pair of shoes." Not everyone finds that so amusing. "Surfing is so 'in,' " said Cybele O'Brien, 35, a surfer and a Venice native. The bikes "are just another prop for people affecting the lifestyle." In the end, though, no matter why you glide down the beach or the street, standing on the pedals of a cruiser it's hard not to feel, well, a little like a kid again. Ms. O'Brien long ago attached a sparkly, battery-powered wand to her cruiser's basket: Even for skeptics, riding a beach cruiser can be magical.PRICE GUARANTEE: We will not be undersold on any Beach Cruiser .

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Beach Cruisers bring comfort and style to bicycle riding. From the early times in the 1950's where bicycling became a family event manufactures of Beach Cruisers have striven to provide a Beach Cruiser ride that includes large bicycle comfort seats, handlebars that were easy to navigate and oversized tires for extra cushion.

After a dry spell full of mountain bikes and racing bikes the beach cruiser has come back.

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Today's designs are faithful to the early bikes but have added cheerful colors such as Pink Beach Cruisers, Mint Green Beach Cruisers, Purple Beach Cruisers, Chrome Beach Cruisers, Yellow Beach Cruisers, and then the usual Black Beach Cruiser, Red Beach Cruiser and Blue Beach Cruiser. Most are made of Hi-Ten Steel but a few are being made of aluminum and other light weight products.

While the beach cruisers purpose is primarily for comfort and style a few beach cruisers are being made with multiple gears including some three speeds with an internal hub. These multi geared bikes allow the rider to travel in more varied terrain and almost all beach cruisers will allow the rider to attach a basket.

Check out our testimonial section to learn how your friends and neighbors feel about their beach cruisers. Soon we will add a page where you can upload a picture of you and your beach cruiser.

Often we are ask what type of beach cruiser should I purchase and what size bike should I ride. Typically the type of beach cruiser that you ride is determined by the terrain that you will be riding in, the climate you are riding your beach cruiser in and the inseam on your pants. For example if you will be riding your beach cruiser in hilly country then you might want to consider a multi speed beach cruiser. If you will be riding your beach cruiser where rain is frequent then you probably should consider a beach cruiser with fenders so that the rain from your beach cruisers tires is not thrown back on you when you ride. As for the size of your beach cruiser most frames will be either 17 inches or 19 inches. However, unless you are extremely tall or extremely short the frame size will be less of a factor than the question of whether your pant inseam has enough inches to clear the beach cruisers cross bar. For example if your pants inseam is 24 and the beach cruisers cross bar is 26 then you will want to try a smaller beach cruiser. In our online beach cruiser shop we carry both 24 inch beach cruisers and 26 inch beach cruisers.

Most importantly, for most people, is how is the look and the feel of the bike. Be sure to select one that will set you apart from the crowd and something that you will be pleased with for years to come!!! Happy Riding!Beach Cruiser Bicyclist!

As for quality and reliability be sure to pay special attention to our Firmstrong Bicycles and Firmstrong Bikes. These bikes are made in Taiwan of exceptional parts and attention to detail. They are one of our most reliable bikes and carry the 5 star bicyclist stamp of endorsement. Firmstrong Bikes include Urban Bicycle, Urban Pro Bicycle, Nexus 3 (one of best three speed bicycles on the market) and a Firmstrong Chrome Bike Bicycle that is probably the best buy of any chrome bike in the U.S.A. Drop us an email and we can make some suggestions on the Firmstrong Bicycle that would be right for you.

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