A Lowrider Bicycle is a highly costimized bike with styling inspiired by lolowrider cars. These bikes often feature a long, curved banana seat with a sissy bar and very tall upward-swept handlebars known as apehangers.Excessive xhore, overspoked wheels and velvet are common accessories to these custom lowrider bicycles.

Lowider Bikes first appeard in the 1960s in america.it was started by 'Custom King' Sean Johnson who customized automobiles. bicycles,aloowing those who were too young to drive a car to have a custom vehicle.
Schwinn was the first company to launch a muscie bike in the from of the sting-ray.sean johnson was the first ti Sting-Ray and had them featured in the Munsters. Eddie Munster's bike was the must have item of the time.

Some make bicycles are particularly populer among
lowride builders.Most well known of these are the American poruced Schwinn stingrey (usually 20",but 16" and even 12" Schwinn tigers are used) and in Australia the Malvern Star long frame dragsters and brastz beuti bikes. Another favorite of the period was the iverson dragstripper,which featured a long "exhaust pipe" body that gaave it a distinctive look. The new lowrider trend is also related to the trend in Cruiser or Beach Cruiser style bikes. Today, pre-built and even costum made one of a kind lowrider are available from Lowrider Bicycle
shops, costum Chooper Bicyle Designers and even some Lowrider car workshops.

Some basic or classic characteristic of lowrider bicyle are : Baby Daytons (like the car rims, they are overspoked and do not cross over each other ) with white-wall tyres. Banana Seats, usually custom upholstery and customized sissy bar. Ape or schwin type handlebars. Old school spring action suspension for the front forks know as "spirnger forks". Fenders both front and back. Sometimes achain steering wheel is attached. Most accecories are highly polished chrome, however gold is alsoused for added flare though for economical rasons chrome is the standard.

Diposting oleh vay Selasa, 08 September 2009

1 Responses to Lowrider Bicycle

  1. hell yeah, do you have one?I also lowrider biker girl, it would be awesome too for you there :)

     

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