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Most people buy bikes in order to get around - or to have fun biking cross-country or downhill. However, there's a new rage on the scene, people who like to trick out their bikes - bikes called low riders - and then display them.

The lowrider bike looks exactly as you think it would from the name - the seat is set low to the ground and the handlebars are typically higher than the head, indeed they can remind you of "chopper" motorcycles - indeed some are decorated to look exactly like a motorcycle - right down to the faux gas tank. The imagination is the limit when creating a lowrider.

When I say it's a rage, I mean just that. People have been known to spend thousands of dollars on their lowrider, adding sound systems, hand painted murals, and even hydraulics. They delight in using excessive chrome, overspoked wheels and even fur. They put two mirrors on each side of the handlebars, spare tires on the back...oh, all kinds of things.

To get an idea of what a lowrider looks like, visit the web, as there are many sites that display these creations. lowrider.com was one of the first on the scene, as you can tell from the domain name. There are many more including lovelylowrider.com and streetlowrider.com

The TV character Eddie Munster, from the 1960s TV show "The Munsters" is generally regarded as the "founder" of the lowrider bike craze. He rode a George Barris customized Schwinn Stingray. (George Barris is most famous for his car customasations - he created the 1960s Batmobile, for example.) However, these types of bikes fell out of fashion in the 1980s, when the BMX and mountain bikes came into use.

Lowriders came back into favor in the 1990s, when Chicano neighborhoods in California revived the hobby, and it quickly caught on in the urban areas of the country.

Lowrider Lingo

As with any other hobby, the enthusiasts have devised their own terminology for their bikes. Those tall upward-swept handlebars are known as apehangers. When you're creating your bike you're either "tricking it out" or "pimping it." "Pimped to the max" means there's absolutely nothing more you can add to it.

The future of the hobby

Lowriding is still pretty much a neighborhood thing - or enthusiasts might gather where there is a local car show, but there has yet to be an annual competition or major venue where lowriders can exhibit their bikes to the general public.

Alastair Hamilton is the editor of different articles published at http://www.bikecyclingreviews.com , with reference to custom bicycles and cool bikes . Find more publications about mountain bike reviews at his website.

Learning More About Lowrider Bikes

Article that tells about the main attraction of Lowrider bikes, with the new trends in low riders, also related to Cruiser or Beach Cruiser style bikes.

A low rider bike is also known as chopper bicycle and is a highly customized bike. It is a very popular bike and its styling is inspired by both low rider cars and chopper motorcycles (that's how the name comes). Bikers take it as a pride to ride a low rider bike. They have long, curved banana seat with a sissy bar and long upward-swept handlebars known as apehangers.

Who Ride These Bikes:

Low rider bike is not just a bike; it represents an urban culture of those people who want to be a part of it. These bikes are preferred for the fact that people ride them to relax themselves after a long day work. As a result, you will see a large number of such bikes over the weekends or public holidays, when a lot of people take them out for enjoyment and refreshment. These bikes are made in such a way so that it keeps a low profile.

It's not just the boys who like to ride low riders; ladies also love to take a ride on low riders. Girls are often attracted towards these beautiful low riders and form a substantial percentage of total riders riding low riding bikes.

Main Attraction of Low Rider Bikes:

It can be personalized in any imaginable way for instance the frames can be twisted, wheels, spokes, peddlers can be painted etc.

The suspension fitted can be either Air Bag suspension or Hydraulic suspension, which allows the rider to alter the ride hide at will.

The most interesting aspect of low rider is its capability to fit sound system, boom boxes, I-pod, mobile phone and even the neon lights.

Latest Information about Low Rider Bikes:

The best selling bikes are: 20-inch original w/logo Low rider Bike w/Bent Fork and 20-inch classic Low rider Bike. The stock bicycles are mostly popular among makers of low riders and the most popular of these are:

American produced- Schwinn Stingray.

British produced- Raleigh Chopper.

The new trends in low rider bikes are also related to Cruiser or Beach Cruiser style bikes.

About the Author

Alastair Hamilton is a syndicated editor of http://www.bikecyclingreviews.com .If you would like more information on this topic please checkout his website at lowrider bikes

Where can i buy Schwinn Stingray rim hub & tires in the Philippines or neighboring country?

Or where can i buy a rim hub and tire with the same spec as the stingray thats a 20" x 4.25" or anything close to it.

You try asking your bicycle store if they can order them for you.

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Brian Maas, right and his son Graham Maas, 10 swam together during a recent workout at Life Time Fitness club in Plymouth.

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