Customize Your Low Rider Bike

Lots of low riders like to elongate and widen the mid section of the bike. After all, if the bike is longer, you have more room to stretch out your legs. That's how you get a six foot guy riding a bike that goes 18-inches off of the ground. And why leave it with just a bar connecting the two wheels? The more you widen and distort the mid-section of the bike, the more room you have to decorate your bike with pictures far more brilliant and fascinating than any guys chest or shoulder tattoo. Getting low down can be pretty amazing, as a way to show the world that you can maintain your balance in some of the most strangest positions possible for someone to be in, let alone move on a bike in.

However, this seems simple enough at the beginning. At first, low rider bikes don't look that much different than their beach cruiser cousins. The main difference is sometimes a slightly lower frame, and a big banana seat to compensate for any low-level of height.

If you want to get into low rider bikes, you should start off with a basic model. You can order one from the Internet and assemble it yourself. It's frankly good practice to put your mail-order bike together, even if it only takes you an hour or so. Then, you can get the idea how you can alter a basic low rider bike and turn it into something really special. Let's look at what a low rider bike is made of. It starts with an 18 to 20-inch frame, and straight spoke low rider wheels. Hi-wire steel fork handlebars and a strong steel frame, add the finishing touch. Don't forget the fat tires, the 2 •¼ inch ones that are perfect for coasting on sand by the beach and a big fast day-glo banana seat is essential to maintaining low rider identity. The frames can be twisted and contorted in a way that somehow expresses evil. These are definitely not aerodynamic designs. Bikes can be found where rear fenders are attached to even the seat of the bike. Or there is a sissy bar attacking a rear decorated bumper to the rear fat tire fender.

A lot of times, on the low rider bike the seat itself is quite low. Some guys or gals aren't sure if they are riding a bike, or getting up on a museum piece. And it's true that some bikes are so fancily decorated, that it's almost not worth the risk to take them outside for long periods of time. Show bikes, are so low that many of them are hard to ride at all. One bike has been modified to the point that the pedals would drag on the ground. There is also the option of putting extra lights on your Low Rider Bicycles including glow lights, head lights and reflectors. Low Rider Bicycles are more of a statement of fashion than a way to ride around. Some fifty years after their introduction Low Rider Bicycles, are back.