| Low Riders can be a car, truck or bike that has a | | | | for its rider. It also has longer handle bars. |
| modified suspension system. This makes it possible for | | | | The best low rider bikes have chromed accessories. |
| a person to have a ride low, enough to the ground. It | | | | There are small wheels attached and combined with |
| usually contains a user controlled height used for | | | | high handle bars. Chrome wing mirrors give a classier |
| adjustable suspension. Some people opt for this | | | | and more sophisticated look. Some are three wheeled |
| because it has an internal part that takes any form of | | | | to make possible a lower position. |
| damage caused by the road surface's imperfections. | | | | No one could really trace for sure the origins of such |
| The low riders originated in East Lost Angeles. It | | | | bikes. No one knows who started the idea. The first |
| started in the time of the Mexican-American | | | | low rider recognized, documented and put in the |
| phenomenon. Up to the present, the aficionados of low | | | | records was the Eddie Munster bike. |
| riders are mostly Latinos. The common feature of | | | | Such rides started to become popular in the 1960s. |
| these mobiles is a small spoke wheels which are | | | | The known brand then was String-Ray. The Schwinn |
| usually made of gold or chrome. These wheels may | | | | was also popular ‘til the 1970s. The BMX bikes |
| come with knockoffs or none. It may be with whitewall | | | | were later on introduced and gradually penetrated the |
| tires or none. Low riders also need to have exterior | | | | market. It was also around this time that the |
| enhancements. | | | | manufacturing of cantilever frames was discontinued. |
| The modified suspension systems mostly are hydraulic. | | | | The bike fashion came back in the market only in 1988. |
| This is a custom suspension system found in such | | | | Men today sometimes still prefer these two-wheeled |
| altered bikes. This can make the driver change the | | | | rides even with the surge of various models of |
| height of the ride any time he wants. These systems | | | | automobiles. There is a different kind of high riding such |
| come from the simplest to the most complex ones. | | | | bikes. In fact it is such a fashion statement among men |
| The hydraulic pumps of this system are measured so | | | | sometimes that the prices of these low rides today |
| that the various hydraulic combinations can be | | | | could rival that of cars. Even the accessories can be |
| controlled. The produced specific motions of the | | | | expensive. |
| vehicle are also then controlled. The hydraulic pump | | | | Most of these bikes are made to order. There are |
| are placed in the trunk's rack and powered by multiple | | | | also readymade in the market but most enthusiasts |
| batteries. | | | | prefer to dress up their own according to their |
| Low rider bikes are the type of bikes look more | | | | personal tastes. Designing it on their own is part of the |
| appealing than a car. They are very different from the | | | | thrill and fulfillment. It is for some an art venue where |
| ordinary bikes that we see or use especially with the | | | | he could pour out his creativity. He could also attach |
| shape. It has smaller tires compared to other bikes. It | | | | accessories that he deems necessary in accordance |
| should have the exact fit of frame in every part of the | | | | to where he will take his ride most of the time. |
| bike because this will make the bike ride-able enough | | | | |