Vintage Bicycles are Back In Style
by Amanda Basso
It seems that everything that was in fashion on the fifty's, sixties, and possibly seventies, are coming back into fashion in a big way. From platform shoes, this still shocks me, to psychedelic colors. They all seem to be making a comeback and not just in the clothing fashion world either. Vintage bicycles, like the cool Schwinn bikes, are coming back in a big way as well.
Bicycles have been around for over a hundred years but really hit their popularity in the 1950's when the newer vintage <a href="http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle">bicycles</a> hit the scene. Ironically, these design styles are coming back. When bicycles were invented in 1833, they were these big, clumsy looking pieces of machinery that has one big wheel up front and two tiny ones in the back. Honestly, I don't know how anyone could ride these things.
The bicycle design slowly improved but it wasn't until the 1950's that the bike style looks like the one we use today. These new deigns called "classics" today were introduced just after the First World War by several manufacturers, such as Mead, Sears Roebuck, Montgomery Ward, and later Schwinn to revitalize the bike industry.
The bikes displayed in the 1950's, may have evolved into these glamorous, fabulous, ostentatious, but they also had a flaw. These bikes were extremely heavy. These bikes weighed 65-pounds and kids were still doing the tricks they are doing today on them. Is unbelievable. mean can you imagine riding a bike that weighted 65-pounds? I know I can't. I would rather walk.
By the 1960's however, changes to the design and construction were making the bikes leaner, simpler, and a lot more like the ones we see today. It amazes me sometimes that these designs are finally coming back; I know that if I lived closer to my school that I would want one to ride every day. As long as it didn't weigh 65-pound.
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Title: Vintage Bicycles are Back In Style
Author: Amanda Basso
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Keywords: linus bike, biking, city bikes, commuter bikes, european bicycles,product reviews, womens issues, society, sports, fitness
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