Everything is coming back into style. From platform shoes to psychedelic colors the styles from the 50's, 60's and possibly 70's are all making a comeback. Not just in the clothing industry either. Vintage bicycles, like the cool Schwinn bikes, are coming back in a big way as well.
Now, the fact that the bicycles styles from this time are coming back doesn't surprise me. Bicycles have been around for over a hundred years but really hit their popularity in the 1950's when the newer, or "classic" vintage bicycles hit the scene. Ironically, these design styles are coming back. The original bicycle that was made 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 those things.
However, the design of the bicycle did improve slowly over the years. In the 1950's however, was when bicycles started to look like the bikes we know and love 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.
Now, the fact that the bicycles styles from this time are coming back doesn't surprise me. Bicycles have been around for over a hundred years but really hit their popularity in the 1950's when the newer, or "classic" vintage bicycles hit the scene. Ironically, these design styles are coming back. The original bicycle that was made 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 those things.
However, the design of the bicycle did improve slowly over the years. In the 1950's however, was when bicycles started to look like the bikes we know and love 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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