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 bicycles 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.
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.
Now these vintage city bikes may have the look that we are re-introducing today; however, those kids bikes were not the ones' were used to at all. These bikes evolved into the most glamorous, fabulous, ostentatious, heavy designs ever. Today it is unbelievable that 14-year-old kids could do the tricks that we did on these 65-pound machines. I mean can you imagine riding a bike that weighted 65-pounds? I know I can't.
However, by the '60s, these deigns were becoming leaner and simpler, not to mention a lot more like the ones we see today. It still 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.
Bicycles have been around for over a hundred years but really hit their popularity in the 1950's when the newer vintage bicycles 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.
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.
Now these vintage city bikes may have the look that we are re-introducing today; however, those kids bikes were not the ones' were used to at all. These bikes evolved into the most glamorous, fabulous, ostentatious, heavy designs ever. Today it is unbelievable that 14-year-old kids could do the tricks that we did on these 65-pound machines. I mean can you imagine riding a bike that weighted 65-pounds? I know I can't.
However, by the '60s, these deigns were becoming leaner and simpler, not to mention a lot more like the ones we see today. It still 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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