These are the 26″ and 20-inch single-speed models. A comfortable seat and upright handlebars are standard on all Cruisers. New this year is optional Schwinn custom-designed Cruiser Carrier.
Please visit the Official Schwinn website. These bicycles are not recommended for all terrain use. The graceful yet striking cantilever frame with Schwinn’s deep, rich finish is the standard for which the rest of the industry strives.
If you look at our women’s cruiser, Around the Block cruisers, you can get all of those in one speed, three speed, seven-speed, twenty-one speed. And actually, I don’t think there’s any other cruiser company out there really doing a 21-speed cruiser. The reason we did that is that we want the cruiser customer to be able to have the same gears that any other bike comes with if they want it. Big difference between us and Schwinn, number one is the price point. Now, with that said, Schwinn also does offer independent bike shop beach cruisers. Now, these are gonna be even more expensive, they’re a little bit more high end.
For Schwinn, more price sensitive customer. If you want the nostalgia and the look, more simple, reminds you of the classic, timeless 50s style, I’d say go with the Schwinn for the $150 price point. The modern-day cruiser bike takes the classic to a whole new level—there’s one on this list for you. But very hard to get on and off if u r not in shape.
Their combination of substantial weight , single speed mechanicals , and wide tires (26x 2.25″ 559) made the bicycles primarily suited to flat terrain. They were popular with paperboys schwinn ebike and bicycle couriers. So “cruiser” may have originated as one model name used by one distributor of the motorbike style of bicycles. The term beach-ranger never really caught on.
In 1934, Schwinn successfully re-styled the B-10E, renaming it the Aero Cycle. While the Aero Cycle featured no technical improvements over the original B-10E, its streamlined frame, faux gas tank, and battery-powered headlight came to define the cruiser ‘look’. Modern cruiser bicycles retain these design elements, (except sometimes for the tank and/or light accessories). Schwinn is credited with kicking off the balloon tire craze when they introduced their offerings for 1933. By 1954, the balloon tire was tired and on its way out. That’s when Schwinn introduced the middleweight.
The word “Deluxe” takes on a whole new meaning when used to describe the new 1980 Schwinn Deluxe Cruiser. This year’s new Spring Fork smooths out the roughest roads, the distinctive gumwall balloon tires are the perfect combination of luxury and pedaling ease. Cruisers were popular throughout the 1930s and 40s and gained greater postwar success.