Beach Cruiser Bike

Being a tourist from Germany, one of my first actions in Southern California was fulfilling a long-dreamed dream: purchasing a lovely beach cruiser. Those bikes are rare and hard to get in Germany, so my intention was to buy it and take it home with me as a souvenir.

After looking around for a while at numerous bicycle stores, I finally found a Kustom Kruiser brand bike with a unique, artsy, graffiti-style paint design. In addition, it was pink, my favorite color.

There are three comfort zones or places your body touches a bicycle.   As long as you can bear the weight of your body okay between those three places without numbness, pain or pinching then you can ride all day long.

Today we will be touching upon the saddle.  This is also the hardest thing to explain or go super indepth about in only one article.  Think of this as the first of many thoughts on saddles or reviews.  Please read through and email about specific questions you have about saddles to continue the discussion.

The very first thing to know about those comfort zones, especially your seat, they are very personal!  A good bike fit is important and so is the feed back to who ever is helping you with your seat alignment.

With a multi-speed Beach Cruiser, I can go to Los Angeles to San Francisco? If not, why not? I do not want a mountain bike or something like that. And if so, advice or tips?

Posted by John P on 05.06

Theoretically, you can do ... but you'd be mad.

Wow Do not be back but you obviously have no idea how far San Francisco is.

It takes 6-8 hours by car.

I just bought a cruiser bike comes with 26 inch wheels and tires. I'm pretty short, so I'd be more comfortable with the 24 ".

Posted by mtrlbiker on 12.05

Your bike is designed to have 26 "wheels, wheel switch will cost a very large fraction of the original cost of your bike.

Your bike is designed to have 26 "wheels, wheel switch will cost a very large fraction of the original cost of your bike.

No, your bike is not set up to 24 "tires. You will modify the geometry of the bike and has a no-no.