When I was about 10 years old, back in the mid 1950s, my older brother and I each received new J.C. Higgins bikes as gifts. They were red with white trim and had a tank and a luggage rack on the back. They had a horn in the tank and a light on the front fender. We thought we were the luckiest kids in the neighborhood, and we spent many happy hours that summer cruising the streets of our small home town in
back memories of the freedom of my childhood bicycling days.
My first new “old” bike was a Schwinn Cruiser Deluxe 7 which I purchased through Craigslist. It is red, black, and chrome with a tank and horn. There is a springer fork on front and a big headlight on the shiny front fender. The Shimano internal 7-speed gear shifter, which my first bike sure didn’t have, makes riding a real pleasure. While it may only be a reproduction of a fifties Schwinn original, it still gets plenty of admiring looks as I pedal past our neighbors.
Ron on the Cruiser Deluxe 7
All I need now are some baseball cards in the spokes, and I'll be as cool as I was back "then".
Sue and I get ready to "cruise" the neighborhood.
Our older son got us interested in biking again in the fall 0f 2008 when he found a neat chrome cruiser at the dump and brought it home to show us. It was in perfect riding condition, and after a few spins on the street in front of our house, I was hopelessly hooked. Since then, by way of Ebay, Craigslist, the dump, and the local thrift shops, we have collected several classic cruisers. Click on "Our Bikes" and check them out.
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