26-inch diameter x 3-inch wide tires helps the bike float over sand and soak up the cracked pavement. The 500W rear hub motor gets the E-Coast up to a 28mph top speed and hydraulic disc brakes ensure stopping power. Cruisers are popular among casual bicyclists and vacationers because they are very stable and easy to ride, but their heavy weight and balloon tires tend to make them rather slow. A classic cruiser with classic lines, schwinn cruiser bike the Rover 9 has a light 6061 aluminum frame and steel fork, hydraulic disc brakes, and a 1×9-speed drivetrain controlled by a Microshift trigger shifter. Moderately grippy, 45mm-wide Kenda Koast tires (with coffee-colored sidewalls) on 27.5-inch alloy rims roll fast and eat potholes in your path. The open, alloy pedals aren’t the most barefoot-friendly compared to rubber-coated pedals, but that’s an easy and inexpensive swap.
Most modern-day models take it to the next level or beyond (think more gears, bigger wheels, cleaner belt drives, internal gearing, mounts for racks, even motors). Knowing how and where you want to use your new cruiser bike will help you determine what else, if anything, you want from it. Beach cruisers are part of the quintessential summer experience. Usually, though, they’re heavy, clunky, rust-prone, and hard to ride anywhere but on the boardwalk. This beach bike has everything needed for summer days at the beach (or riding around town or the campground). The E-Coast’s aluminum frame and fork will not rust like on old steel beach cruisers and the Gates belt drive never needs chain lube.
Forged steel front fork, heavy duty saddle and the “look” of a classic. The Schwinn classic cruiser bikes were first made popular in the 1950s. With the whitewall tires and the padded seat, this is a bike that many from that era can relate to. It features all the advantages of a conventional bike, such as a brake system, classic fenders, and seven speeds, as well as the advantages of a cruiser bike, such as a sleek, lightweight, and ergonomic design.
It has a 7-speed twist shifter which shifts smoothly. The rear derailleur offers precise and quick gear changes. The bike is ideal and best suited for easy-going flat areas. If somewhat understated, yet functional comfort is what you’re looking for choose the Schwinn’s standard coaster brake Cruiser. Whitewall balloon tires and Electro-forge cantilever frame.
“We are thrilled to team up with Schwinn, the creator of America’s most iconic bicycles,” says John Jacobs, co-founder and chief creative optimist (CCO) of Life is Good. One of the bike’s best characteristics, though, is the seat, which is cushy in all the ways your average saddle is not. I’d been so into my paper route that I barely noted my speed or mileage, which is displayed in a too-cute-for-school manual speedometer that attaches to the bike’s handlebars. There’s also a timer that brrrriingggs just like the bike bell you wish you had when you were a kid. We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we love.