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WITH AN ULTRA-RELAXED seating position, handlebars that you don’t have to reach too far to grip, and big tires that can comfortably roll over a boardwalk’s uneven planks (or the speed bumps of a condo parking lot), the beach cruiser has long been engineered for a very particular ride: short trips (its frame design lets you easily hop on and off) over flat land (no need for lots of gears)—which applies to seaside pathways and city streets alike.
Schwinn may have introduced the cruiser way back in the 1930s, but that…