Originally Posted by
wahoonc
Well I primarily use my Beach Cruisers at the beach... We used to own a cottage down there and we had specific bikes that stayed down there. I would occasionally take a better bike for longer rides. I guess we called them beach cruisers to differentiate between the couple of other cruisers that we had that didn't go to the beach. We still go to the beach and usually haul beach cruisers with us, I prefer not to ride my vintage Raleigh 3 speeds at the beach due to the salt.
I guess that, if they stay there year-round, they're "beach cruisers", same as you have a "beach house" that stays there year round. Assuming you drive out to the cottage, though, you wouldn't call your vehicle a "beach car", would you? =D I still cringe whenever I hear someone refer to a "beach cruiser", unless they're describing a bike they rented while vacationing at the shore or something.
Originally Posted by
fietsbob
SA SRF 5 W 5speeds are made pretty narrow .. the 2 freewheel ones say they would fit 111/119.. S5C .. 127
Yeah, the SA hubs with coaster or drum brakes take up more real-estate, as far as OLD goes. The "freewheeling" brakeless ones are able to be spaced down much more narrower, but I never realized that the srf5 could get down to a lean 111mm OLD! That's impressively narrow, and opens up a lot of possibilities.... Thanks for the info.