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Lowrider bicycles can be customized to look like dragons or movie monsters and some even come equipped with stereos, TV screens and hydraulic pumps to bounce like lowrider cars. A number of local lowrider bicycles will be on display Jan. 14 at the second Annual Youth Endowment Fund Car Show, sponsored by the Austin Travis County Advocate Program, a private, nonprofit mentoring program for at-risk juveniles.
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A lowrider bicycle is a highly customized bike with stylings inspired by lowrider cars. These bikes often feature a long, curved banana seat with a sissy bar and very tall upward-swept handlebars known as apehangers. Excessive chrome, overspoked wheels and velvet are common accessories to these low and bizarre custom bicycles.
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Castro said that with the rise of the Internet, lowrider bicycling is going more mainstream. When he began customizing bicycles a decade ago, Castro said he had to find a welder or machinist to give birth to his ideas. Today, dozens of Internet parts companies supply nearly every accessory imaginable, including spinning rims and crushed velvet seats.
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