Sunday, March 27, 2011
The Lowrider Bike - Developing belief in Kids
Creativity, Courage and Confidence. These are three words that help define the lowrider bike artist who decides to embark on a bike construction project. The constructor has to have creativity in order to develop and develop a bike that challenges the established and approved rules that the masses follow. Their goal is to create a work of art that is both unique and one that will shock population to stop, look and stare. Courage. This is needed by the lowrider bike designer in order to fearlessly step away from the crowd and try something new and different. This is the courage that comes with experience and with the intuitive sense that, while what the constructor tries may not be accepted, at least he or she is not following the crowd. Confidence. Their two wheeled creation is a statement... An expression, if you will, of the designer's potential to conceptualize and produce a rock solid bike that not only shows well, but rides well.
When you have a chance, go to some of the shows where you can see lowrider bikes and the population who build them. See if you can pick out the population who have the creativity, confidence and courage spoken about above. You'll likely see it in spades. The shows are a place where population can shatter the conventions and show off themes that indicate who they are and what they believe in. You'll see themes that run the gamut. You'll see all from power ranger themes, to favorite legends, to spicy hot women. anyone goes when it comes to developing a lowrider bike that will stop and turn heads.
I saw one lowrider bike the other day that was built by a kid (with the help of his father) that had a mural of the juvenile mutant ninja turtles on it. As I said, anyone goes. Some lowrider bikes come stock from a store and then the owners will roll up their sleeves and dive into customizing it. Other bike builders, the truly hard working and creative, will recognize stable sales, flee markets, swap meets and alleys in quest of the exquisite busted up old bike that They can reclaim and make a work of art.
But how can this lifestyle impact a kid growing up? Lowrider bikes can progress the bonds between house members. Lets look at the connection between the father and son mentioned above. These two had many hours of potential time together to work on their lowrider bike. The father had a opportunity to teach the kid how to use tools, how to make a develop and how to qoute solve when things don't go quite right. These are skills and abilities that will serve the son well for years to come. The skills the dad helps his son develop may be the exquisite stepping stone for greater things in his son's life.
Not only will the son get some primary life skills, he and his father will also be able to look back with pride at the creations they made together. They'll be able to reminisce about the shows they went to and prizes they collected on the lowrider bikes they built together. This is a great way to keep kids out of problem and its attractive and useful at the same time.
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