Imlach's Sweaty Hippie Funk Collection, adventure bikes, rusty rats, cruisers and other alt bastardisations of bicyclery

The style is called "muscle bikes". It's from the 60s and 70s, kids sizes bikes with outlandish styles, garish colors, aggressive styled shifters... Basically a spin off of the muscle car era, some even took their names from cars.
Little guys playing like the big guys. But now, those little guys are all grown up, so now they're pretending they're kids again

Named after Dodge Dart Swinger perhaps when they were a popular drag car?
 
Named after Dodge Dart Swinger perhaps when they were a popular drag car?
I can't confirm that, but my brother HotRod Thundrrr had a 69 Dart Swinger. That thing would get sideways if you looked at the gas pedal!
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"Long, lean, low dragster-style frames"
The crazy bars are my favorite parts. These ones where it's all one piece from the bars to the dropouts are bonkers:
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I'm trying to make the term "handleborks" a thing, but it's not catching on
 

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