Welcome Swing Bike Riders!!!

 Welcome to the first web site dedicated to all the Swing Bike Riders out there who own AND ride the Swing Bike.  Whether it is a vintage all original bike, a customized bike or a proudly home made one, YOU KNOW all the fun the other mortals are missing by not trying it out!

 As many of you already know, the Swing Bike is a bike with independent steering on both wheels, which came out in the mid 70's. 

 The original Swing Bike, probably called the Pivicycle, was brought to life in Oregon state, and its prototype was made mostly out of Stingray's parts, only to watch it grow and later exported out of the U.S.  Here are some pics of the original Pivicycle brochure:

 Today, we find these bikes mainly throughout the U.S., Australia, England, and other European countries as well.

 Unfortunately, these bikes were manufactured for only three years, and nowadays have become collectable items; they experienced a re-birth in 2003, but once again, they only manufactured 170 reproduction bikes, each of them WITHOUT serial numbers; and in only one color, midnight blue.  Some pics of the repro Swing Bike:

 So now that you know a little bit of history, grab your swinger and have fun!!!!

History of a Swing Bike Rider

 I saw a clip about these bikes on the local news in I think 1976 or 77, and as soon as a friend and I heard they were in a local store we rushed down to see them. As soon as my friend saw it he said "I can make one!", later that day we were cutting up bike frames and oxy acetylene torch and coat hanger for welding rod, we put together the home made one that I still have to this day!!. It’s been through a lot and undergone some changes like adding a 2 speed kickback rear hub and putting the Bmx handlebars on it. It’s not pretty to look at, but it was a blast to ride.  Here are the pictures:

 I moved to El Cajon CA. in the early 1980s and in 1988 I found a real Swing Bike frame for $20 and proceeded to fix it up. I put an atom 5 speed drum brake hub off of a Schwinn cruiser, 26in Schwinn front forks and a 12in scooter wheel on the front. However I left it unattended in front of a friend’s apt. for about 10 minutes only to find it gone when I came out, I was devastated. At that time that bike was my daily transportation and my pride and joy, but frame #000464 was stolen from me in 1989. I had hoped someday to recover it, but I moved back to Washington State in the early 1990’s so I will probably never see it again.

After returning to Washington I got in touch with the friend that I helped build the homemade Swinger. He told me he had an original Swing Bike frame that he picked up at a swap meet for $70 in Portland OR. He said he’d sell it to me for what he paid for it. After letting it sit in storage for about 10 years I finally put it together and that’s the one I ride today. I have also acquired several others in the last few year as well.  Below are the pictures of my raspberry blue Swinger, just after I put it together finally.

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