Wheelie bike Wheelie bike A wheelie bike, also called a muscle bike, high-riser, spyder bike or banana bike, is a type of stylized children's bicycle designed in the 1960s to resemble a chopper motorcycle and characterized by ape hanger handlebars, a banana seat with sissy bar, and small () wheels. Notable examples include the Schwinn Sting-Ray and Krate lines and the Raleigh Chopper line. Other notable manufacturers and retailers that offered models include AMF, CCM, Columbia, Huffy, Iverson, J. C. Penney, Malvern Star, Monark, Murray, Ross, Sears, and Vindec. In 1962 Peter Mole of John T Bill & Co contacted Huffy Corp
The Bike Cooperative extended warranty programs, sales and management training, customer loyalty programs, and insurance savings. In 2010, The Bike Cooperative launched a bike store friendly ecommerce site. The Bike Cooperative The Bike Cooperative is a cooperative of specialty bicycle retailers throughout the United States. The cooperative is represented in 40 states by over 300 member stores that are independently owned and operated. Originally formed in 2003 as The Biking Solution, the organization’s core focus was to provide bicycle retailers with operational, advertising, and training programs and services to improve efficiencies, increase revenue, and maximize profitability. In the fall of 2008, the organization