I've seen them around, too. They look like they are comfortable to
ride on flat ground, but I doubt if they'd be any good trying to
climb even a small hill.

They seemed to be very popular at first glance for some buyers, since
they do look nice. But, I noticed a number of them for sale on
Craigslist. So, it seems that they weren't the type of bike you'd
want to hold onto for very long.

I heard a rumor that Bell had sold-off his remaining choppers on
Craigslist, after his business went belly-up. He probably sold them
at a loss, due to the weather damage and vandalism most had suffered.

You know, it didn't take a brain surgeon to figure-out that
Adchoppers was a doomed venture from the beginning. When I see one of
those Schwinn Stingrays being ridden by the downtown streetlife, I
just have to smile and know that at least somebody was glad those
bikes were left unattended 24/7 in Downtown and Waikiki.

--- In hawaiibicyclists@yahoogroups.com, "Bikeoahu" <bikeoahu@...>
wrote:
>
> I just saw a homeless guy riding what looked like one of the former
> Adchoppers, in front of Ala Moana Shopping Center. He had a juice
> carton on the back and when it fell off, he stopped, threw the bike
> down, then walked back to pick up his juice.
>