Florida bike
n.— «Cruisers evolved from balloon tire bikes in the 1940s, so named because of their fat tires. They later came to be called boardwalk bikes, Florida bikes or California bikes.» —“Flashy cruiser bikes have admirers wherever they go” in Vancouver, Can. myTELUS Aug. 28, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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