Vicky and Luis Mercado have a collection of seven restored classic Schwinn cruisers, plus their very own cruiser club.
by Gwynedd Stuart
Vicky Mercado used to think of cruisers as "mom bikes" (and despite the fact that she is a mom, she didn't mean it in a good way). That changed when her husband came home with a classic Schwinn he'd had restored to its 1950s glory at International Bike Shop in Humboldt Park (3821 W. North), an epicenter of Chicago's Puerto Rican cruiser culture.…[ Read more ]