Time and time again, we ask our featured vehicle owners how they
got into lowriding. Many credit their father, brother, uncle, or
a friend for their introduction to lowriding. Ron Kuan can
credit his mother for his introduction. Yes, you read right, his
mother.  Back in 1974, Ron's mother bought a brand- new Chevy
Monte Carlo from the world famous Felix Chevrolet in Los
Angeles, California. She promptly added some Cragars and 5.20
tires to the Monte, and Ron was hooked from that point on! Just
like that, another lowrider was spawned. Ron and his mother
would be driving, and she would constantly quiz Ron on the types
of cars that they were passing; he would have to yell out the
year and make of the car. During those formative years, his love
for the Chevrolet would develop.  In the summer of 1983, Ron's
mother took him to the Rodium Swapmeet in Gardena, California
and bought him a Schwinn bike frame, spokes, whitewall tires,
and the rest of the parts he needed to build his first lowrider
bicycle. He worked all