Wheel Lights by Monkeylectric

Paris Harringbone by Yakkay

Evolution Mini bike lock by Kryptonite

Beetle Light by Knog

ELECTRONICS

Coolpix S1000pj Camera by Nikon

FM Transmitter by Whole House

Incredibell Saturn

Lightning Reaction Revenge

FOR YOUR PETS

Cat Play Houses

Eco-Star Dog Toy

Portable MP3 Speakers by Nirve

Nirve now makes MP3 stereo speakers that are super easy to attach to your cruiser. The unit quickly mounts with Velcro straps and includes storage space for your shades. You’ll need some AAAs to power it, and an MP3 player, The sound is solid, and the price is ridiculous—just 25 bucks. Think of all the bells and blinky add ons you could afford for your cruiser with a price for music like this. Nirve.com • $25

Cy•fi wireless speakers

Portable tunes are key to any cruiser ride. But out on the city streets, portable doesn’t always sound so great. That’s where technology can be a cruiser’s best friend. Specifically, Cy•fi’s Wireless Sports Speaker. It weighs just four ounces and claims a (rechargeable) battery life of six hours (although it seems to last about four). It works with any iPod, iPhone or other Bluetooth-enabled device. An added bonus: you can sync up to four of these speakers to one iPod. So if you have three buddies who can stay within 30 feet, you’ll have a moveable feast of tuneage. mycyfi.com • $149-$159

It’s hard to pick one soundtrack that’s broad enough to speak to cruiser bicyclists everywhere, but who doesn’t love surf music? These are the tunes that’ll make you think you’re riding your fat-tired sweetheart on a sandy beachfront sidewalk, a cool ocean breeze blowing through your wig, somewhere near an ocean.

Messer Chups

Sure you can drool over the gorgeous bassist, but there is so much more to the Messer Chups, but the Messer Chups music is perfect for cruising and feeling good in general.  This trio of quirky Russians infuses samples of American B-level horror flicks and the beautiful sound of theremins with their post-communist surf rock.  Ride your bike to your local record store and pick up a re-released vinyl copy of their album “Hyena Safari.”  messerchups.ru

Satan’s Pilgrim

After taking a hiatus in 2000, Satan’s Pilgrim is back touring the West Coast. The Portland, OR, instrumental group even minted an album “Psychsploitation,” which was released in June, 2009. Their music meshes three distinct guitarists and a crazy rhythm section that’ll have you dancing your ass off, assuming you can pry yourself from your comfy cruiser seat. satanspilgrims.com

Man or Astro-Man?

Blending ’60s surf and ’80s punk, Man or Astro-Man? produced a ridiculous 10 albums between 1993 and 2000, cementing their status as of one of the great New Wave surf rock bands. The band claims they are extraterrestrials sent to Earth to play surf music—as such, they have never publicly released their names. Martian- and alien-themed cruiser ride anyone? astroman.com

5, 6, 7, 8s

For more than 20 years, this smokin’ hot Japanese trio has been touring the globe. Haven’t heard of them? Check out “Bomb That Rocks,” a 27-song album released in 2003, a compilation of every single the band released between 1989 and 1996. Or just watch “Kill Bill” and listen for the “Woo Hoo” song. They are Chuck Barry on speed, filled with distortion and wasabi attitude. the5678s.net

The Ventures

Inducted into the 2008 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Ventures defined the Instrumental Rock genre, also known as surf rock; and while they were at it, produced one of the most popular and readily identifiable singles in rock history, “Walk Don’t Run.” While the band has continued to tour, founding member Bob Bogle died in June, 2009. So pour out a swig of your tasty beverage in memory of Bogle, and cruise along to some of The Ventures classic work. theventures.com

Dick Dale is surf guitar, or whatever you want to call it.

Dick Dale is on his yacht, enjoying an afternoon cruise off the Newport Beach coast with an Italian lady friend. She offers him a glass of wine as he picks up the call for this interview.

“Nope, I’ve never had alcohol. I don’t touch the stuff,” he tells her, holding the phone off to the side. “I don’t want a drop in my body.”

His gorgeous companion on this idyllic July afternoon never got the memo. The “King of the Surf Guitar,” who’s been living the life of a major rock ’n’ roll star for much of the last five decades, is as clean as they come.

But that’s not the real story here.

Dale will tell you that the genre of which he is “king” is misnamed despite numerous claims hailing his 1961 hit, “Let’s Go Trippin,” as the first surf rock song. The “surf rock” label, he says, should’ve been “Jungle Rock,” a homage to the dozens of species of exotic animals he has raised over the years from lions to jaguars. He always tried to mimic their sounds with his guitar.

But that’s really not the story either.

Instead, you can simply say the 72-year-old Dale is in reflection mode. And that’s understandable as he recovers from a second bout with cancer, something you’d never suspect as he comes off a major West Coast tour. Dale is less than two years removed from his latest bout with colon cancer, yet he still attacks his shows with the vigor of a 17-year-old.

He is careful to enjoy every bit of his hard-earned life of luxury calling everything “beautiful” along the way. “I am 72, and I am still kicking ass,” he says.

He has to in order to keep up with his son, Jimmy, the 17-year-old drummer for the band Forever Came Calling.

“It was so beautiful,” Dale says of having his son’s band open for him.

Dale’s storied life is remarkable enough to have been included in the Congressional Record. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame considers “Let’s Go Trippin” to be one of the most influential rock songs in history.

In 2010, Fender will be releasing a limited edition collector’s set of Dick Dale guitars that he helped design.

Basically he is a guitar bad ass, and he knows it.

But much of that is behind him now. He has treated his body like gold—refraining from red meat, booze and drugs—yet cancer got him anyway. Now he plays his concerts for the families afflicted by cancer and other diseases, raising money for nonprofits such as the Saint Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

His music has become an antidote for children and adults who have been stricken with illness by simply taking their minds off of being sick for a few hours. “His brain was not thinking about diabetes. That’s what music does. (Surf/jungle rock/whatever) is a music that opens the book; it’s just another window.”

And as he reflects on his career from his yacht, passing up a glass of wine offered by a woman he says is absolutely beautiful, it’s apparent that as important as music has been to his life, helping others—be it his son or a child battling cancer—is the most beautiful part of life now.

For more info about Dick Dale and his music: KickstandMag.com