He and my grandma lived in a rural area, and someone dumped a couple of kids' bikes one day ... my grandfather painted my new (well, new-to-me) bike a gorgeous blue. And I got to ride it whenever ...

Zapalac said fewer kids than ever are buying his bikes. "There's a ceiling on how much people have generally been willing to pay for a child's bike or a beach cruiser bike," Zapalac said.