{"id":6770,"date":"2019-07-06T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-06T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=30000000373"},"modified":"2021-03-08T07:45:05","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T15:45:05","slug":"video-jo-manny-silva-godfather-of-the-lowrider-bike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/video-jo-manny-silva-godfather-of-the-lowrider-bike","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Jo Manny Silva, Godfather of the lowrider bike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lowrider bicycles in Compton\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FSIlO_B9CIY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manny\u2019s Bike Shop serves an important role in creating and passing on lowrider culture. In the Compton shop, adorned with numerous bikes displayed both on the floor and hanging from the ceiling, Jo Manny Silva <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and his son Manuel Silva, work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jo Manny has owned the shop since 1973.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10000000687\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000000687\" style=\"width: 1110px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10000000687 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/0401-Manny-8--1110x662.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1110\" height=\"662\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10000000687\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gold custom made wheels with a low rider tire at Manny\u2019s Bike Shop. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the age of 12, Jo Manny got into a motorcycle accident in which everything but the engine of his bike was damaged. He thought to himself about what he could do with just a working motor, deciding to make his own bike frame to put around the motor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe bike came out so well that the city wanted to put it in the parades,\u201d Jo Manny said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In that same year, he began fixing bikes for neighbors, sparking his love for the process. His designs and craftsmanship soon gained him note and soon he was working on bikes from all over. Now, Jo Manny Silva makes bikes for people of all ages, incomes and backgrounds.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10000000688\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000000688\" style=\"width: 1487px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10000000688\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/0401-Manny-9-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1487\" height=\"1800\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10000000688\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manny Silva, 72, is reflected from a bike mirror outside his bike shop in Compton Monday, April 1, 2019. Silva started the lowrider bike craze in the 1970s as he is known as the \u201cgodfather of the lowrider bikes.\u201d Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">When asked about the future of lowrider culture, Jo Manny says it will never die.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSince lowriders are for kids, they\u2019ll be forever because you can\u2019t stop the kids from growing. As long as there are kids, there are lowrider bikes,\u201d Jo Manny said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fittingly Jo Manny\u2019s son, Manuel, has been riding lowrider bikes since he learned to walk.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10000000689\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000000689\" style=\"width: 1110px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10000000689 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/0401-Manny-5--1110x623.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1110\" height=\"623\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10000000689\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manuel Silva the son of the \u201cgodfather of the lowrider bikes\u201d walks through the bike shop. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manuel Silva now creates custom bikes with his father. In the shop, hanging from the ceiling is a tricycle Manuel Silva made for his daughter when she was just three years old. The tricycle wheels have too many spokes to count.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jo Manny explains that although they started as Latinx dominated events, he sees the beauty in the fact that lowriders can be appreciated and loved across cultures and worldwide.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10000000690\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000000690\" style=\"width: 1110px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10000000690 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/0401-Manny-1--1110x634.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1110\" height=\"634\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10000000690\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manny Silva, 72, is surrounded by bike as he stands in his bike shop. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Jo Manny, his work is more than just making bikes, it\u2019s about bringing families together and allowing the culture of lowrider bikes to live on, no matter where.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\u201cYou\u2019d be surprised. I have customers from Japan, China, the Philippines, France, and Australia. All over the world,\u201d Jo Manny said.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10000000691\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000000691\" style=\"width: 1110px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10000000691 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/0401-Manny-6--1110x711.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1110\" height=\"711\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10000000691\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bike mirrors hang over the cash register at Manny Silva&#8217;s bike shop. \u00a0Photo by Thomas R. 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