My soon to be 12 y/o nephew has asked me source a BMX for his birthday. He has expressed an interest in Mongoose or GT. Basically it's main use outside of general hooning around will be down the skate park. BMXs he has had in the past always had chainrings that were too big and always caught the lip of the drop in.

So, he is 5'4" and wants a BMX suitable for skate park. Budget is around £150. I would really appreciate advice and opinions.

So, Mamadirt, Jedi and Dialled Mike to name a few, please bombard me with information.

Thanks

you looking to buy new?

for that budget i would go for second hand tbh if u look right u should eb able to get a half decent build that would be better than a compleat for the price.

Jedi, yup looking to buy new. I know it's not a mahoosive amount of cash but that's what I've got to work with.

rp16v, appreciate the advice although TBH I'd rather not build from scratch. Got a build of my own going on at the moment. Thanks anyway.

personally i'd buy 2nd hand for that price.

no i mean buy one someone has already built for that sort of money new your going to be looking at fairly low end kit that wont last that long at a skate part

We've got Haro F2 and X2 for example. Should be £250, could get down to £180 to sell off stock so maybe your local shop could too? They might want to try to make a living though, which shouldn't be such a bad thing. They have 25/9 gearing, which is what you want.

Any particular brands I should be looking for or avoiding like the proverbial? Also any other tips and advice?

Appreciate the responses guys.

wethepeople/fit/proper/subrosa are all repected brands.
last eyars haro's were good.
premium do very good bikes for the price

have a look at 'perv' bmx bikes on chainreactioncycles (although i am a cheapskate)