Same here. Switching between road, BMX and mountain bikes feels familiar immediately, don't think I could ride a tourer tho 
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BMX for an adult?
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i have this 1 , tried 20" bikes but couldnt help but feel like an accident waiting to happen and the wife says i look special riding my 1985 team mag burner. if your near manchester try the indoor bmx track and ride there bkes , they have 20" and cruisers to use.Posted 4 months ago # -
I think you'll find if you're shit on a bike then you'll struggle to ride one.
Nope, you riding gods don't have the monopoly on fun you know
I think what butcher is trying to explain is that BMX frames aren't measured by seat tube as MTBs, and yes, toptube length does make a massive difference to bike feel. Pop over to radbmx.co.uk - plenty of like-minded, helpful folks over there, some newcomers and some from waaaay back in the day with shed loads more experience than us lot
mama (crap on a 20"er, but smiling, since the mid nineties) dirt
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mtbs shouldn't be measured by seat tube either.
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except Slacker H/A don't really work on BMX (especially on ramps) and I can't see why you'd want less standover.
Mentioned those things as I would assume the reason for wanting 24" over 20" is for a more stable and "bigger" feel. I do prefer the look of taller bmx frames though, most modern frames are low slung and look rubbish.
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don't think I could ride a tourer tho
Oi!
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Tom - longer (Chainstays and toptubes) = more stability for a 20" BMX not really H/As.
a few years back talk about H/A in mtb became very fashionable but lets not get caught up in chatting for fashions' sake, yes in mtb slack H/As are better for stability when going fast over rough ground but we don't really do that in BMX so instead the geometry/positioning is tailored around handling/manouverability, the fastest BMXs are generally race bikes but if you look at the H/A of 20" racebikes compared to street/park (slowest) bikes. you'll find they often use almost the exact same H/As.
even with big wheels BB height can play as much importance to stability as H/A but it's simply not fashionable to worry about that so much yet. (maybe next season, eh? )
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Can't argue with that
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My son and mine. We both ride in the cruiser class. A bit more stable than the 20's in my opinion and great fun riding with most of the other dads! Cheap racing as well. I got my first cruiser for £100 raced a few times, liked it so built this one. Now have a new Identiti cruiser frame for next years racing.
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Oh and forgot to mention, whilst Specialized and Giant aren't really bmx companies or seen as "trendy", they seem to have some of the only completes around the £400 mark that have a full steel frame and 21" top tubes
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longer (Chainstays and toptubes) = more stability for a 20" BMX
That's interesting GW - I've built up many BMXs over the years and always striven to get both TT and stays as short as possible in contrast to my first proper build of a 21" TT General Lee with 15" back end
. I guess for trails that fashionably short back end isn't so important (heck, I don't see myself tailwhipping anytime soon ) and may go some way to explaining why my only attempt to ride the local bowl ended in carnage . Same with my MTBs - makes sense looking back - the longer chainstayed bikes (Kona Coiler, Intense Uzzi, On-One 456) were the best dhers.
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I'm still riding long 15"ish (well.. v. slightly shorter) chainstays on both my BMXs.
but I like short stays on mtbs and relitively (for a DH bike) short on DH bikes.
kinda like all my bikes to feel as close to the one I ride most (which for over 15years now has always been a short/low 100mm HT) curent one has 16" chainstays, haven't seen anything else similar much shorter in Alu that's still front mech friendly[/GEEK]
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Nowt wrong with being a geometry geek - I've been doing the trial and (mostly
) error thing for years . . . currently slack and super-short is in favour.makes sense looking back - the longer chainstayed bikes (Kona Coiler, Intense Uzzi, On-One 456) were the best dhers.
. . . oh, and the Kona Five-O
. . . and on reflection, my current ride (Commencal Absolut SX) and the little short-stayed Dialled Holeshot were definitely the most fun in the twisty stuff.
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got myself a bmx about 18 months ago whilst teaching no 1 daughter to ride.. seemed unfair for her to try to keep up with my mtb. shes now 8 and on a 20'' and rides standing up the whole way round our 2 mile loop..
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mama - I'd love a shot of an Absolut SX, I like the idea of a SS'd play/mini DH bike. (infact a SS DH bike would be sweet too).. too many bikes already tho
totalshell - I nearly always take a BMX on local group rides with younger kids. it's not to let them keep up easier (my BMX gearing is higher than a SS mtb would be) it's so I'll choose lines and make route choices more suitable for smaller wheels for them to ride.
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If you ever around Cwmcarn then give me a shout - you're welcome to have a go. Super tiny (20" toptube) - 'tis like a big BMX with squish
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don't see me being down that way in the near future but you never know.. cheers for the offer.
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