As I'm often housebound looking after babies, I had the brilliant idea that I could get a BMX to ride round the garden trying to do tricks while they're having their naps.
I quite fancied a re-issue Raleigh Super Tuff Burner:
[url=http://www.evanscycles.com/products/raleigh/super-tuff-burner-2011-bmx-ec024276][/url]
Any thoughts? I have £300 I need to blow in the next few weeks as a got a little bonus from work which I needs spending before it expires.
We the people Arcade....
I just bought an old Diamond Back Joker, and i've pimped it totally rad and sick.
I'm 42 
I got it to ride round our town and trails with my 9 yr old son. It gets admiring glances of local teen types 
Midlife crisis?
I think it's definitely some kind of crisis, but it's a lot cheaper than a 911, Harley etc
oh, and I'm the wrong side of 30...
WTP aracde is very good, really light and nice spec.
I had a look at the We the people Arcade.... Where's the front brake!? Every BMX I look at doesn't seem to have a front brake - what's that all about!!! How am I supposed to do an endo? 
skill
footjam
have a look at verde's theyre good value for money, but stay well away from easterns. BMX's dont tend to have front brakes anymore, majority having none at all, I ride alot of bmx aswell as mtb. If you need any help let me know
That verde looks rad. I squeezed a bit unvoluntarily then.
I went even cheaper and bought a new skateboard to re-live my youth! Turns out there's quite a scene for us old shredders! Although I'm still pretty shit Im loving it - hardest Part is finding time for biking and skating (age 37 3/4)
Is there even anywhere to fit a brake on that verde?
Had a go on a brakeless BMX the other day - interesting! As the guy who's bike it was pointed out, it does mean once you are committed to a jump/drop there's not really any way of bottling out, which is mostly a good thing I suppose. 
had a go on a friends verde radia. superb bit of kit. really light, and the thing just felt dialed. i cant think the next one down is too much worse.
riding brakeless; you get used to it and in the skatepark it 'works' alright. riding on the road is a bit more leathal, just have to take it easy.
Aye, I suppose skateboards don't have brakes
yes you can fit brakes on the verde, come with removable brake lug hardware. Im currently riding brakeless on my bmx, does help you to commit to stuff, feels nice and simple as well.
I'm selling this:
http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/fs-bmx-we-the-people-zodiac-2011-unused-ish
It's more money than you were looking to spend but if your local (ish) to Berkshire drop me an Email as I have a plan :0) If your miles away the plan would never work lol
Cheers
Gary
Do it! BMX is a great part of the bike world. So much fun
Got wtp volta a few months ago and love it. Out around the local park with my daughter yesterday. Visit the bmx race tracks around Birmingham too. Great fun and probably made me a better mtber.
fwiw removable brake mounts are not liked very much on the bmx forum I use, seem to have a lot of complaints of them loosening and just generally being shit!
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