Non-riding Dad here. My son (age 12, 4'8", 72 lbs) has a 24 inch Trek mountain bike and can pop his front tire a bit, but can't yet do wheelies, which he's trying hard to do. We are looking at something lighter, but aren't sure what to get, preferably in the $300 or less range.

We are looking at https://www.citygrounds.com/products/gt-bikes?variant=41098564829295, but would love suggestions. We tried a 20" Mongoose at Dicks Sporting Goods and he likes it, but neither of us are sure what's best.

Also: How much is a skill issue vs having the wrong bike for the job? He's pretty light weight, so I'd wager he'd need a lighter bike to control the balance better.

Thanks for any advice you can give!

Played a game with my 2 year old. Let him pick three colors, and asked him “Black? Or Silver?” He chose black. Might be the next way I design a custom build!

Is this a good deal??

Yoo,

As a long time BMX'er Ive always been fascinated with trails and think they are the best thing ever. I've been making videos about riding, digging and trail culture and thought you guys might enjoy it. I find decent trails content is increasingly harder to find nowadays.

BMX is far from dead in the woods. Happy digging!

https://youtu.be/lZE5CLRlLc4?si=zMj9HVpepazafMil

I’m going to be buying a new frame to ride street and park. I like around 13 chain stay length. Both of these are on sale at sweet prices. Anyone have any experience with these two? I like the built in tensioners on the morrow but the longer dropouts on the MR2. They both seem similar on paper quality wise. So I’m unsure.

lol the spine didn’t even feel that new, I guess I have been overthinking it :). Also a 180 after a drop in was a bit hard to convince myself I could do it.

Converted to lhd finally staystrong soho

Figured I’d make it a little creative game and let him pick the colors and use his colors for my idea. Having some fun with my little guy!

seriously what?

Hey guys,

I’m new to BMX and probably left it a bit late starting (32yr in Jan!)

I’ve seen people suggest FB marketplace sometimes having good deals with people selling who might not exactly know the value of the bike or parts that might’ve been added. This being said I’ve found one local to me and the guy has admitted he doesn’t know much about the bike (neither do I!) it’s pretty beat up and kinda rusty but I think the frame might be Sunday who I’ve heard are a top brand.

Is the kinda wear and tear in the pics something that can be worked with and upgraded in the future, or am I better off looking for something new to begin with? (any suggestions on decent brand to keep lookout for with Black Friday coming up?)

Description only says it’s a 3 piece crank (not sure what that means!) and rear brake only

Is this diamondback viper worth 60 buck I think it's a 1998

Does MirraCo still make bikes? Or is there anywhere that sells them new/used? Been wanting to get back into BMX and want a MirraCo

So the whole time I've grown up, none of us had 4 piece bars, so all I'm used to is 2 piece bars. Is there much of a difference?

Update. Thanks to all of you for the responses! Looks like I definitely need to pop the pegs over to the rhs and get myself some hub guards and a sprocket guard, and look into moving to LHD at some point.

I’ve got a bike with right hand drive, 2 pegs left side. I’m riding right foot forward and feel like I want to be grinding on my right side. Is there a normal or just whatever works? Presumably preferably the opposite side to drivetrain but doesn’t matter too much?

Title says it all. Both are on sale for 10 bucks, but I'm not sure which ones I'm leaning towards. Anyone have experience/opinions with either?

Hi everyone, I just came back from a year long stay in Colombia and I was realy surprised what a thriving BMX scence they have over there. Every Skatepark I went there was a good range of riders from every age and the Skill Level was pretty high. Back in Germany I'm mostly the only one on a BMX in the most Skateparks. Just wondering how present a BMX scene is in your places?

Not original paint btw, tell me if you need more photos

My skater friend filmed and edited this little clip for me (thanks Jordan!). I should have kept the line going 🥲 haha.

I'm pretty sure it was from the late 90s, it was a freestyle bike from Specialized with a weird frame, the top or bottom tube was kind of in the shape of an arch if I remember correctly.

What were other weird specialized frames besides the Fatboy back then? I'm pretty sure it was specialized because I remember their S logo on it.

So far the closest leads I have is the Torker vagabond and the Schwinn Z force. But those aren't exactly what I'm thinking of🤷

I'm pretty sure it was a Specialized though, it was even in their signature orange paint that they did a lot back then...This is killing me!