Mattafact
Yellow Skull
My kid is getting in to riding BMX and I'd like to ride with him. Not on the track, just for fun. I miss the good old days on my BMX bike. What should I look for? Don't want to spend a ton if I don't need to.
I too have been contemplating this. I still ride my 20" Dyno Compe that I got for my 12th bday, I'm 39 now. So it's not near as cool or comfortable as it was 27 years ago. Here is a link to what I'm looking at getting, but the problem is finding one in stock somewhere these days.
https://www.mongoose.com/products/title-24-m20
Corona has thrown the bike market for a loop. The used market doesn't exist and the new market is also super thin
Corona has thrown the bike market for a loop. The used market doesn't exist and the new market is also super thin
I had the same idea, chase my 6 year old around on his BMX. I ended up on a specialized p2, basically a 26" wheel dirt jumper. Sprung forks, hard tail, single speed and rear brakes only. They have a sloped top tube for a low seat compared to their hard tails. They are built to be abused. I really liked it, got it for like $250 used. I lost it in the fire and really want another, but haven't found one yet, and haven't came to spending ~$1k for a new equivalent.
https://www.pinkbike.com/buysell/2878547/
Bang zoom done. Slap an dirt jump suspension fork on it for more old man plushness.
What exactly is a dirt jumper?
edit: I suppose I could google it but I'd rather have you spoon feed me the info.
Mountain bikers were mountain biking, until some of them got the idea to take theirs off some vert bmx style jumps. Then they started building 26" mountain bikes that had better geometry for tricks and jumps.
They're usually an overgrown 26" bmx bike with a really short and stiff travel front fork, and a slammed seat. They're fun to take off jumps or ride pump tracks, or even at the bmx track, but not that great for long rides because of their shorter wheelbase and low seat height. For a long time a beater one was super affordable... <$1,000 but the whole COVID thing has messed up bike prices.
Here's a blkmrkt Riot I built up back when I didn't mind hitting the deck off of big jumps as much as I do now:
If you can find a blkmrkt brand bike, they're the perfect DJ geometry in my opinion. The blkmrkt mob was a US hand made chromoly frame, the blkmrkt Riot was a Taiwan made aluminum frame with the same geometry as the mob. Can't really go wrong with either.