BMX - New Frame?

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MoneyMaker
04-16-06, 10:30 PM
what are sum good frames out there?


Specializerider
04-17-06, 08:03 AM
for what? Jumps, BMX Track, Skatepark, Trails you have to explain what kind of frame your looking for?

ettsn
04-17-06, 08:27 AM
Pinarello Prince, Colnago Master, Orbea Orca...


MoneyMaker
04-17-06, 09:34 AM
im just lookin for a frame thats good for jumpin but i just want to faart around and do wheelies and little junk like that

MoneyMaker
04-17-06, 09:51 AM
ok then
i have an Haro F3, and I am going to be purchasing either a new bike or a new frame with new brakes and maybe new handle bars. I am 13, 5'10 and about 160 lbs. and i just want a bike that can do wheelies fairly easily and maybe go off a few small jumps here and there.....what is the best frame for me?

MadMan2k
04-17-06, 11:26 AM
S&M Light as **** (L.A.F) maybe?

Though I don't see what the problem with your Haro frame is, if all you do is little jumps and wheelies.

mude
04-17-06, 01:39 PM
dont you already have a thread about this?

MoneyMaker
04-17-06, 01:41 PM
but my bike is too heavy for anything

wethepeople
04-17-06, 01:45 PM
but my bike is too heavy for anything

Then you suck at riding.

Your bike is not to heavy for what you're doing.

mude
04-17-06, 01:47 PM
his bike really isnt to heavy for anything.
just get stronger

ZachS
04-17-06, 01:48 PM
but my bike is too heavy for anything

Get stronger, which shouldn't be extremely difficult for you given your height, weight, and age.

MoneyMaker
04-17-06, 02:07 PM
ok but i still need to get new brakes
i want to take out tha gyro and front brake and get brand new rear brake and maybe sum new handle bars...
i dont like my old ones and my brakes are horable

ZachS
04-17-06, 02:38 PM
ok but i still need to get new brakes
i want to take out tha gyro and front brake and get brand new rear brake and maybe sum new handle bars...
i dont like my old ones and my brakes are horable

Please write in English, first of all.

Second, are your brakes properly adjusted? Are the pads overly worn?

KinetikBiker
04-17-06, 03:48 PM
Fit S3 (mines waiting for me at the shop)

S&M LAF(my second choice, only difference from the S3 is its 74.5 degree headtube)

S&M Stricker

Fit Flow

FBM PW Moto

The Take Ivy

Kink LarryBird or FreeBird (same frame, different colors)

ettsn
04-17-06, 04:40 PM
You should get a Haro F3. Sounds like it would be great for you. ;)

Virtually every other frame mentioned has such a small difference in weight (~1lb or so), that it wouldn't help you do wheelies or anything else. If Mirra can tailwhip backflip a 40lb bike, you most certainly can do a wheelie on yours.

MoneyMaker
04-17-06, 04:47 PM
uhh i have a haro f3
and im not guna get a new frame
maybe sum handle bars though
im taking off the gyro front brake and front pegs so that should lighten it up enough

mude
04-17-06, 05:23 PM
why are you getting new handlebars?

MoneyMaker
04-17-06, 05:48 PM
eh i just dont like the ones i have right now
actualy i need a new seat so im guna get a new seat first

wethepeople
04-17-06, 06:15 PM
Glad you have your priorities straight.

MoneyMaker
04-17-06, 06:55 PM
i am to

bmichaelx
04-17-06, 08:50 PM
Kink LarryBird or FreeBird (same frame, different colors)

Yeah, minus the headtube angle, Bottom Bracket and weight difference.

MoneyMaker
04-17-06, 09:49 PM
actualy im guna start getting into flatland
ive been looking at the DK Signal 06

wethepeople
04-17-06, 10:20 PM
ADHD much?

ZachS
04-17-06, 10:47 PM
US educational system is all, probably.

ettsn
04-17-06, 11:50 PM
uhh i have a haro f3
You also appear to have a broken sarcasm detector. My point was, keep your bike and maybe do a couple upgrades to make you excited about riding again, but the bike isn't your problem.

-Paul

KinetikBiker
04-18-06, 12:54 PM
Yeah, minus the headtube angle, Bottom Bracket and weight difference.
Headtube angle is the same i beleive, and the bb doesnt change the geometry, and the weight difference isnt that big, but all in all your right.

MoneyMaker
04-18-06, 01:46 PM
im gettin into flatland ridin so im goin to be getting a HKE Stylus

KinetikBiker
04-18-06, 04:10 PM
im gettin into flatland ridin so im goin to be getting a HKE Stylus
You mean KHE right...?

MoneyMaker
04-18-06, 04:34 PM
thats what i said?

KinetikBiker
04-18-06, 04:55 PM
thats what i said?
you said:
"HKE"


hehe.

MoneyMaker
04-18-06, 05:07 PM
oo lol

bmichaelx
04-18-06, 07:24 PM
Headtube angle is the same i beleive, and the bb doesnt change the geometry, and the weight difference isnt that big, but all in all your right.

I know the BB doesn't change the geometry, but you said it was the same frame, but one has Mid, and Euro BB, and one has American, and Euro BB options. The weight differences means the tubing thickness are different; the headtube angles are off by .5, but still different.

KinetikBiker
04-19-06, 08:42 AM
I know the BB doesn't change the geometry, but you said it was the same frame, but one has Mid, and Euro BB, and one has American, and Euro BB options. The weight differences means the tubing thickness are different; the headtube angles are off by .5, but still different.
I wasnt aware of the headtube angle being switched..is it 75 now?

bmichaelx
04-20-06, 02:17 PM
Freebird headube angle is 74, and the Lary Bird is 74.5.