BMX - Any older guys riding 20s?

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-Bong-
04-25-06, 09:41 AM
I want one - but I'm 41. :(

Jerry Garcia
04-25-06, 10:58 AM
33 years old, 6" 180 lbs, I ride a 21" but rode a 20" with no problem.
AlmostTrick
04-25-06, 12:26 PM
I want one - but I'm 41. :(

So what if you're 41. Get one, they're fun!

I'm 45, and besides all my adult bikes I have 6 or 7 twenty inchers. Some are cool 60's Stingrays (with Stick Shifts even!) and some are newer BMXers. I still ride 'em and do tricks on them, (nothing too crazy, I made it this long without a debilitating injury I'm not blowing it now!) but most people think I'm still a kid anyway. Heck, when I was a kid there was no such thing as BMX bikes. We just took Stingrays (by far the strongest 20" bikes of the day) and hacked them into dirt machines.

ettsn
04-25-06, 02:12 PM
I'm 33 with several 20" BMX bikes. Go ride.
captainknuckles
04-25-06, 02:24 PM
31 and I ride and do softcore tricks. I have my old 87 Haro Master as well as an 06 Backtrail. Just take it slow at first so you don't break a hip, grampa.
Elmer
04-25-06, 03:05 PM
I'm 29 and just started riding again. Nothing to fancy with tricks, but there just alot of fun.
JohnBoy
04-25-06, 06:25 PM
Im 31 and started riding 20's again not long ago.... forgot how fun it is to ride them. I have a Diamond Back 2 Silver Streak. In the process of fixing a Diablo Z5 Freestyle... found two scrapped in the same day:eek: Whats the odds of that!
Dont worry about a thing dude..... JUST RIDE!!!!! ;) It will make ya feel like a kid again.:D
Brian
04-25-06, 08:01 PM
36 and I have a 20" DJ that hardly gets ridden, a 24" that I raced, and a stack otf mountain bikes. My wife rode a 24" race bike at 39. You're never too old. When I raced in the Masters class, everyone was over 30, and the oldest was 50. No excuses.
-Bong-
04-25-06, 08:05 PM
OK - help me find a 20.

I checked out Haro & Redline in person today. Liked the Redlines (MEGA XL was sweet), but the Haros... I really wanted to like them, but not so much. Can spend 300-600, but would like to keep it around 400.

Does anyone have any experience with DK Cleveland?
Brian
04-25-06, 09:33 PM
Bong+Utah=Confusion.
-Bong-
04-25-06, 09:58 PM
Bong+Utah=Confusion.


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Brian
04-25-06, 10:10 PM
Couldn't play it. :(
Jerry Garcia
04-25-06, 11:53 PM
OK - help me find a 20.

I checked out Haro & Redline in person today. Liked the Redlines (MEGA XL was sweet), but the Haros... I really wanted to like them, but not so much. Can spend 300-600, but would like to keep it around 400.

Does anyone have any experience with DK Cleveland?


The cleveland is an ok bike, what type of riding are you planning on doing? try www.danscomp.com or albes.com
TampaBmxer
04-26-06, 06:35 PM
27 and still ride my 21's.
Prozakk
04-30-06, 10:28 AM
See my signature...
jst
04-30-06, 11:00 AM
I am thinking about getting into (light / street) BMX freestyle again (after 17 years). What is the story with frame sizes? Is there really a difference between a 1/4" or 1/2" in toptube length? What about seatposts- why so short?
Prozakk
04-30-06, 11:10 AM
I am thinking about getting into (light / street) BMX freestyle again (after 17 years). What is the story with frame sizes? Is there really a difference between a 1/4" or 1/2" in toptube length? What about seatposts- why so short?

I did the same thing.

Yes.

Because they don't sit while riding. I do however (as you can tell by my seatpost length in my pics).