BMX - Another newbie with questions.

Hey my name is joe. I like bikes alot. I try to ride all kinds. I got road bikes; fixed gears; mountain bikes; I used to have a tandem; I ride recumbents and i do some downhill. I love bikes. I want to get a bmx cause the vids I see of the guys doing the 720s and ***** look pretty cool and I want to try.
The thing is I don't know nothing about BMX. Never rode one. I was hopin some of the people here could school me on the basics . I tried searchin but I don't even know the diffrnce between freestyle; street' and flatland. I don't know what would be a good starter bike. I wanna ride like the video in this thread-http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=206561&highlight=video
I'm 6 foot and I weight 220 I'm 23
I'm from philly( if anyone wants to ride with me).

Good to see a new person who wants to ride 20`if you want info and how to`s check out http://www.bmxtrix.com/. If your looking for a good bike or parts, try danscomp.com, if you want to be a flatlander check out flatlandfuel.com and rideflat.com. if your aiming towards street, check out the DK series, of complete bikes.Good luck.

Actully, I'd beg to differ with Mikato. If you would like to get into street, look at the line of Fit bikes- they are affordable and very good, especially for the money.

I forgot about, fit, im just a Dk *****, lol

Any complete in the 200$ range will be fine.

Fit.

Fit.
Yeah!

Brand *****s.

Although that S3 Edwin or whatever it's called looked pretty cool.

You mean Aitken.

No, they were making an Edwin DeLarosa frame too. I'll try to find the thread; I think it was going to have no brake mounts or guides since he rides brakeless.

EDIT:
http://www.bikeguide.org/forums/showthread.php?t=80311
http://www.fitbikeco.net/uploaded_images/DSC03280-710505.JPG

Yeah, that looks pretty sick. I wonder what it's made of and how much it weighs...

EDIT: Don't be smart and say chromoly.

It's made of recycled 9mm shells, and it has magnets in the headtube to make your barspins spin faster. They're also releasing a new line of pegs that automatically grind anything you want, you just have to look at it.

:p

Yeah, that looks pretty sick. I wonder what it's made of and how much it weighs...

EDIT: Don't be smart and say chromoly.
what else can be said about what its made of? sanko tubing?

what's the diffrence between street and flatland?

what else can be said about what its made of? sanko tubing?
That would still be chromoly. I was wondering about how the frame is designed to be made stronger, what Fit did to the chromoly to make it better.

Flatland looks like this
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=795821611&n=2

Street looks like this
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=837754291&n=2

Eww Bike guide.