BMX - Who makes 26" Cruisers?

I am 6-6 240lbs 40 yrs old. I've been mainly into MTB for the past 2 decades but know I have a strong interest in getting a 26 or even 29 inch BMX cruiser. I can't seem to find much beyond Firemans and Thursdays. I had a Redline Proline 24" Cruiser but it was too small. Suggestions please.

Thanks,
bussrock

I may not understand you on this, as the inspiration for BMX bikes seems to have been building a better beast than a cruiser for jumps and high-stress manuevering. Mountain biking seems to have it's roots in cruiser bikes also.



Cruiser bikes are the descendants of the twin bar bikes of the early 20th century which closely mimicked the motorcycles (especially Harley-Davidsons) which were extremely popular with youngsters. The adult market was weak at the time and the introduction of motorcycle-inspired bikes opened a floodgate of sales, creating the first stage of the golden age of American bicycles. As they evolved the twin bar genre split into three distinct styles, represented by the "Cleveland Welding"/Schwinn DX school, the "Zep" frame and the "cantilevered" frame, the type which has endured and is well-represented by countless descendents of bikes such as Schwinn's B-6 Phantom, Huffys, Western Flyers, Murrays and today's Electras, Nirves and others that have either changed the twin bar to a wide single bar that resembles a sort of tank element or reverse the cantilever scheme to a single bar (it doesn't look right to me).

The build on a Nirve looks sturdy to me but I'd like some others to chime in on that. The hand brake is there more for legal purposes and I was told it can be removed as the coaster brake will suffice. What you do to it after purchase shouldn't be too hard to accomplish.

The only other bikes I've seen that I might have confidence in would be an '08-up Trek. I base that solely on the wide bar and a nice looking build. If a single-speed or fixie can be reliably made they would certainly have mad style.

I am 6-6 240lbs 40 yrs old. I've been mainly into MTB for the past 2 decades but know I have a strong interest in getting a 26 or even 29 inch BMX cruiser. I can't seem to find much beyond Firemans and Thursdays. I had a Redline Proline 24" Cruiser but it was too small. Suggestions please.

Thanks,
bussrock

I had a Thursday 26 inch cruiser ,Great bike
There is a nice 29 inch bmx by SE racing ,It is called the big ripper
They have one at the local bike shop by me ,They let me ride it.Great bike
It is around 550 to 600 dollars

Thanks for the info and I thought I would add that at one point early on 28 inch cruisers could be found. It would be interesting to find out how 26" became a benchmark for the balloon tired bikes and narrow-rimmed road bikes adopted 27" and later similar metric sizes. Even kids' bike go from 16 to 20-22 and 24" but bigger kids end up on 26" so 26" seems to be a 'magic' size.

I may not understand you on this

A BMX cruiser is a very different beast from what other areas of cycling refer to as a "cruiser".

OP is asking about BMX cruisers specifically.

We are talking about bmx cruisers ,Not beach cruisers

We are talking about bmx cruisers ,Not beach cruisers

Ahh. But therein lies the confusion. I don't call those "cruisers". The term gets stuck on virtually every old SS and multispeed bike on Craigslist and more so because it's a "power phrase" that people know will make you open the ad even if you know better.

So then the terms "comfort bike" (not necessarily, the seat is the factor) and "beach cruiser" crop up. I will assure you that nobody is riding the beaches of Idaho LAKES on these bikes...

The term "hybrid" appears often here but I can't always figure out "hybrid of what"? That seems to affect people that throw different types of bikes together more that factory bikes, but I don't know a lot about that.

Being as I ride Beaver Cleaver's faves I'd bet I am a little stricter of definitions but whatever works for anybody is hep, daddy-o ;)

PS Being as I am 42 as well, all my rides tend to be older than I am.

(Where did they come up with "Beaver" for THEODORE, anyway?)