Any older guys riding 20s?
04-25-06 | 10:58 AM
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SPACE FOR RENT
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33 years old, 6" 180 lbs, I ride a 21" but rode a 20" with no problem.
04-25-06 | 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by -Bong-
I want one - but I'm 41. 
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.
Last edited by AlmostTrick; 04-25-06 at 12:35 PM.
04-25-06 | 06:25 PM
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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
Whats the odds of that!
Dont worry about a thing dude..... JUST RIDE!!!!!
It will make ya feel like a kid again.
Whats the odds of that!Dont worry about a thing dude..... JUST RIDE!!!!!
It will make ya feel like a kid again.
04-25-06 | 08:01 PM
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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.
04-25-06 | 08:05 PM
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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?
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?
04-25-06 | 09:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Expatriate
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04-25-06 | 11:53 PM
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Originally Posted by -Bong-
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?
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
04-30-06 | 11:00 AM
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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?
04-30-06 | 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by jst
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?
Yes.
Because they don't sit while riding. I do however (as you can tell by my seatpost length in my pics).
