Back street riding and hitting the skateparks again... Need a new bike! Suggestions?
#1
Thread Starter
Newbie
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 2
Likes: 0
From: Northeast Ohio
Back street riding and hitting the skateparks again... Need a new bike! Suggestions?
So... in the Spring of 2011 I sold my S&M Sabbath frame. That thing was sturdy as hell but heavy as well. Worked well for flatland tricks and some street but just too hard to really throw around.
I have an old Schwinn aluminum frame from about ten years ago that I've been using for street as well as at Ray's MTB skatepark in Cleveland Ohio.
I'm a 35 yr old male, 5'10", 185 lbs and I am looking for a good bike... not some chain store cheapy. In the old days ... S&M, Standard, Hoffman, FBM, etc were the companies producing good frames.
I've recently been looking at FIT bike company and it looks like I can find a good complete bike for @$400-$500.
What other complete bikes can the forum suggest that would put up with the rigors of street and skatepark?
Any advise would be appreciated! Thanks!
I have an old Schwinn aluminum frame from about ten years ago that I've been using for street as well as at Ray's MTB skatepark in Cleveland Ohio.
I'm a 35 yr old male, 5'10", 185 lbs and I am looking for a good bike... not some chain store cheapy. In the old days ... S&M, Standard, Hoffman, FBM, etc were the companies producing good frames.
I've recently been looking at FIT bike company and it looks like I can find a good complete bike for @$400-$500.
What other complete bikes can the forum suggest that would put up with the rigors of street and skatepark?
Any advise would be appreciated! Thanks!
#2
We win all charity rides
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 3,369
Likes: 0
From: Central Michigan University/ GR, MI
Bikes: BMX, fixed gear
Don't use that Alum frame for street! It'll fold on you. Danscomp has a lot of good bikes, start there. Make sure that you get as much chromoly as you possibly can, it'll last and help a ton. A lot of the completes from Dans are decent starters, and only a few are really going to give you that pro-esque quality.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
noisy.ant
Classic & Vintage
24
01-20-11 10:06 PM





