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Street rider
20.5 is going to be a bit small for you. You should look at something like a 21 up to a 21.25. As far as things to avoid, Eastern was always bunk in my experience. Although I haven't seen/handled any of their stuff in a few years.
As for maintenance and all that, its basically all the same. Bikes is bikes. The only thing that you might find different is the BB cluster/assembly, because the bearings are larger, and the cranks are a bit different than something for road or MTB use.
I think he said in his post he found a 21.5 frame, unless im seeing things, otherwise yeah it can be similar, just make sure you get as much chromoly parts as possible, as its stronger then hi tensil steel and aluminum. Racing is much different from street/park and youll probably want a whole different set up for that.