OK, here's some more questions:


Building a BMX on a budget for an older rider..... how to? I would like to understand the anatomy of a BMX type bike. From what I gather it's important that they be sort of beefy cuz of the stress put on the from doing tricks. So does that mean steel rims and frame or no? What's the weight of a typical BMX bike?


Also, what might be some good how to youtube vides on tricks? I have started to watch some and there are what seems like some surprisingly good teaching by some younger guys. I watched a few with these two younger guys, one has curly blonde, long hair and the other has straight dark hair and they are pretty good at showing "how to" do things. And they're not really annoying to listen to. My main ones I want to start with are wheelies and that wheelie where you don't pedal. I forget the name of that. And bunny hops.


And lastly, if you go bigger than 20" rims does the skill level go up or does it make some tricks harder? Or no? I would like to possibly be able have a bike I can cruise around on and also start to learn to do tricks. Or is it just better to have two different bikes for that? I see the trend for 26" bmx cruisers, but it seems like that might make learning tricks harder.

I started to try and do a bunny hop on my cruiser bike. I actually got air twice last night, however I doubt it was high at all. I mostly just got my front tire off the ground but I did actually get both tires off twice. I was sort of excited. I didn't work on it overly long. I sometimes worry that might start my kidney stones moving. LOL. I know I have a few in my kidneys that just sit there and one of them is big........ I've had several in the past. The only reason I think that way is cuz when I was in my 20's I was on a business trip with my Dad and he visited a friend along the way. And his kid was riding a skateboard. And cuz I used to ride back in the day I did a little riding with him and then fell. Then when I got back from the trip a week later I ended up passing a kidney stone and I always assumed it was the fall I took that got it unlodged and moving. LOL.