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There seems to be agrowing niche for the 24" "Cruiser" BMX bikes that I remember from the 1980's [maybe someone still makes them (?)] I also remember the Mongoose "Moosegoose" - a 20" BMX bike with a taller frame. That was a very strange-looking bike and it took us forever to sell even with the drastic price reduction!
We just picked up a old Stingray Chopper (20" rear tire, not the Adult size) for $5. Just wanted it as a project to restore and customize. It needs a bit of TLC. My Wife is short so it makes a good size for her...lol. When we are done, she will probably scoot around on it a bit and when my Daughter is old enough, it will become hers if she wants it.
Good luck with the project! I semi-restored a 1973 Schwinn Fastback and gave it, along with a 1999 re-issue Schwinn Apple Krate to my nephews. Now that they are old enough to ride them, they love the bikes!
I see lots of guys 16, 18, 20, 22 years old riding around on bikes made for 8 year old kids. I want to assume these guys are just dorky dumbasses, but maybe there's something I'm not getting being from an older generation that grew up in the 60s and 70s where you would have been laughed at if you rode a bike that small as an adult. Can someone enlighten me on this phenomenon?
I grew up riding BMX bikes and wanted to go to competitions (couldn't do it) and got a little into BMX freestyle
Today I'm 35, I have a mountain bike but I love to get on BMX bikes every now and then to remember the good ol' days.
I used to be one of the best in my neighborhood doing willis .... I could easily do willis the length of a football field.
What is wrong with having fun once in a while. You get old but that does not mean that you have to stop having fun. I still skateboard, surf, ride a bike, ride a scooter, i like to have fun and I am 49 years young. Am I supposed to grow up? I did grow up and found that lots of cool things are still fun to do when we are older. Riding a BMX bike does not have an age limit stuck to it.
we have them at the house and yes I have ridden them, my kids call the bikes there bikes but still, why let them have all the fun.
Maybe, but being of above above-average height myself, I can't see riding anything less than 24" or see how guys can do it. At least not without developing back and knee problems the way they hunch over it. Like seeing guys going around town on clown bikes.
Even when I was still in BMX as recently as 10 years ago, my standard machine was a 26" cruiser. (Actually a converted hardtail Mongoose mountain bike, to the local mechanic's disbelief.) It is almost physically impossible for dudes over a certain height to ride anything smaller than 24".
You are never too old to do what you love to do, I will be 54 next month and I own 2 20" bmx bikes and a 24" DK General Lee, I dont care what others think, I enjoy my bike, and, although I am partially disabled, I still ride them as often as I can. I have found thru the years, the ones who give you the most verbal abuse about it, are the ones who cant get off their big behinds and do it themselves, it is plain jealousy...I have no plans on ever giving up my bmx bikes, I have been riding a bike since the age of 3...when I am no longer physically able to ride, I still wont give them up-they will become show pieces. Never lets others influence you into doing or not doing something...you are you & that is what makes us all unique and special.
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I realize this is an old thread, but I grew up racing BMX in the 80s, did a couple freestyle trick shows as well back then. While I got out of riding once I hit 18 or 19, I kept up with the sport and still keep an eye on the industry today. Pros from the 1980s, such a Eddie Fiola, Martin Aparijo, Woody Itson, Ron wilkerson, etc, most of those guys are in their 50s and still riding and freestyling every day!
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