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BMX Question

Andy Magic · 2018-08-12 20:44:17

Hopefully someone on here can give me advice, I'm a road cyclist but I'm looking at getting a BMX, which is odd because I'm 34! Anyway long story short I used to ride a BMX a lot and owned a few but a long time ago, most of my bikes were Mongoose but so much has changed with them now. Whats the best place to look for a…

12-08-2018 8:44pm

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Andy Magic

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Hopefully someone on here can give me advice, I'm a road cyclist but I'm looking at getting a BMX, which is odd because I'm 34! Anyway long story short I used to ride a BMX a lot and owned a few but a long time ago, most of my bikes were Mongoose but so much has changed with them now.

Whats the best place to look for a BMX, I'm currently thinking of these two but they have no front brake, this seems to be normal though nowadays?

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/ie/en/eastern-traildigger-bmx-bike-2017/rp-prod159230

or

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/ie/en/mongoose-legion-l40-bmx-bike-2018/rp-prod162727

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#2 13-08-2018 10:48am

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What do you plan to do with it - race/street/dirt jump/ramp/etc. I'm not an expert on BMX bikes these days but it might be worth calling in to a shop and getting advice from them (and buying from them afterwards) as bike setups have changed a lot from the old days.

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