Already did my usual 16 mile physical therapy routine, so I did it again. Haven’t gone over 26 miles in ~3 years. Me and the cats, dead in a bed rn, 2 brain cells between the three of us
Already did my usual 16 mile physical therapy routine, so I did it again. Haven’t gone over 26 miles in ~3 years. Me and the cats, dead in a bed rn, 2 brain cells between the three of us
Dude, I have great news for you! They didn’t stop making bikes 43 years ago! You can still buy one today!
LOL, and you’re not wrong either.
It’s just kinda hard and tends to be pretty expensive to find a proper 20" BMX flatland worthy bicycle that’s suitable for a full grown adult to ride and have enough space where your knees don’t hit the handlebars.
On my bike, that seatpost isn’t stock either. That’s actually a 1979 Cooks Brothers laid back and braced racing seatpost. Last I looked those up online, just that seatpost alone goes for around $300.
Yet sadly, that seatpost apparently doesn’t fit newer bicycles, I’ve tried it, different size tubes these days.
Regardless, I do have a spare wannabe BMX bike, it’s about a piece of shit though. But luckily the frame happens to be long enough for me to have plenty of leg room, and the gearing is at least close to what I like.
I think you should look beyond BMX bikes. You can still have a BMX for BMX’ing but you should get another bike for actual cycling. The health benefits are just too great to ignore and as you get older, that just becomes increasingly important. Don’t ask me how I know.
My other favorite bike was a 24" Mongoose Element, I think it was a 21 speed. The lowest gear ratio was the kicker, it literally had a 1:1 gear, slow as molasses, but very high torque.
No, that’s definitely not my preferred riding gear, but when Hurricane Katrina hit and we had almost four feet of flood waters for about two miles, it sure made it a lot easier to get to the grocery store!
Sadly, someone stole that bike a few years later, never seen again 😞