BMX bike size for adult

I am looking at getting a BMX bike for myself so that I can tool with my daughter. How should I size up a decent BMX bike for a 5'10" adult, 185 lbs? It's just for the neighborhood and practicing wheelies and other hooliganism that is too loud on my pit bike. What should I look for when determining between a "kids" bike and one suitable for "big kids?" Any specific dimensions I should ask about?

Like this-
http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/bik/2602523597.html
Or-
http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/bik/2602115057.html
http://seattle.craigslist.org/oly/bik/2592462042.html

 

I'd say you'll be close to a 54mm frame size. I think that's a Medium size frame.

 

Find a 24" cruiser, I'm 6'2" and ave no problem riding a 24" but prefer my 26".

 

24" alloy GT, that could be the sht.

 

Hmmm, I"m interested in this too. Same sizing for a 6'1" 240lb man-child?

 

20" look for something with a 21" top tube and you should be fine. A couple of the guys I peddle with ride that setup

-or-

24" cruiser for max comfort

Have fun!

 

I've got my eye on a cruser. I jus thave to talk the guy into selling it to me.

 

You need one of those bikes with the really big wheel in front and the little one in the back. That would be hilarious.

 

I recommend this, adult sized fun. Great for practicing those park skills.

http://www.specialized.com/us/en/bc/SBCBkFamily.jsp?sid=12P.Series&scid=1103

I plan on getting one to help hone my mtb fine motor skills.

 

Yea check out 26" dj/park/street style MTB's. Basically big BMX bikes.

 

Cheater bikes. Those bikes are for the people that can't ride a true BMX bike.

You should get this: http://seattle.craigslist.org/oly/bik/2599303080.html

 

24" cruiser. Getting one myself pretty soon. :up:

 

http://www.mongoose.com/bmx/2012/2012-kos-kruiser

 

who that be?

 

Some random guy at the track. Known for haveing impromtu wrestling matches with fine Italian motorcycles.

 

Anyone on here race BMX? I buddy of mine still does every off season and he's always trying to get me to come out, but I always flake out when it comes time to get a bike and all that shit.

It does seem like it would be good off season cardio, and there is a really nice indoor park about 40 minutes from my house.

Do they have classes for those 24 and 26" bikes?

 

I'm 6'2" and I loved my 24" Diamondback. 24" should be easier to race than 26"?

 

Me. Started up again this year after a 23 year hiatus.

I went to the track to watch one time just for fun and it didn't look to me that the fast guys were going that fast. So I bought a 32 pound steel Eastern with 26" wheels and a suspension fork, showed up the next weekend and entered Cruiser class and won. Repeated this for the next 4 weekends or so then I guess word got out or something and some fast guys started showing up. Fast forward a month and I was sitting on the gate with the top 3 guys in the state, one of 'em with a top ten national ranking. I'd upgraded my bike to a lighter Eastern still with 26" wheels and a suspension fork, but I'd added clipless pedals and a lot of stuff from my XC race bike so it's like 23 pounds. It's been really fun, the cruiser class at my local track is now regularly the fastest class of the day. Faster than the 16-17 Experts (which are usually super fast) and posting the same or slightly faster times than Pro class (which for this track consists of three Vet Pro's and a couple older Experts riding up a class). You can carry RIDICULOUS speed on the big bikes, and you don't feel nearly as bear-on-a-bike-like as on a 20. I still love 20's but after spending 15 years racing mountain bikes the bigger wheels just feel more natural to me. Any of the higher end box-bike 24" cruisers would do fine for you, Redline, Intense, GT... or if you want to be a little weird the 26" wheel bikes are really fun. You give up a lot in terms of speed out of the gate because they don't accelerate as quickly, and the frames flex pretty bad (my right side crank hits the chainstay every rotation out of the gate), but they fly GREAT and you can carry more speed around the turns with the bigger wheels. Just feels less manic. And you can still win on them even at Nationals (or at least I can, haha).

 

No, he should go for a HUTCH!

 

And I think I mentioned this before in one of the other BMX threads, but all of us former BMX'ers should get our old bikes together and bring them to the GNF.