w/o any doubt, the most annoying thing to me is this obsession w/ building high-end bikes, making them beautiful, and not being able to do fuck-all on them. It's like seeing a kid driving a porsche on his learner's permit (or old women driving sportscars ... more »

^agree w/ travis, it may be a touch snug but really that's splitting hairs if you're new to this IMO. And as everyone mentioned, craigslist is for haggling lol. I just got back on bmx after almost a year off, and got my brother into it - we got 2 bikes

Actually i may be shooting myself in the foot here, but i've been about to buy some plegs the past few days and these ones are off auction in under a day, so maybe someone will beat me to them or maybe i'll just go w/ animal since i've got an animal ... more »

animal butchers w/ the plastic sleeve go for $19 apiece, or a pair for $32 on ebay (free s/h) that's what i'm going w/. Blew my mind that none of my local shops had plegs, i mean we don't have a skatepark nearby and hardly anybody who can get on handrails, ... more »

^lol, dude i've got an SE lager here and also an SE Draft (lower quality than the later, has american bb's etc) They're solid and i've put soo many miles on them it's ridiculous. No complaints whatsoever, although really on that type of riding it doesn't ... more »

if that's directed at me, no apologies man i just thought you meant overall differences. I've only been here a day and.. well much of the posts aren't specific at all and are very general q's lol. I know it's not the same frame, but i ride their 'generic'

it's not a single frame through the whole line, the entry isn't full chromo actually just look here: http://bmx.transworld.net/1000195056/features/first-look-uniteds-2015-martinez-complete-bikes-2/

you may find this read worthwhile: http://www.gsportbmx.com/2005/03/isnt-that-bike-a-bit-small-for-you-mate/

Once you're used to it, anyways! I'd hate to ride my fixie w/o straps, you lose so much force w/o them but at the same time if he's never ridden fixie before the 1st part of learning is simpler w/o straps IMO. I love fixie almost as much as bmx, and ... more »

to each their own, i guess. I don't work with anyone's bicycle excepting my own. This article is more my line of thinking, for anyone who's interested: http://www.profileracing.com/2012/03/q-and-a-do-i-need-to-grease-my-profile-cassette-hub-driver/ It's

and be damn careful wiping it, those pawl springs will launch themselves out and get lost lol

if it's just a regular cassette hub then it's not necessary (or even advisable) to put any oil/grease whatsoever, unless you're trying to dampen the sound. They run fantastic dry and don't require lube unless you're damping it, and damping it automatically ... more »