3/20/2020 4:46 AM
Edited Date/Time: 3/20/2020 10:45 AM
cchili00 wrote:
Thanks, appreciate your feedback. And just to clarify money isn't really an issue, it's just whether or not at my level, and just getting back into this, it would actually really be worth the extra money to get a better bike. In all honesty I was kind of leaning towards the Trust FC or the Street Sweeper, because I really don't like compromising on quality when it comes to things like this that will hopefully get a lot of use. But there's also no sense in spending a bunch of extra money if it's not going to really add anything at the level I'll be riding at while starting out.
So even though the Sunday has 8 spline cranks vs the 48 spline cranks on the WTP, you'd still go with the Sunday? I mean I'm honestly not even sure how much of a difference that's going to make for me, if any.
Well, I HIGHLY doubt you'll need anything more than the WTP Reason for some time. Even then, I'm sure that bike would hold up. If it turns out that the sport isn't for you, you aren't into it for all that much. Either way, while the used BMX market is shit, any of the bikes you are looking at would garner you more of your investment back than if you went complete beginner bike. Now, from my experience selling bikes, I ran into more people than not who regret not buying more bike than they initially thought they needed. This was usually those buying into the sport of mountain biking or road bikes. They had sticker shock when they went shopping. Same could be said for BMX. People start looking at BMX bikes, don't really understand what they are looking at and their value-to-benefit perception gets skewed in much the same way ("Well, that bike at Walmart was pretty much the same as this bike but less than half the price"). You don't seem to be in that camp but I have seen a ton of perfectly capable, used, 8-spline cranks floating around out there. I'm sure they would hold up to you beginner riding and beyond (BTW, everything should be periodically checked for tightness to maintain durability). ANYWAY, all that said, I will change my recommendation based on all that.... & say I'd probably go with the Sunday. Largely, because it is $130 less than the Trust (pretty close to the price of a set of Profile or Odyssey cranks in any size you want), and everything else between the Trust and the Sunday is likely the exact same sort of parts, made in the same Taiwanese factory. Nobody can argue the quality that Sunday brings to the table. Likewise, WTP make a great product. Both tend to be a bit overinflated, price-wise, because of their reputation(s). Sunday made their reputation as a solid bike and their top end stuff carries their lifetime warranty. Are they better than WTP? I don't know.