The Best and Worse of Big box, a Newbies reference for a starter bike.

What is the point of this thead?

Justin_rm250 wrote:

What is the point of this thead?

Justin_rm250 wrote:

What is the point of this thead?

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99% of non walmart bikes are miles above these especially in customer service

Justin_rm250 wrote:

What is the point of this thead?

Justin_rm250 wrote:

What is the point of this thead?

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just so new bmx riders on a budget know whats good and whats crap out of the big box stores. of course anything from a manufacture's website is gonna be more expensive but always better....

Justin_rm250 wrote:

What is the point of this thead?

Justin_rm250 wrote:

What is the point of this thead?

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bmxsteve99 wrote:

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99% of non walmart bikes are miles above these especially in customer service

bmxsteve99 wrote:

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99% of non walmart bikes are miles above these especially in customer service

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agreed but many people wont pay those prices to get into something they've never tried before.

I don't know why someone would buy a wallmart bike for bmx street/park/vert? At least a lower end complete kink stolen subrosa

Presonally i think this is a very smart thread.. My guess is that it will help alot of people starting out, especially young kids who cant convince thier parents to buy the bike from a bike shop, and dont know how to tell a good bike form a shit one. On a side note, why is that brand that is owned by a snowboarder/skater making the highest quality BMX bike that walmart carries!? I mean come on dk/mongoose.

Thomas_Kerrigan wrote:

Presonally i think this is a very smart thread.. My guess is that it will help alot of people starting out, especially young ...more

Thomas_Kerrigan wrote:

Presonally i think this is a very smart thread.. My guess is that it will help alot of people starting out, especially young kids who cant convince thier parents to buy the bike from a bike shop, and dont know how to tell a good bike form a shit one. On a side note, why is that brand that is owned by a snowboarder/skater making the highest quality BMX bike that walmart carries!? I mean come on dk/mongoose.

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Because Mongoose is owned by Pacific Cycles, who is onlyinterested in a good profit.
And because dk Is now owned by Huffy, Which has more say in what bikes are sold through the dept.stores, with the dk name then the people at Dk actually do.... (yeah its a sad thing i know)

THAT BEING SAID
a dk raven which is 250 right now would in my mind be level or slightly better then the thrash 3.5 but thats just my op...

MONEY. That is the reason we have this thread. Not everyone will shell out 300-500 bucks to TRY a sport.

One thing you guys could do who have more free time (I am actually working right meow) is find discounted and clearance parts to build budget custom setups and POST THEM IN ONE THREAD. That way people asking what they should get might have another option. We did this in the past and it was common to have a decked out setup for 500 bucks or so. And yes, I did state new riders won't always knock that much out, BUT some riders who are newer and have since destroyed a complete would benefit, as would those of you who like to have a second setup.

Do you have any details on the geometry of the Mode 900?

Full cromoly with mid bb and integrated headset for $200. Shit is a good deal for like younger kids who may or may not stick with it.

I agree with Thomas and Dave; his thread is simply to inform kids, or adults with zero money, about their best choices, from the most common place in the area, the big box store. I bought my own $300 complete, and being only 15, money is hard to come by with only Christmas or my birthday the only time for a bit of money. I almost wish I had found this thread when I was looking for a bike, I could have bought a cheap one, and put other money into upgrades.

tecnic1 wrote:

Do you have any details on the geometry of the Mode 900?

Full cromoly with mid bb and integrated headset for $200. Shit is a ...more

tecnic1 wrote:

Do you have any details on the geometry of the Mode 900?

Full cromoly with mid bb and integrated headset for $200. Shit is a good deal for like younger kids who may or may not stick with it.

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at this price point, the frame geometry is going to be roughly the same between them all, But it should be the same geometry as a Mode 540, which is pretty common to find in the bigger walmarts, the 900 however is slightly harder to find, since its a "kids bike" for 200 bucks, they tend to be not so common in the stores.

The Geometry between the Dk bikes will be the same though, that I can give if needed, or anybody who has seen these bikes in the store, Just measure next time, and bring that info back. I would hate to see kids who TRULY want to get into bmx land themselves on a spinner or mode100 and then snap the headtube off on a bunny hop or some crap like that. only because they didn't know and where on a budget.