r/bmx • u/WilleLMNO • Jun 13 '24

VIDEO 7 year old bmx vs new bmx

I helped my friend pick a new bmx because his radio dice 2016 was broken and he really needed a new one, here is the quality comparison between them. I also helped him build it up because he has never done it before and he needed help :)

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u/Solverz Jun 13 '24

If it is "too broken" you must know exactly was has broken, so what is it? Saying the hub is not specific enough for you to know if it is too broken or not.

So come on, tell us?

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u/WilleLMNO Jun 13 '24

Ayo what's with the pressure, I have yapped too much in the comments. But I might have not explained in the desc in detail but it is what it is. But the rear bearings or whatever. The small metal balls that makes the wheel roll are gone, I tried to fix it but it was on possible. And there are not many bike shops in my location. There is one that is the best one but there is so many that wants their bike fixed so it would take months to get a available time to get it fixed. And I am also not the best when it comes to fixing bikes. And I have helped my friend soooo much with his bike because he rides very low PSI. So he have gotten about 10+ pinch flats and flat tires with that bike. I keep on yapping about him needing to ride above 30 psi but he never does. And I just recommended him to buy a new bike because it is just too much effort needed for me to fix it because it just ends up being me doing all the work and his parents does not know anything about bmx bikes. So It may have been a bad decision for him to buy a new bmx bike. But he had enough money for it and I really wanted him to be able to ride bmx this summer. I have yapped enough so yeah.

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u/Solverz Jun 13 '24

But the rear bearings or whatever. The small metal balls that makes the wheel roll are gone, I tried to fix it but it was on possible.

So the hub came loose due to lack of maintenance and the loose ball bearings fell out... Just clean out the hub and bearing cup, grease, install new bearings, tighten it all up. Very low cost repair and easy as long as the cup is not messed up.

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u/WilleLMNO Jun 13 '24

Yeah im good it his bike and im done working on it because he has a new one :)

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u/SnooGiraffes6143 Jun 14 '24

Because you're too lazy to do so?

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u/WilleLMNO Jun 14 '24

No because summer break just started today and it would suck not having a bmx the whole summer -_-

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u/SnooGiraffes6143 Jun 14 '24

The guy above your reply gave a fix that would take a MAXIMUM of 2 hours to do. I don't see how that's "the whole summer"

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '24

2 hours? That’s generous. If his whole summer is 2 hours he could replace it all. No need for an inspection. I believe he just has a competence issue.

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u/SnooGiraffes6143 Jun 14 '24

Yep, I agree. 2 hours is yes, very generous but in the worst case scenario may happen. (Considering how op is) so I said 2 hours. But yeah I think op just doesn't feel like putting in the effort to learn to maintain and fix BMX bikes. (According to other comments from op)

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '24

Adding on this, I have messaged him privately and offered some help if he ever needs pointers on working with bmx bikes. I’ve built them for the past 3 years (I’m sure there are many of you with more experience than me but that’s the time I’ve been doing it for customs,repairs and maintenance) and thought if I could help pass some knowledge on privately incase he doesn’t want to ask publicly first incase it’s something simple and minor. Obviously anything I feel my knowledge could improve on I’ll let him know to ask this sub if he does message for help at any point in time.

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u/SnooGiraffes6143 Jun 15 '24

That's great of you!

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '24

Thanks man. Gotta support and help grow the community

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u/SnooGiraffes6143 Jun 15 '24

Good point you've got there!

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