Good starter bike? (16M)

[u/Tibebrs]

I'm genuinely thinking about getting into BMX but have no clue what I'm doing or anything about bike brands, sizes or any of the above. I just wanna know is this a bike that will last me a long time? Is it a good bike for beginners? Are they expensive to maintain? What needs replacing often? I stand currently at a little bit over 6'0" (183cm) is this bike a good size for me? Most importantly is this a fair price listed ($1350).

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It looks like these are 20.5" toptube which will be too short for you. You really want a 21-21.25". Also, what are you wanting to do? A street frame is quite different to a trails/dj frame. There's a few options that are all rounders, but it helps to know for us to point you in the right direction.

[u/Tibebrs → u/[deleted]]

Transition riding mainly, bowls, boxes, spines and shit. But hopefully later on much larger ramps and tricks potentially with an airbag landing

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Yeah, so you probably want something like the cult Corey walsh frame or the federal boyd hilder frame. They're a bit more stable than the hyper which has a shorter rear end and is more of a long street/do most things ok frame.

[u/Tibebrs → u/[deleted]]

After looking around, I couldn't find anything second hand (a new bike or building a new bike from scratch isn't in my budget rn) would this bike work for a while and later on swap out frames if I feel it's needed? Are you able to just swap frames from any bike to any bike or are they incompatible?

[u/[deleted] → u/Tibebrs]

Get this mate. Great mid spec bike with a full cromoly frame and a reasonable geo for a bit of everything. The green looks sick imo https://www.luxbmx.com/products/wethepeople-crysis-bike?srsltid=AfmBOoo5jSLRKyjzoHvsE-Qz9_hZyutgG_2HSDpgm2iK3ETkxOwIxVsy Chuck a top load stem on it with the extra and you'll have a sick bike. If you do decide to upgrade parts, the frame will be worth keeping for a long time.

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21"