Im 33, and have just started riding again.
I've been occupied with other hobbies for the last few years - mainly motorbikes both on an off road.
I've got myself a mountainbike and have been riding XC single trail a few times a week and am really enjoying the simplicity of riding a push bike again. Ive got a fairly competitive nature and wouldn't mind racing of some kind. There is a fairly active local mountainbike club racing scene, but I'm not really the endurance type nor can i afford the time for your typical XC race. I could try DH but I'd probably kill myself and a decent downhill bike is pretty exxy.
So I've been thinking about BMX, there is a couple of tracks in town. I've done a bit of googling and it looks a bit of fun
But I haven't ridden a BMX since i was about 14 and that was never on the track just stuffing about with mates riding around and building fairly tiny jumps, so I've really got no clue what I'm in for.
A couple of questions;
- Am I too old, is it just a kids sport?
- Are there generally classes for different age groups? - won't be too much fun getting my arse kicked all te time by teenagers
- 24 in cruiser or 20in?
- whats the difference between race bikes and your avergae street BMX?
- How much should I look at spending for a not totally shit bike??
I've been occupied with other hobbies for the last few years - mainly motorbikes both on an off road.
I've got myself a mountainbike and have been riding XC single trail a few times a week and am really enjoying the simplicity of riding a push bike again. Ive got a fairly competitive nature and wouldn't mind racing of some kind. There is a fairly active local mountainbike club racing scene, but I'm not really the endurance type nor can i afford the time for your typical XC race. I could try DH but I'd probably kill myself and a decent downhill bike is pretty exxy.
So I've been thinking about BMX, there is a couple of tracks in town. I've done a bit of googling and it looks a bit of fun
But I haven't ridden a BMX since i was about 14 and that was never on the track just stuffing about with mates riding around and building fairly tiny jumps, so I've really got no clue what I'm in for.
A couple of questions;
- Am I too old, is it just a kids sport?
- Are there generally classes for different age groups? - won't be too much fun getting my arse kicked all te time by teenagers
- 24 in cruiser or 20in?
- whats the difference between race bikes and your avergae street BMX?
- How much should I look at spending for a not totally shit bike??