i'm exited about this bike. as a former mtb exclusive dirt jumper of well over the past 10 years, i made the switch to a bmx cruiser as a dirt jump bike last december. i thought i would miss the suspension as well. due to the new(ish) direction of "slammed" forks, i was already using less and less suspension as the years went on until my last suspension fork was modded to 30mm and i was running 80psi per side, virtually no suspension at all. the slamming of said fork also gave my mtb a 74degree head angle, it was essentially a 26" bmx. i barely noticed the lack of suspension after the change in bikes and 90% of what i did notice was how much easier it was to ride the jumps and parks...
now, being and old school bmx'r myself(circa 80-90) i really had been bitten by the bmx bug again, but was apprehensive about going full blown 20" being older and larger than i was 20 years ago. i considered the cruiser route for a while. doing tons of homework on the available ones on the market. they were all cookie cutter duplicate copies of each other that, let's face it, are junk compared what is available in the 20" and 26" markets. old geo, crappy tubesets, most of them of them are even of objectionable quality in build and durability. most aren't even really built to handle abuse, built with more of the race consumer instead of the street/park/dj consumer. i chose mine because it most resembled modern "aggressive" 20" bmx geo and was made with a quality tubeset...
the bike is more fun than i could have imagined, but definitely needs a few tweaks in the 20" geo direction to be a better bike. i think this bike by cru will be the missing link us older or larger riders are looking for to achieve that "grown up" bmx bike feel in a 24" cruiser without having to settle for the standard racing inspired sleds that are available today. they are already turning away potential riders from them because of their unwillingness to update...
now, being and old school bmx'r myself(circa 80-90) i really had been bitten by the bmx bug again, but was apprehensive about going full blown 20" being older and larger than i was 20 years ago. i considered the cruiser route for a while. doing tons of homework on the available ones on the market. they were all cookie cutter duplicate copies of each other that, let's face it, are junk compared what is available in the 20" and 26" markets. old geo, crappy tubesets, most of them of them are even of objectionable quality in build and durability. most aren't even really built to handle abuse, built with more of the race consumer instead of the street/park/dj consumer. i chose mine because it most resembled modern "aggressive" 20" bmx geo and was made with a quality tubeset...
the bike is more fun than i could have imagined, but definitely needs a few tweaks in the 20" geo direction to be a better bike. i think this bike by cru will be the missing link us older or larger riders are looking for to achieve that "grown up" bmx bike feel in a 24" cruiser without having to settle for the standard racing inspired sleds that are available today. they are already turning away potential riders from them because of their unwillingness to update...
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