my son wants a bmx for his birthday he will be 10 and i want to get him something half decent for a couple hundred quid he wants to learn tricks and wants one with the swivel headset thingy any ideas on what to look for and any good place to mail order ive been to a shop today and seen for £220 a mat hoffman(spelling) with trick nuts and the swivel thingy but i know nothing about them so advice please peeps in my day it was a raliegh burner with solid metal trick nuts

 

Your too young for a Burner (Im not sure if that was an unintended compliment right there ) Sure you dont mean the later Night Burner?

Other than that....Im way out of touch with bmx'ing now to be of use, so I'll get my coat

 

i think it was one of these from memory http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/raleigh/13728 how the times have changed

 

Look shite now dont they I had a night burner....looked similer to that apart from red anodised wheels and a translucent black plastic film covering over a chrome frame iirc. It was handy living up the road from the local BMX track as a nipper

Aint there anywhere round these ways where you can get advise....a track or sommot?

 

so he wants a Bmx with a GYRO like this one... http://www.evanscycles.com/products/...-bike-ec016730

here's some between 200-250

http://www.evanscycles.com/categorie...ice=&x=17&y=11

 

get him a mongose. good bikes and reasonable prices. you'll get a really good one for £200

 

ive been advised on another forum that hoffmans tend to be on the heavy side for a child? also everyones said to me that the mongooses are shite been told bang for buck a gt would be ideal for a ten year old i aint got a fuckin clue lol

 

How much do you want to spend?

 

when i were younger i had a mongoose didnt fault it one bit and i used to race it all over the country at different tracks. its like anything thou your always going to get mixed opinions on certain things. you can pick up a decent bike for that budget and parts can be upgraded

 

Like with alot of things the "In" name is what kids want.

this will do the job...

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/...-bike-ec016181

 

around the price you said ideally its probably going to be a passing phase anyway they always are with kids

 

harobike 540 air...i had one great bikes comes with a gyro and pegs

 

for your money you should be looking at

mirraco http://www.winstanleysbmx.com/catego...raCo_BMX_Bikes

gt http://www.winstanleysbmx.com/category/210/GT_BMX_Bikes

haro http://www.winstanleysbmx.com/catego...Haro_BMX_Bikes

hoffman http://www.winstanleysbmx.com/catego...fman_BMX_Bikes

and if you can stretch a little more then fit bikes are good

http://www.winstanleysbmx.com/catego.../Fit_BMX_Bikes

most will have the weight of the bike in the description, get your son to decidewhich one he likes then look online to find where to get one the cheapest

 

the thingy you mention is called a rotor. i fitted one with my paper round money back in 1987 to my dp firebird freestyler,it was made by acs the inventors of the idea and cost me 55 quid fitted back then. anyone calling them a gyro is a new school poofder .

for info on a thingy click... http://www.23mag.com/com/acs/acs.htm

theres loads of bmx's like you mention for no money whatso ever down the tip or salerooms/local paper,i got a mongoose to get me back in the swing of things and it cost me 20 quid from my contact down the local council tip,i went on the internet and they are 270 quid. bargain

 

i had an '85 DP racing firebird years ago, loved it. i have a Schwinn Jay Myron pro now, its been in the garage for a while now but i got it tidied up y'day so just have to de-seize the brakes now and she'll be out again for the summer.

 

have you heard about the new website about dp's matey ???

http://www.dpfirebird.co.uk/

your the first fella from Ireland who has ever mentioned they had one

sorry to spam the original topic, i love a pf bmx post