How do I customize my Diamondback bmx bike?

4 Comments

1. Bmx4life says:

   March 1, 2009 at 9:06 pm

   you should have bought a flatland bike. it would have been cheaper than customizing a street bike.
2. Howdy_Its_Me says:

   March 4, 2009 at 8:03 pm

   If you are willing to put new wheels, forks, sprockets, and other nice parts on your bike, you should have a good frame to go with it. You should probably just look into a new bike altogether if you want to spend all that money.
3. Laredo P says:

   March 6, 2009 at 8:31 pm

   google “flatland bmx” and find some sites that specialize in flatland trick bikes/parts. I can sell u my old ‘87 General Hustler Pro But just research the sport and parts and stuff. Dont just buy parts cuz other people like em
4. WestCoastFlatlander says:

   March 7, 2009 at 9:46 pm

   A new Flatland bmx will set you back between US$350 and US$2,000… depending on how good you want your parts to be. Obviously, the $2,000 bike will come with the best parts on the market today. Here’s an example…
   At the cheaper end, you have the beginner-orientated bike, which has low-end parts, but good to start out with. Here’s an example ..

   As a rule of thumb, the more expensive a bike or part is, the lighter it will be, over the cheaper parts. When it comes to Flatland, a light bike is usually better, and will allow you to develop your skills a lot faster, and let you ride longer, without getting as tired as you would if you were riding a street bike for Flatland.

   So in saying all that, here are your options…

   1: Buy all new flatland parts for your current frame.
   This option will set you back around $1000-1200, but keep in mind, your frame is way heavier than any flatland frame on the market, so you will more than likely switch to a flatland frame soon enough. If ur outlaying all that money for new parts, throw in the extra $300 and get urself a nice Flatland frame while ur at it…

   2) If ur on a budget, spending thousands on a bike might not be such a good idea, and since ur new to Flatland, you might wanna get a good beginners bike, and then upgrade ur parts as you feel you need to, or can afford to. This way, you have a frame that you can stick with for years, without needing to upgrade. A good example of this kind of bike is this one… or this one…
   That last one is a beginner bike, but the same bike, with pro-range parts on it, looks like this… , which is something you can turn the ‘beginner bike’ into, with some extra money.

   You can still ride Flat on a street bike, if you change a few parts, it will just not be as ’smooth’ and easy as riding a flatland bike. Heres what you will need to do to your current bike if you wanna make it more of a flat-bike…
   – Get a longer seat post, around 300mm, and set it to max. height, as noted on the bottom of the post.
   – Get minimal or zero offset forks, to make front wheel tricks way easier. They allow u to pop up onto the front wheel so eaisly.
   – Put pegs on, all round.
   – Be sure to have a gyro set up for back brakes
   – Put a shorter reach stem on. Anywhere from 26mm-40mm.
   – Get tyres no wider than 1.95, and make sure they’re high-psi. For flatland, 120psi is super smooth for spinning and rolling.
   – If you really wanna lighten ur bike without spending much, take the cranks off. You’ll save about 2 kilos, and you can do a lot of tricks without needing to pedal. It’s not a popular option, but it’s a cheaper one.

   So there are some options for you. The main deciding factor for people buying a Flatland bike, is budget. I splurged and bought pro-everything when I build mine, so I knew nothing was going to hold me back from learning, except myself. Right now, there is 10% off on all parts and bikes from the site I’ve posted links to, so now is the time to buy… you’ll save a packet.
   Email me if you have any more questions about any of this.