38yo mom here. Nope, I don’t ride, but I love watching, haha. I’m looking to get my son out of the house and off Fortnite. He’s 11yo, about 110lbs. We pulled all of our bikes out of the garage recently and started working on them being as we want to start riding around as a family more often and his mountain bike is crap and I’m just gonna toss it. We were looking at the BMX bikes in Walmart while picking up tire tubes and I was explaining to him what BMX was and he was intrigued. I told him if he’d get off his game more often, maybe I’d consider buying him one, and he could try to learn some tricks. He thought that’d be a cool idea. He’s actually only allowed to play his game 4 days out of the week but the rest of the days he gets bored playing on the trampoline or shooting the basketball with his sister and I don’t even think he remembers our conversation about BMX. I’ve been looking at bikes for days now, and I know the big box store bikes are junk, but the bike store prices are outrageous and I can’t justify paying that for something he may not even get into. $250 a piece is about what we’ve paid for all the rest of our bikes anyway (mountain, cruisers). So would this be a solid beginner choice? I could always sell it if he doesn’t get into it. Or maybe I could ride it and embarrass him in front of friends, who knows.
by marie_kristi
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He will be able to ride it yes. But it may be a little big on him right now. Not sure how tall he is, but my son is a tall 10 year old and he has been riding an “18 inch bmx” (bike posted is a 20 inch) for a couple years now, and I still think he can do another year, maybe two on the 18 inch before I upgrade him to the 20. BMX sizing is tough, the bike should be smaller compared to how a mountain bike would fit. Basically, I would encourage you to check out an 18 inch, my fear is that the bike you posted might be too big, ultimately discouraging him from riding it because he won’t be able to progress on it. I think an 18 would be a better fit right not giving him a better chance to get hooked on it.