Found this mongoose bmx at target, and now they come with 25t sprockets and a U-brake, as well as good sized bars and a top load stem???
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Found this mongoose bmx at target, and now they come with 25t sprockets and a U-brake, as well as good sized bars and a top load stem???
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by Financial_Option_757
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Except 25t isn’t used much now, and it’s got 1pc cranks. I’d agree it looks at least mostly like a modern bike, but it’s still more of a toy than a bmx.
1 piece cranks, non sealed bearings and likely to still be full hi-ten steel. It’s made to look the part while still cost them 10 dollars to produce and put together.
Still no pivotal seat.
Improvement, still not going to survive a flair
Looking better, not getting better.
Surprised those headsets are threadless 😀
That mongoose is the perfect starter bike.
Thats actually somewhat impressive. If your young and just starting out thats not bad
Was at Walmart to buy new tubes and tires for neighbors kid bike and saw they were selling SNAFU brand parts (pedals, grips, etc). Im not a BMX guy but had a few friends into it growing up and remember them liking or at least talking about that brand. Kind of surprised me that Walmart had them.
My first bike was a big box Mongoose, I would have been stoked if mine was this close to a pro-setup. This would make a good bike for the first year rider on a budget.
I bought a DK Fury a few years back from Walmart, but I haven’t seen anything else with the same quality since.
Big box stores have been selling shit brand bmx bikes since the 90s my guy.
Frame Chromoly *4130*… no
Pivotal seat… no
3 or 2 pieces cranks… no
25t Sprocket… no
Fork Chromoly *4130*… no
Sealed bearings BB… no
Sealed bearings Headset… no
Bars Chromoly *4130*… no
High pressure Tires… no
Definitely not a BMX. or at least not a good one at all.
I get why this is a good thing, don’t really get why everyone is hating on it so much, well I guess I do since every subreddit has become negative central. On the bike being a good thing though, I grew up in a small town from a broke family. It was a good hour drive to any town that had a decent shop so I was pretty much stuck with Walmart specials till I made my own money in high school. This was the mid 90s so it was right when the Mongoose line started making it to Walmarts, I was getting Huffys and NEXT bikes because they were cheaper. Did they break, oh yeah, but I learned how to fix a bike and what parts matter thanks to these bikes. I live in a larger city now so I wouldn’t ever need to look at that section of Walmart for myself or my kids, but my home town still has zero bike shop and zero chance of getting one. So I’m all for the bikes getting better for those kids that wanna be part of a sport that has no representation in their area.
I mean haro, subrosa, and hyper all have made Walmart level bikes for a while too
No chromoly used ever. THe geometry is good, modern, same as the top of the line Legion model, but materials are absolute shit.
I am a MONGOOSE ENTHUSIAST with 2 Legion models and a 2005 Pro Model, and my kids bike and scooter.
So many elitists in here, grow up. Everyone I know started riding on supercycles and CCM bikes, jumping the shit out of them and no one was ever injured because of the quality. You get injured regardless, and as we got older and started making more money we upgraded to nicer bikes.
Fuck what half the people in this subreddit say,
I’m still ripping a mongoose bmx that I’ve had for 7-8 years, had it since I was like 11-12 and I’m 18 now, I weighed more back then, then I do now
The thing doesn’t leave my driveway so what do I care what kind of cranks it has or what it’s made out of? I hop on it to rip a wheelie or grab the mail like once every 2 weeks, it’s not like I’m using at a skate park or something doing big jumps and risky tricks
I used to ride 10 miles to the next town over almost everyday just to ride all day over there with my buddies, I think it’s held up pretty well… replaced the inner bearing ring and it rides like it’s brand new again