I'm 5'9"(only 14 though...) and ride 26"(not saying either is better or worse) and feel right at home on it. I find it feels more stable because it's longer so when I go bigger it doesnt feel as though I'm going to land in a mannual and fall on my ass.
although when I am mostly curb nibbling and doing small but techy stuff bmx is great. like today, I was seshing a bank on 20" and I was getting 3s to fakie like nothing, which I find more difficult on bigger wheels. but when I tried a 3 into/down the bank I landed in a many and in an act or trying to corect myself leaned forword-doing this on the big wheels would have been fine- and when OTB.
My point is that some taller people like the stablity of big wheels, and others don't mind/are used to the twichyness of 20" BMX
I'm 5'9"(only 14 though...) and ride 26"(not saying either is better or worse) and feel right at home on it. I find it feels more stable because it's longer so when I go bigger it doesnt feel as though I'm going to land in a mannual and fall on my ass.
although when I am mostly curb nibbling and doing small but techy stuff bmx is great. like today, I was seshing a bank on 20" and I was getting 3s to fakie like nothing, which I find more difficult on bigger wheels. but when I tried a 3 into/down the bank I landed in a many and in an act or trying to corect myself leaned forword-doing this on the big wheels would have been fine- and when OTB.
My point is that some taller people like the stablity of big wheels, and others don't mind/are used to the twichyness of 20" BMX
I think it's something you get used to really. A while ago I tacoed the rim on my bmx and decided I would just cruse around on my 26", had never really tried anything on flat with it so at first it felt really sloppy to manual and spin and whatnot, but after about a week of it I felt right at home. When I finally went back to bmx I felt to hunched over and anytime I would manual I would loop out instantly, but again after a few days it felt fine.
was that like a trailer or something? you must have put like a whole minute and a half of B roll from that flat ledge spot in there and then put no actual riding clips at the spot haha. cool video now, that one line where the guy straight hopped over that QP extension then 3'd that nipple was f*cking awesome
was that like a trailer or something? you must have put like a whole minute and a half of B roll from that flat ledge spot in there and then put no actual riding clips at the spot haha. cool video now, that one line where the guy straight hopped over that QP extension then 3'd that nipple was f*cking awesome
I'm 5'9"(only 14 though...) and ride 26"(not saying either is better or worse) and feel right at home on it. I find it feels more stable because it's longer so when I go bigger it doesnt feel as though I'm going to land in a mannual and fall on my ass.
although when I am mostly curb nibbling and doing small but techy stuff bmx is great. like today, I was seshing a bank on 20" and I was getting 3s to fakie like nothing, which I find more difficult on bigger wheels. but when I tried a 3 into/down the bank I landed in a many and in an act or trying to corect myself leaned forword-doing this on the big wheels would have been fine- and when OTB.
My point is that some taller people like the stablity of big wheels, and others don't mind/are used to the twichyness of 20" BMX
I think it's something you get used to really. A while ago I tacoed the rim on my bmx and decided I would just cruse around on my 26", had never really tried anything on flat with it so at first it felt really sloppy to manual and spin and whatnot, but after about a week of it I felt right at home. When I finally went back to bmx I felt to hunched over and anytime I would manual I would loop out instantly, but again after a few days it felt fine.
I rode BMX last year, and it was the same way: I found that going "big" felt sketch as hell. but I think I'm going to build it up again just for f*ck little things
was that like a trailer or something? you must have put like a whole minute and a half of B roll from that flat ledge spot in there and then put no actual riding clips at the spot haha. cool video now, that one line where the guy straight hopped over that QP extension then 3'd that nipple was f*cking awesome
thanks dood. yeah its a trailer for my summer mixtape. i should;ve included the description. alot of these shots i was planning on using for individual edits, but i ended up getting pressured into making a mixtape. so i just decided to get rid of all the filler and, well, mix it into a promo. so this little promo thing was made using minimal riding; im saving the actual riding clips (which are all dope) for the actual mixtape, which is going to be like 15, 20 minutes long. hopefully.
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