What would be a good 24" production bike to start back on.

Gary

It really depends on how much you want to spend. Redline and DK would be good choices.

Entry level to get my feet wet.

Gary,

For entry level 24s you should look into Redline's product line. Decent components, decent frames, decent prices.

i have a near comlete brew pro 24 with profiles sm bars iam asking 250$
john

SE Floval Flyer. Great price, nice components, and the best part is, it's an SE.

Anybody have a lot of PADDING!!!!!

I went the Ebay route and kept it simple and stuck to names I was familiar with. Give yourself a dollar amount limit that you will spend on a 24" cruiser. You are going to get a lot of advice on what kind to buy. If you see something you like post it on the Racing section asking what people think.

Consider your size and how much use you will get out of it. I knew with my size 6' 245 that some of my parts had to be able to handle me. Three things that I think you can't slack to much on: Wheels, cranks w/chainwheel and the type of frame. Everything else is easily interchangable.

see John about the Brew, that looks like a good deal.

I'd say, get a used one off evilbay. I've seen several, latley, and the went cheap.

If moneys no prob, the GHP RULES.

[ May 11, 2006, 03:28 PM: Message edited by: Kastanman ]

Dang capt.nemo , you beat me too it. Go with the floval. race ready. And one sweet looking bike.

Because my son has been riding his bike so much my wife thinks it would be great for me to get back into it.

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I would need her approval! (ouch she just cracked the Whip)

Thanks for the info

Gary

[ May 11, 2006, 03:42 PM: Message edited by: Gary Haselhorst ]

The new GHP's are very nice! Btw, there are a couple old National Pro 24's on the bay.....!

Ride whatever you can get your hands on.
I just finished my mid-school mutt. It's a Schwinn Pro Stock frame (used) I bought on eBay. I added some mid 90's Dura Ace cranks I had, a Flite seat from one of my old mtb's. Bought some S&M bars and a Stubbie 2 stem on eBay. Also scored some XS cruiser wheels on eBay for $20, they're on the heavy side, but so am I.
Lastly, just yesterday, Steve from O Show bmx turned me on to some Schwinn cro-mo forks. I've got to add that this was really cool, because I just met him yesterday!
Anyways, total investment is about $250.
Probably would have been easier to buy a complete, but I enjoyed putting it together.
Now it's time to show the world my lack of skills!

I would have a use for my Old National Pro jersey

How about a Supercross?? They ride awesome and are superior in quality. Just my opinion. I am sure I have one sitting around if you want to try it. Shoot me an email if you want.

I also think Hro makes nice completes. You're gonna get a bunch of different answwers. Brew and Supercross are top of the line frames. Just make sure you have a good chain if you are going to be torqueing out of the gate!

Funny. after all these years I don't have a bike to race but I got my first pair of RedLine Flights a couple months ago.

I always rode my favorite products.

"The Free Stuff"

Check the haro sr24 out . the price isnt that bad.

I had a 20 year break from riding a BMX and had a bit if difficulty getting used to my new school Fit freestyle bike. I decided to start racing and found a 2 year old Free Agent Limo 24" with flight cranks for the right price. I immediately felt comfortable on it despite the narrow low bars which I thought I'd need to change but probably won't.

All depends on the wife, oops I mean budget. I'd love an S&M or Standard but just the frames are more than I paid for the complete Free Agent.

i bought a haro backtrail 24 to have fun with recentlly, no complaints.

MCS also make some complete cruiser's that look very nice & have a great entry level price.

I like the prices of the complete MCS's.. i rode an MCS when i was racing 15 years ago.. and i think if i get back on, I see no reason why i should change what worked for me.. one of the sponsors her J&P. sell MCS 20s for like 279.. and i think the 24 is near the same price!

Can't go past and Standard 125

Bit of a coincidence really, I had my first race meeting since 1987 tonight under lights!

A really good mate owns a bike shop, so I'm trying to choose a new 24 myself. I practiced on an aluminium Haro sx 24...then raced a Redline Pro 24"....all I can say is that the Redline was so smoooth compared to Haro, plus the Redline runs flight cranks, good to see a bit of familiar old school technology!

Either way, just do it, it was awesome, it was very competitive, a full gate of over 35's (at weekly small track meet), yet very friendly! The gate starting procedure has changed, it really threw me out. Well that's my excuse...I got a 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th....endurance level 0 hmmm seems I need to get off the couch and on to some rollers! Sorry to go on, but I don't know why I stayed away soo long!

If you are patient, you can score a good cruiser on the 'bay.
For example, I picked up an '00 Schwinn of some kind (Pro-Stock, I think) plus an Answer Alumalite pro fork from another auction to replace the chrome fork it came with - for less than $250.
Deals are out there if you check on a regular basis. Look for the cruisers with the seat post sticking out 1 1/2 feet and the bars kicked forward (like my Schwinn was) these are the ones that have been used for beer runs and dads riding with their kids, so they have not been abused and in most cases have barely been ridden. Plus alot of times these type of sellers don't realize they have a decent quality bike and will let it go cheap.

Very Helpful Info.

Thanks

Go to your local track. It's likely someone will have one for sale.

Failing that, the Redline's are a great value in a complete, although to be more to the point, there's no completes I can think of I'd tell someone to avoid. They're all pretty good.