ok well i have a cheapo target bike and have been upgradeing and fixing it everyother week and i think i just want a whole new bike and want to get a nice one this time any suggestions on a nice 20" bike for street and under $300

 

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http://www.danscomp.com/101959.php?cat=BIKES

 

yeah i looked at every bike in my budget(well last night i limited myself to $200) on danscomp

o and forgot to mention id really like if it had a front brake and gyro, as i do a little bit of flat land stuff, but not enough to go buy a full out flatland bike, i use this bike to get around on campus

 

So just run no brakes, use your foot.

 

yeah yeah i know, well id get one without front brakes but id like it if it did, it makes things easier

 

I used to ride, A LOT !! Just run rear brakes, I didn't even have them and had no problems.

 

around campus yeah brakes are probably going to be pretty important I have come close to hitting a quite a few moving vehicles on my old bike without brakes. I haven't bought bike in about 6 years when I bought my Haro Mirra Pro. I have always liked Haro bikes but since Dave Mirra opened his own company Mirraco bikes I would check them out. Some of his bikes look really light weight and fun to ride.

 

Iv never trusted Haro bikes or any of the corperate giants. iv seen the welds on those bikes break on some hard falls. id stay with kink or S&M. both make great parts and i rode there bikes for around 8 years. S&M had the warpig frame which was great for flatland. and kink make a ton of great parts for it. i rode the warpig for about 6 of those years with kink parts and primo cranks. its a heavy frame but once you get usto it youll love it

 

yeah when i was in highschool i almost bought a s&m dirtbike, i like thier bikes

 

yeah thats the other reason why id like both front and rear brakes....even at a university there are a ton of idiots, ive been hit on my long board, which is why i changed to a bike, much easier to manuver and stop

 

i rode dirt and street so i never ran brakes but alot of friends who rode flatland would run just fronts. the rear you can just use your foot.

 

You can use your foot on the front, too.

 

Yeah but if you panic and stick your foot in the front too hard you do a not so cool flip. I have never been one to build my own bikes and the only way to get a bike like an S&M is to order it from the internet.

 

here ya go... add a basket and your good to go

 

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