funeralxempire wrote:
If you get a BMX, will you be using it for tricks?
In my experience they suck for trying to get around on, because they're small, not great for sitting on and only have a single gear that's usually intended more for accelerating than going fast.
Yep, the first bike I ever got that wasn't a handmedown was a single speed Huffy BMX bike with coaster brakes. And, it was fine on flats, but the moment you had any sort of significant hill, I had to get off and walk it up the hill. And, I live in a city with a lot of hills. And even on flats it could be hard to keep up with people that had more than one speed.
I'd personally recommend people go with a bike that has at least a few speeds. How many really depends on their locality, not everybody needs 30 speeds.