Hey everyone
And welcome back to another Tuesday tip where in this video I'm gonna be talking about why BMX bikes from Walmart aren't real BMX bikes
So to start this one off this one is aimed at any of you kids out there who might be trying to convince your parents
Or someone else to buy you a proper BMX bike
But they're not buying it and they need reasons from someone with some
Credibility and they need someone like me to tell them to get you a real BMX bike if you're truly
interested in BMX
So at this point you need to pause the video and either take it to them or bring them to it and let them watch
The rest so let's get right on into why BMX bikes from Walmart are not real
BMX bikes first off. They are not anywhere near
Held to the same standards of quality
Every single part on this BMX bike is made to handle abuse. It's made to handle crashes
It's made to be ridden like a real
BMX bike is ridden bikes from Walmart are made to be ridden in circles in the driveway by
Ten-year-old kids who are never going to take it off a jump and that's not to say that a BMX bike from Walmart
Can't take any abuse whatsoever
It's to say that you don't want it to try to take the abuse that real
BMX riding might throw at it and that brings us right on into the next point that I want to talk about and that is
materials the materials on a BMX bike from Walmart are also
nowhere near the same quality as the materials on a real BMX bike Rio BMX bikes are made of
4130 chromoly and high-grade aluminum for some parts, but when it comes to bikes from Walmart and BMX bikes from Walmart
they are made of high tensile steel on all of the main components of the bike and
Aluminum for everything else and they are quite frankly
They're just pieces of junk and honestly, you never want to ride a full high tensile steel
frame for any type of
real-deal BMX riding
for very long at least chances are after a very short period of time or any hard Slams or
crashes that bike is going to start failing or it's going to start showing signs of failing and
Those are going to lead to real failure
Real quick and that brings us into the third thing that I wanted to talk about
And this is the biggest thing that I wanted to talk about and that is safety
These bikes like I said are not meant to be jumped. They're not meant to be grinded
They're meant to be ridden in circles by little kids with no intentions of ever doing anything that real
BMX bikes are put through
so once again your child is not safe doing real BMX tricks on a
Bike from Walmart they can get away with it for a little bit
But you don't want to put them at risk by cheeping out and buying a bike from Walmart
especially considering and this might be something that you're not considering yet that you can go on Craigslist or
Facebook and most likely within probably 50 miles of you find a real
BMX bike for a decent price
It might be a complete bike that someone bought and didn't end up using it might be a complete bike
That's custom with all kinds of different high quality parts on it
Just like this one and you'll probably be able to pay just a little bit over what you'd have
Invested in a Walmart bike after tax and all of these things for something that is real
legit and built to handle
What your kid is?
Probably going to put it through and this is the part of the video where I tell the adults that I told
Whoever brought this video to you to bring the video to you and this is the part where you get to turn it around on
Them and make sure that they are dedicated to riding BMX
For at least a period of time before you go out and spend tons of money on a bike
So yes, sometimes it might be okay to get away with a Walmart bike for a week
I wouldn't push it further than a month of real trying to ride BMX at the skatepark because it's going to get them hurt
I promise
If they continue to ride a Walmart bike a skatepark it trails or even street riding, you know about that yet
They're going to hurt themselves or the bike at some point in time
You need to get them something that can stand up to the abuse that they're going to put it through and this also comes with
Age if your kid is a little bit older 14 15, and they're trying to ride BMX
They're naturally going to be bigger. And this means that a Walmart bike is going to handle even less from them
So you might want to consider going to your local bike shop actually
No
You don't might want to consider that you
Absolutely need to go to your local bike shop and ask them about what?
They have to offer and what price ranges and they will be able to help you out
I also have some other videos on my youtube channel that you can watch as a BMX buyer's guide
there's also tons of other videos online that you can watch and I literally cannot stress enough how
Important a local bike shop could end up being to your kid if they stick with riding BMX
It's a place to go and it's another person who could be close to them to keep an eye out for them for you
whenever you're not around and they're out riding their bike and it's a place where they're going to get help and it's just a
positive influence in most cases for kids who are riding
So if I don't even think that you should consider Walmart and buying a bike
You should
Absolutely
like I said go to your local bike shop and talk to them first because
Chances are they're going to be able to help you and if they can't and they don't deal in BMX
Find another one and visit them
Because most likely there's a shop somewhere near you that deals in BMX and just wants to help kids. Be safe and be
Successful riding their bikes the way that I want another aspect of buying local from a bike shop
is that whenever you buy a bike from them it also comes with their
Support for that bike if you buy a bike from Walmart and you bring it in you're just gonna have to pay them to work
On the bike. They're probably not gonna want to show you how to do things on it
But if you buy a bike for your kid at that bike shop
They're probably going to be way more
likely to want
Help them out and show them things on the bike
without having to bring it in for maintenance if they just have a quick question and they're going to be able to recommend things for
Future upgrades and things like that whereas buying from Walmart or buying on the Internet?
you don't get any of that and it's
Definitely something that you should consider in buying a BMX bike and when it really comes down to it if you see this kid riding
BMX in six months to a year. You don't want to mess with a Walmart bike whatsoever
Because if you do you're going to be buying another bike whenever they destroy the bike you bought at Walmart
And then you're gonna be out that much more money
so why not put the Walmart bike money towards a
Legitimate BMX bike to start out and not have to worry about your kids safety for one and for two
Your money just going to waste on a bike that's going to fall apart
And if you're in a position where you absolutely have to buy a bike from Walmart because you can't afford anything else
I have friends who build these bikes at Walmart and their advice in this video is to check
Literally everything on the bike take it to a bike shop. If you have to have them look over it and just make sure
Everything's tight and put together right because you don't want Jimmy who's out back smoking
Cigarettes while he's pushing carts back into Walmart who's building your BMX bike putting it together wrong or not
Correctly and having your kid get on it and go to the skate park and try to jump something and have the bars come back
Or go forward and have them fall at someone else's expense and fault
so with that being said
I hope that you have watched this video and listened and
Understood everything that I've had to say because it's all true and I really just want to help whoever you are
That might be watching this video thinking about buying a BMX bike for your kid or whoever it might be
To make an educated decision and purchase whenever you're buying something. I've seen tons of videos online where
YouTube BMX guys are
Trying to ride a Walmart bike just like they ride their own bikes and they just completely
and destroy them and it's one of those things where I haven't really seen anybody actually talking about
Why this is happening and why there's a difference between that Walmart bike and a real BMX bike like this one
And I know to someone who's not in the BMX world
You might not be able to see the difference between the two just upon looking at them
but if you put two of them beside each other you can absolutely see the differences and I'm
Promising you that there are major
major
Differences even more than the ones that I've just talked about today and the companies who are making the bikes that you see at Walmart
are trying to emulate these bikes as good as they possibly can so it's
Understandable that someone might confuse them for each other before they've got any real knowledge on the subject. So with that being said
Anyone has questions
please leave them in the comments below or
Scroll through the comments and make sure that your question hasn't been asked yet
because I know that there are going to be a lot of them in the comments and I want to help as many people as
possible
With this and I want to keep as many kids as possible riding bikes
I don't want some kid to quit riding because he had a Walmart bike or he's riding his old bike from Walmart at the skatepark
Tries to jump something and ends up falling and never wants to ride again don't want to see that
I want to see as many people as possible riding BMX. So I'm gonna end the video here
I hope that you enjoyed it if you've learned anything or you've made a better decision
For buying a BMX bike for someone in your life because of this video also
Let me know that in the comments down below
hit subscribe while you're down there because I've got
So many videos like this or that your child or whoever might find useful after they get their BMX bike
I've got tips on how to work on your bike
I come out with a BMX news video every Friday that talks about all of the new things
Coming out and pros who are making videos and all kinds of different stuff like that as well as just videos of me having fun
Or riding with my friends on other days of the week and sometimes I stream and talk about different aspects of BMX
So if that sounds like anything you might be interested in hit the subscribe button
there's gonna be more videos that pop up and you're going to be able to find all of the
Other tips and tricks videos that are going to help in the future with the bike that you might buy
Unless it's a Walmart bike because quite honestly
I don't plan on making videos about how to work on those types of bikes because I don't think
Anyone who's trying to ride BMX for real should be riding one of those bikes and with that?
Thank you again for hanging out and watching this video
I really hope it was useful and we'll see you tomorrow, hopefully for another video. Thank you and goodbye