What would happen if you put suspension on a BMX bike?

Have you ever stared at your bike for way too long? Well I have and it can lead to some extremely bad ideas. I had one today and it is really bad. Hello guys, my name is Ben and this is B.A.D. bikes and today we are going to be taking the front suspension off my mtb and putting it on my bmx and well seeing what happens. I have a lot of questions that need answering; Will it work? Is it worth it? Can I ride it? And we are gonna answer all of them in this video.

So I began by taking the fork off my bmx. This is a pretty basic process but I'll explain it to you anyway. The first step is to loosen the pink bolts on either side of the head tube and then loosen the top cover screw all the way and you should be able to pull the fork right out. If your having any problems just repeat the process.

After I was done with the BMX, I started to do the same thing on my MTB except that I took everything out of the cockpit because I’m not going to be using this frame. After that the magic happened. a new bike was born the mountain BMX! it looked totally alien. The geometry was all wrong and the reality was setting in that I was going to have to ride this thing. So without further ado let's… let’s ride.

My thoughts are a little bit mixed on this bike. I wanted this thing to work so badly but it didn't work at all. The top tub is way too high up. The geometry was extremely slack, so slack that I had to lean forward in order to stay on the bike and the handlebars, I mean they're just crazy!

If you were to embark on this crazy build (which I don't suggest you do) I think having the same size tire would help and a fork with less travel (mine was 100 mm). Also using some MTB handlebars would make it so that you're not so high up.

If you liked this video please like and subscribe as always my name is ben and this is BAD bikes and I will see you in the next video.
God Bless!