Nebula BMX/Freestyle Bike, 20-Inch

This was delivered June 16th. Yesterday (july 4th) the tire blew it was warn through by the brakes, needs a new tire completely. This was the first time we have taken it anywhere for my son to ride outside or riding it on our private road in front of our house. The brakes burned through the tire not even halfway through the day, so he didn’t even get to continue riding his bike the rest of the Fourth of July. Unfortunately this is something I read in other reviews right after the bike was delivered and I was worried would happened and literally warned my son and told him to be easy on the brakes and it still happened.

Fantastic bike for my 10 1/2 year old son. Arrived exactly as pictured, and was easy for my mechanically-inclined husband to put together. We did a lot of shopping around and research before buying this bike, and I think it was a win for what we were after - a cool looking, good quality bike at a fair price. Highly recommended and my son LOVES it!

My son is 9 and 53" tall and this bike is a good size for him. We have the seat on the lowest setting so he has plenty of room to grow with it.The assembly directions, however, are absolutely terrible. I get that the manufacturer is trying to print one booklet to cover many models of bikes. It would be useful if they would identify which sets of directions go with which model numbers. To save you some headache, here are the things I had issues with. I'm pretty handy and far from stupid, but will admit I know next to nothing about bikes.1. The directions state the handlebars are already attached to the post. This is not true. You need to remove the four hex nuts in the clamp and mount the handlebars yourself. This is obvious, but just counter to the directions.2. This bike has hand brakes. The brake directions are written for many, many different types of brakes and say to identify yours. There are detailed instructions on how to adjust each type of brake. NONE OF THIS IS NEEDED for this model of bike. All you have to do is attach the front and rear brake cables to the hand brakes and you are done.3. That said, this was not so easily done. The rear brake cable is obvious, but I had to pull on it a lot with pliers to get it to fit into the slots, as the exposed length of cable was too short. The front brake cable was coiled up around the front brake and I couldn't figure out where the end was. I knew it needed to be taut and finally realized it went up into the handlebar stem. Voila! Pull it out from the top of the stem. I did have to loosen the cable holder nut to pull out enough cable to fit into the handle then re-tighten the cable holder nut. The ferrules on both cables were too close to the little "nipple" that goes into the handle hence the need to pull out more cable.I hope this helps. If I'd had better directions this probably would have taken 20-30 minutes to put together, but it took 2.5 hours.

I have 4 boys and have purchased a lot of bikes over the past 21 years. This is by far the biggest piece of crap we have ever purchased. I got it in November and a month ago my husband said he is done fixing it, throw it in the garbage and lets buy a new one. For starters there is a little hole in the frame that immediately started to rust so even if everything else didn't fail the whole thing would be rusted garbage in a year. The chain comes off on a regular basis. There are problems with the breaks. Just overall junk. My son has walked to the bust stop more than he has ridden because the darn bike is always broken down. It has needed some kind of repair at least weekly! The last bikes I purchased my boys who are in their 20's were mongoose ones from Walmart and they held up so well that we just threw the last one away and they were purchased in 2009! My 9 year old chose this bike and what a disappointment. Seriously going in the garbage. 130.00 down the drain!

My son was a little apprehensive about going to a bike without a coaster break but he caught on quick and absolutely loves the bike. Everything works great and has been very durable so far. He’s already punctured the tube but that’s normal in my option. The tires haven’t been low quality as others have reported.

My son loved this bike when he opened it! We got it for him for Easter. I looked at tons of different bikes and tons of different reviews and this seemed to be the best option for under $200.When we opened the box, the chain guard was broken; broken enough to the point we couldn't put it on the bike. I didn't feel it was a huge deal personally so we just didn't put one on.The bike worked fine, was easy to put together and looked nice.About 3 weeks of riding later, the brakes locked up. Not sure why it happened or how, but my husband fixed it and we moved on.A week or so later, the kickstand wouldn't stay up. Then, once we got it to stay up, it was hitting the chain when my son would pedal. So, then we fixed that.A week later, the chain began popping off. My son is 12 and knows how to put it back on, so he would. After putting it back on at least 3 times in about 10 minutes, he had had enough. So we tightened it up. A couple days later, it started again. We finally bought a new chain.All of this happened in about 6 weeks of having the bike. I'm thankful we're pretty handy and can fix most things. Not everyone is though. I honestly expect things I pay this much for to last more than 6 weeks before they begin to fall apart.Razor carries a good name and actually was recommended by a family member. But as time continues, whether it's a reputable name or not, everything seems to be made cheaper. Companies don't take pride in their products anymore and it shows.At least after buying multiple bikes over the years, we'll probably have enough quality parts we've pulled off each of them to just build an actual good quality bike...... Frakenbike.