Reddit reviews Mongoose Legion L60 Freestyle BMX Bike for Intermediate to Advanced Riders, Featuring Hi-Ten Steel Frame and Micro Drive 25x9T BMX Gearing with 20-Inch Wheels, Black/Orange
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The Legion L60 is a fully park, street or dirt worthy freestyle BMX bike with killer colorways that’s just waiting for a rider to take it to the local ramp park! Suggested rider height is 5’0” – 5’6”.The durable L60 features a Hi-Ten steel frame, removable brake mounts, mid BB shell, and a 20. 5-inch top tube length.The L60’s drivetrain features 175mm 3-piece tubular chromoly hollow spindle cranks with a 25T alloy chainring and mid sealed bearing bottom bracket.The wheelset features 20” x 2. 4” tires mounted on aluminum single wall 36H rims with 3/8” female axle front hub and 9T cog sealed bearing cassette rear hub.Aluminum U-brake and brake levers provide precision speed control, while the Hi-Ten steel handlebar and fork are joined by a 50mm stem and threadless sealed integrated headset for maximum steering performance.
Alright, well similar theories apply to the 20". And that makes searching for used bikes on craigslist/offerup a bit easier.
Far as new bikes go this is maybe the best you will find.
https://www.jrbicycles.com/cult-2018-gateway-jr-bmx-bike-black
Or going for a Mongoose bike but these bikes are kind of just in between walmart bike and the one above, so I'm not sure how much better it is than the current bike. You said he was just cruising for now so you shouldn't have any strength issues: https://www.amazon.com/Mongoose-Legion-Freestyle-20-Inch-Wheels/dp/B07GNJDFK7/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=mongoose%2Blegion&qid=1564628291&s=gateway&sr=8-3&th=1