Cult built the 2020 Control bike to be well rounded and affordable. It includes features like full chromoly, double-wall rims, and sealed bearings, making it a good deal for the price. Cult has a reputation for making good complete bikes, and this is no exception. Progressing with bmx on the Cult Control will be fun and easy.
✅ – Full Chromoly
✅ – Under $500
⛔️ – Double Wall Rims – Learn about single vs double wall rims here
⛔️ – Pegs
Highlights
- Full Chromoly
- Street-friendly geometry
- Cassette
2020 Cult Control Overview
The Cult Control is a superb bike for riders looking for the next step-up in terms of performance. This ride is an intermediate-range BMX and features a range of aftermarket parts bolted to a 100% CrMo construction. Providing a lightweight and ultra-durable performance, its modern progressive geometry ensures you have total confidence in your ride. This freestyler is built so you feel your ride, when blasting over challenges you never thought you had the ability to achieve.
Equipped for Skatepark, Dirt Jump and Street Riding
This quality BMX is equipped with sensational Cult-quality aftermarket parts aboard its 20.75” top tube frame. With its 100% CrMo frame, forks, bars and cranks, and sealed bearings throughout, this modern-freestyler controls every ride with stylish and reliable efficiency. Rolling fast on Cult Match SW rims wrapped in wide and grippy 2.4″ Cult X Vans tires, this combo that ensures you have traction and pace regardless of whether you hit features at the park, dirt trails or down at your favorite street
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2020 Cult Control Specs
Price
$494.95 on ChainReaction.com
$510.99 on Amazon
Colors
Specs
| Material: 100% CrMo |
| Top Tube Length: 20.75″ |
| Chain Stay Length: 13.65″ |
| Headtube Angle: 75° – Learn About Head Tube Angles Here |
| Seat Tube Angle: 71° |
| Forks: CrMo Steerer Tube 10mm Drop Outs |
| Bars: 100% CrMo 9×30″ |
| Stem: Forged Salvation V5 Top Load |
| Headset: Integrated |
| Brake Mounts: Removable |
| Brakes: 990 U-Brake |
| Front Hub: 3/8″ Sealed with 17mm flange nut |
| Front Rim: Cult Match SW Alloy |
| Rear Hub: 14mm, Sealed with 9T Sealed Driver |
| Rear Rim: Cult Match SW Alloy |
| Tyres: 2.4″ Cult X Vans |
| Sprocket: 25T Member Style |
| Cranks: 3PC CrMo 170mm HT |
| Bottom Bracket: Sealed Mid |
| Pedals: Cult Nylon |
| Seat: Cult Pivota |
| Gearing: 25/9T |
Frame Geometry
A: Top Tube Length: 20.75″
20.75″ Is pretty tall.
This is good for riders who are 5’5″ to 6′
B: Chain Stay Length: 13.65
This is a really long chainstay. A long chainstay will give you more control with manuals and bunny hops. It will also make your bike feel less responsive.
C: Head Tube Angle: 75° – Learn About Head Tube Angles Here
Steep head tube angles make the bike “snappy” meaning more responsive to fast turns.
A less steep head tube gives you more control.
2020 Cult Control Price
I love any bike that costs less than $500. The Control comes in right at $495 and is totally worth the money. Not many $500 completes coming with Chromoly bars, forks and frame. Chromoly is a huge deal for durability.
2020 Cult Control Quality
Cult makes a lot of solid bikes. Here are a few of the quality highlights:
Full Chromoly Frame bars and forks. Chromoly is the strongest type of steel available for bmx bikes. Read more about it here
Sealed Bearings. Unsealed bearings fall apart and nothing is more frustrating than a seized wheel or something.
Sadly, a lowlight is the single wall rims. I have had a bad experience with single wall rims. Granted I was trying whips and banging my wheel on the ground haha. 😆
Highlights
Good Deal
Even though it comes with single wall rims… Everything else makes the 2020 Control totally worth $500. If I was just starting out, this bike would be in my top 3 for sure.
Lowlights
Single Wall rims
The thing with single wall rims is that they bend. Double wall rims hold up better for high impact tricks. This includes big 360’s and tailwhips. If you aren’t at then level yet, it’s no problem.
Buy if you are learning:
- Bars
- 360
- Double peg/feeble/smiths
- T-bogs
Don’t buy if you are learning:
- Whips will be harder
- 720
- Huge drops
- spins down drops
- tech lip tricks
Conclusion 🤩
Perfect for the intermediate rider that wants a new bmx bike. If you are just learning small tricks like 180, 360 tap, x-up rides and so on.. You will love the 2020 Cult Control. Everything is designed to last and Cult has never let me down before. Let me know what you think of this bike..
Frequently Asked Questions
This bike is great for riders between 5’5″ and 6’2″
Depending on how aggressive you ride and how much you crash, I’d say it should last around 2 years.
Very good for beginners to learn faster!
It weighs 25 lbs
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