My daughter has recently learnt to to ride a bike and started riding at the local BMX track. I want to get something that I can ride there too. (any excuse to buy a new toy)

Last time I rode a BMX was about 10 years ago (it was great cross training for when I was mountain biking) so I don’t know what has changed since then. I think that I should probably go for a cruiser as I am quite big, (6′1″, 200lbs, 186cm, 90 kg).

What I would really like is something with a racing geometry, rather than freestyle but I prefer the forgiveness of Cromo over Alloy. But all of the race bikes I’ve seen are alloy.

Any advice: what to look for, what to avoid, web links to good advice etc appreciated.