[Closed] So, who's rides a custom build

By custom do you mean custom build? Custom would suggest a custom made frame usually.

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I think you'll find in one way or another, just about everyone's bike is 'custom'!!??

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They're not [i]really[/i] custom frames are they... very nice bikes, but they're 'customised' mass produced models, yes? You obviously like your white eh? 8)

All my bikes are customised, though none are custom built for me, yet... soon to be getting a custom road bike though, looking forward to that!

Yes maybe but im not just talking changing the grips im suggesting more upgrading forks, wheels etc rather than selling your bike and buying an upgrade

My apologises I do mean custom builds and upgrading rather than one off frames etc
Oh and yeah i must admit I ive got a soft spot for a tad of white however with the weather being as it is im regreting the white wheels already!

Yes maybe but im not just talking changing the grips im suggesting more upgrading forks, wheels etc

So a bike is only custom when the important bits are upgraded? Which bits classify as important bits though..

You buy bits that fit you better, replace stuff that wears out and as if by magic a 'custom' bike appears. I don't know anyone who rides a stock bike.

the last bike i bought complete was an ex8 3 years ago, i've had 3 frames since, so all three are custom using your philosophy, the ex8 lasted until i got home from the shop and changed the stem, tyres, saddle and wheels 🙂

Well that rests the case
Everyone does
I just didnt realise the amount of people who do, I rode my trek for a good year without any upgrades. Only now due to having a bit more money have I started to upgrade

Made to measure 853 road frame for my 40th 😉

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To customize to make it one's own.

Nice paint flip!

the niche boys are going to get angry with this thread..

5 Spot in Italy

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Alpine in the living room

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flip - wonderful. I love those Rourke wrap-over stays and they look ace chromed.

Too nice to ride..!

I understand some people may find this type of thread annoying however im 16 and just trying to get some peoples views for a article I plan to write
Lovely bikes coogan

my Zesty

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My 456

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456 in bivvy mode

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Zesty has been pretty much fully upgraded only mechs/brakes/crank arms are standard.

456 is a classified build

Don't fret Rosss, 'tis all cool. Just bear in mind that you're mainly talking to 40 year old IT managers on here, chaps for whom custom means splurging £4k plus on a frame such as this:

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ValleyDaddy - Pretty much my perfect two bike garage
Psychle- Cheers

BTW Ross, bloody nice bikes for a 16yr old... I was on a Kona Cindercone at your age; cost me AUD$1000 and took me a year to save up for!

Thanks mate, Riding the pitch for the first time after an eternty of saving my £10 a week paper round money made it a bloody good day as days go

[i]Well that rests the case
Everyone does[/i]

Yep. I think I've owned one bike that was straight from the manufacturer built up, Specialized Langster. Everything else I put together myself.

I've had two complete bikes, both road - a Langster and an Allez. I also bought a Rockhopper complete but was 2nd hand and had some slightly upgraded bits I think.

My current mtb is a complete mess of different brands. I just upgrade parts as and when they break, with whatever's good and on sale at the time! I would like to start fresh with a new complete as it always feels like it's falling to bits.

custom all the way here..even the fork and shock tune's are custom'd......... 🙂

I'd take "custom" to mean a custom built frame as well, but anyway...
One bike's more or less standard with a few upgrades, the other was bought as a frame only, so is inevitably custom.
I'm not sure where exactly you would draw the line between upgrades and custom build.
The standard bike is gradually getting bits replaced, so will soon be crossing the line.

Abigales

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Katies

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psychle - Member

Don't fret Rosss, 'tis all cool. Just bear in mind that you're mainly talking to 40 year old IT managers on here, chaps for whom custom means splurging £4k plus on a frame such as this:

That's a production frame.

And common as.

I don't work in IT either I've got a real job. 😉

Custom build. 🙂

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Full custom HT, IE CUSTOM frame, hand brazed & my choice of bits...

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Part custom, off the peg frame with my choice of bits....

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I'm only a 36yr old IT manager and wouldn't spend 4k on a frame. Should I sod off to bikeradar or something? 😉

The only standard bike I've had was my first mtb, a 91 Marin Pine Mountain though that got 'customised' after a couple of months with barends and a suspension fork.

clubber you're only 36?

Shit you looked much older than that.
Two paper rounds?

😉 Tis true, mind. It was a good thing at 14 when I could buy booze for all my mates, less so now...

When I was 14 they didn't bother how old you were in the pubs. 😀

Indeed. Mead never did have an age limit

My Nicolai AC
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Custom frame; the drawing
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The bike
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:lol:@ looking old boy clubber.

It's unlikely that i'd ever have a stock bike again, simply because now i have frames with sets of components on that i like, so it's always cheaper for me to buy second hand frames and move the bits across. And if i were to buy a whole bike there would always be something i didn't like, saddle, drive (only like sram) etc.

I would say 'full custom' would mean made to measure, 'custom build' could mean put together from a collection of parts, and 'upgraded/modified' could mean improving/changing a complete bought bike.

By this, i have 2 of the second sort.

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Here's my custom frame being built (in my garage).
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