What really is a customised bike?

**manxkiwi** · 27th July 2012, 09:21

I did an EITO assessors course. First thing they do is give you ten pictures of buildings, all sorts of buildings. They say 'which is the best'. Upshot is you have to define your criteria. To simply say custom or customised is not clear enough. Therefore it becomes purely subjective. So you're never going to get any concensus of any meaning, hence the 20 page threads on the matter.

I've got bits on my bikes, I don't say they're altered or customised or anything, I just ride 'em!

My 2c.

**avgas** · 27th July 2012, 09:46

A custom bike is one that doesn't hurt your nuts or give you aches and pains. If you haven't gotta custom to your bike, generally it hurts for a little while until you do.

**Geeen** · 27th July 2012, 09:57

Originally Posted by neels

A customised bike would be a production bike with bits changed to suit the whim of the owner.

A custom bike would more fit the description you have described, as in a one off custom build.

Yup, that sums it up nicely

**BRAD BRASCO** · 27th July 2012, 10:15

I always saw a custom bike as one that has had the frame built specifically for the rider -
a one off with custom geometry..

Anything else is simply customised.

But then again, a ground up build using a stock frame and a myriad of parts suited to the rider could be seen as custom also..

In the end, does it really matter?
Less defining, more riding.