| There are customized bikes...and then there are | | | | additions to the handlebars one can get so that when |
| custom-built bikes. | | | | resting is more important than speed, it's possible to sit |
| What's the difference between the two? | | | | up straight and still control the bike properly. |
| Cusstomized Bikes | | | | Lowriders are another type of road bike, though not |
| Well, anyone who goes to a bike store and has the | | | | one used for racing, but rather for cruising around |
| clerks there help him, or her, fit the bike properly, will | | | | showing off their paint jobs. |
| usually "customize" their bike by choosing the kind of | | | | Custom Built |
| saddle they like (narrow or wide, gel-filled, etc.), | | | | What does custom-built mean? A custom-built bike is |
| different stem lengths for handlebar height, v-pull or | | | | one that is built for you from the ground up - and |
| disc brakes, etc. | | | | hand-crafted more often than not. Your every |
| You can continue to customize your bike with | | | | measurement is taken and the frame is built to those |
| accessories such as bells, compasses, and lights - and | | | | measurements. Cranksets will fit your legs, top tubes |
| you can even give it a paint job if you're good at that | | | | will be just the right length, and it'll be built out of the |
| sort of thing. (Indeed, I've got a Schwinn Sierra that's | | | | space-age material you prefer. |
| about four years old, and I've been thinking of giving it a | | | | And in addition to that of course you can choose the |
| new coat of blue paint with yellow highlights. | | | | types of shifters and breaks you'd like as well. |
| Unfortunately, I know I don't have the skill to make it | | | | Custom-built bikes are the most expensive bikes you |
| look even halfway decent.) | | | | can get, but they will fit you like a glove and if you are |
| Road bikes are, obviously, built specifically to ride on | | | | a serious bike rider that is the type of bike you'll want. |
| roads, and aren't suited for cross-country travel. The | | | | Serious road bikers have many different activities in |
| tires are very narrow to provide as little resistance as | | | | which they can indulge, from"ultra long distance riding" |
| possible to the road, and the handlebars are of the | | | | (Randonneuring) to triathlons - where one of the three |
| drop-down type which force the rider to lean forward | | | | segments of the race is biking. These type of athletes |
| at an acute angle. However, there are various | | | | have to have custom-built bikes. |