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08-21-07 | 10:31 AM

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cs1

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From: Clev Oh

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Originally Posted by neilwheel

So, by that line of thinking, a bike that started out as a stock model and has been maintained/repaired over its lifetime, maybe has a cassette swapped out to get another gear or two, becomes a custom bike in the process?

Maybe customized or semi custom, but not a full custom. It is a little bit confusing.

Tim

08-21-07 | 11:07 AM

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Longfemur

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Custom, without any other qualifier, to me means a frame built by an individual framebuilder who builds it taking into account my body proportions or measurements and my preference as to use (ie. touring, sport riding or brevet, racing). It's not custom if it has a production frame. You or I deciding what components are hung on it does not make it a "custom".