Evaluating your needs and wants will help you to determine how best to customize your bike. You can choose to order a custom bike online or you can go to your local bike store.
If you are serious about your bicycling, then you will want to consider a custom bicycle over one that is mass-produced. While mass-produced bicycles are all made in the same way, a custom bicycle is custom fitted to the exact measurement of the person who is going to be doing the riding. This means that it fits the persons body exactly and it will help to make the cycling more comfortable and efficient. A mass-produced bicycle is more difficult to make to fit, so the rider may find that it is more difficult to compensate for the issues that are caused by a poor fit.
You need to first determine what kind of bicycle riding that you are going to do before you have a bicycle custom-made for you. This will help the designer to make the kind of bike that will best meet your needs and wants. Some questions that you may want to start with include: Are you riding for fun? If you are, then who are you going to ride with? Where are you going to ride and how far are you going to be riding? Answering...