What kind of riding?
Getting started
Six kinds of riding, in plain words. Pick the one closest to what you do and it opens the builder made for that kind of bike. Nothing is saved, nothing is signed up for, and you can come back here and pick a different one at any time.
Pick the one that sounds most like you
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Trails and dirt
Riding singletrack, roots, rocks and steep ground on a bike with fat knobby tires and usually some suspension.
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Skateparks, street and dirt jumps
A small strong bike with one gear, ridden at the park, on jumps, or around town for tricks rather than distance.
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Paved roads and long miles
Riding on pavement for distance or speed, on a light bike with skinny tires and curved drop handlebars.
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Dirt roads and mixed surfaces
Long rides that start on pavement and carry on down gravel and farm roads, on a drop bar bike with room for wider tires.
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Trails with a motor helping
The same dirt riding, on a bike with a motor and a battery that add power while you pedal.
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What you wear, not what you bolt on
Helmet, shoes, gloves, pads and the rest of the kit you ride in, whatever kind of bike is under you.
What happens when you pick one
Each link opens a parts builder for that kind of bike. You pick parts and it compares the published specifications of the parts you picked against each other as you go, with a running price and weight. When nothing conflicts it says “No conflicts found”, which means no conflict among the dimensions it checks rather than a guarantee that a build is right. What we check, and what we don’t spells out both halves.
None of this is a judgement about which bike suits you. Nothing here reads your height, your fitness or your local trails, and no builder is a better place to start than the others. If two of the six sound about equally like your riding, either one is a fine place to begin.
If none of these fit
These six are the builders that exist today. If the riding you do is not among them, there is no builder for it here yet, and pretending otherwise would waste your time. About BuildMyMTB says what the project is and how to reach us.