Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Don't go overboard and buy everything that you *think* you might need straight away - if you do, you may well end up with stuff you don't actually use. Buy things when you actually see a need for them.
Except for some spares and tools: a spare inner tube, a puncture repair kit, some tyre levers, a pump and a decent multi-tool. For the last two, it's worth spending a little more as some of the cheap ones are made of cheese. Topeak products usually get the thumbs up on here. You may also want something like a small saddle bag or bar bag to put these items in.
Other than Lidl, Decathlon are also good value for cycling gubbins. Wilkinsons have a lot of the basic stuff like puncture repair kits, tyre levers, the more common sizes of inner tube etc. I have a set of their USB chargeable lights as my "be seen" lights and they do the job nicely. Their high intensity (battery powered) rear light is also very good.
You can probably start off fine in normal clothes, but do wear a wicking shirt as there's nothing worse than a wet t-shirt sticking to your back. Gloves / mitts are wise too, because if you fall off, you won't skin your palms.
Except for some spares and tools: a spare inner tube, a puncture repair kit, some tyre levers, a pump and a decent multi-tool. For the last two, it's worth spending a little more as some of the cheap ones are made of cheese. Topeak products usually get the thumbs up on here. You may also want something like a small saddle bag or bar bag to put these items in.
Other than Lidl, Decathlon are also good value for cycling gubbins. Wilkinsons have a lot of the basic stuff like puncture repair kits, tyre levers, the more common sizes of inner tube etc. I have a set of their USB chargeable lights as my "be seen" lights and they do the job nicely. Their high intensity (battery powered) rear light is also very good.
You can probably start off fine in normal clothes, but do wear a wicking shirt as there's nothing worse than a wet t-shirt sticking to your back. Gloves / mitts are wise too, because if you fall off, you won't skin your palms.
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