The best bit of commuting kit i ever bought was...

[Drago]

Aldi soft shell jacket. Looked good, comfy, and has worn very well. 9 years on and its only now starting to look a bit faded and tired. Quality massively out of proportion with its budget price.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

A bike. It proved invaluable and outlasted that job business.

 

[JhnBssll]

Rack and top bag, they transformed my commute.

 

[HLaB]

Probably the 4 pairs of BTwin bib shorts that I got for 50p an excellent pad for the money, the tip off came from here

I've never bought one but the cloth bags I've used have been great too.

 

[nickr]

A set of Cateye lights, brought for around £20 6 years ago and still going strong. Incredible battery life of about a year of 35 minute morning and evening commutes. Why anyone would buy a modern rechargeable light with a battery life of about 2 hours beats me.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Another vote for hub dynamo and lights (B&M) here. No worries about them getting nicked, battery life etc, they just work. All the time.

 

[subaqua]

Actually it has to be the Dynamo lights I bought in 2010. Transformed my commuting to a delight with always available lights and no chore of charging lights (or more often forgetting)

Same here. Buying the commuter with hub dynamo in 2012 was Best Buy ever. Wouldn’t go back to battery lights now at all.

The upgrade to a B&M lumotec ?? Front stand light would be the next

 

[sleuthey]

A Zefal DLock that clips onto a mount inside the frame negating the need to untidily wrap a wire lock round the saddle stem or carry a rucksack to put it in.

 

[keithmac]

Got to be the Gtech for me, nearly 3 years of plodding to work and back with virtually no maintenance (or cleaning!).

 

[dhd.evans]

Got to be the Gtech for me, nearly 3 years of plodding to work and back with virtually no maintenance (or cleaning!).

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Ooh, i like that. Is it belt drive?

 

[dhd.evans]

This thread might need summarised as a 'Best Commuting Kit starter pack' somewhere!

 

[mjr]

This thread might need summarised as a 'Best Commuting Kit starter pack' somewhere!

Maybe on https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/the-essential-guide-for-new-commuters.56622/ but I'd give it another week for more busy commuters to post.

 

[johnnyb47]

Not that i use them for commuting, but my new "flinger" mud guards have been a god send this winter, A cleaner bike (and me) have really helped to keep me going through the wet dirty conditions

 

[nickAKA]

Early days of winter but sealskinz neoprene gloves. Paid about a tenner for them as a clearance item, pound-for-pound they are THE best bit of bike clothing I've ever bought.

 

[Arjimlad]

BBB BWS04 Hardwear overshoes for me, really changed my experience of winter commuting for the better.