TOP 5!!

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lip03

Über Member
Location
beds/ london
hey! so been cummuting to the station for about two months now and loving it! even had my first really wet ride the other day and enjoyed it!! :tongue: and as xmas is on the way i want to get me some gadgets! :thumbsup:

so what are your top 5 gadgets for the bike? and top 5 for the rider??

p.s riding a scott hybrid if that matters!
 

cyberknight

As long as I breathe, I attack.
magicshine light

smart 2x 1/2 watt rear lights

topeak road morph pump

Multi tool with a chain breaker

crud racer mud gaurds

...............................

spd

buff

base layers

overshoes

At least 1 spare bike :biggrin:
 

Jimmy Doug

If you know what's good for you ...
Let's have a think now...

Air zound horn (saved my bacon a few times in Greece this year)
Magicshine (has to be seen to be believed)
Two rear lights - one strobed
High viz vest
Multitool
Good quality kevlar tyres (to help avoid punctures - it's a nuissance if you have a puncture on the way to work!)
 

YahudaMoon

Über Member
For the bike

1 The bike
2 Pannier bags
3 pedals
4 Mudgaurds
5 Lights

Me

1 Designer cycle rags
2 Shoes. No Im not a girl
3 Headwear (no helmets)
4 as above
5 Lock n Cable
 

BlackPanther

Hyper-Fast Recumbent Riding Member.
Location
Doncaster.
My ear drum bursting 115 db 'Thunder Horn'.
My retina burning Twin 'Cree Ultrafire' torches.
My un-puncturable (I may regret saying that) Schwalbe Marathon/Durano Plus tyres.
My MP3 player......I love a nice podcast.
My Crud Roadrace mudguards.

I wish you'd said top 10, I could go on.
 

Matthew_T

"Young and Ex-whippet"
Bike:

  1. Video Camera (Very useful)
  2. Saddle bag (TARDIS)
  3. Puncture proof Continental City Rides (Had them on for about 1 1/2 years now)
  4. Spoke reflectors
  5. Speedo (accurate)
Me:

  1. Gloves (Fingerless + fingered)
  2. SPD's
  3. Full leg lycra
  4. Full arm lycra
  5. Yellow helmet (stands out from the black lycra)
 
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lip03

lip03

Über Member
Location
beds/ london
Wowzers! Those magicshine's are expensive! @blackpanther the cree ultrafire!? From what I can see they are not "cycle lights" as such but seem cheaper even if I got two! :smile: are the efficient? And is there a bracket on the market? (For bars or helmet?) Also your mp3?? Both ear plugs in?? I love a podcast also but found riding without one of my senses a bit worrying! Obviously I always look and signal before any manoeuvre but you can't beat an early warning right? Also anyone ever used a sat nav on there bike? We have a tom tom and have seen a waterproof bike mount for it looks interesting
 
Durano Plus tyres
IQ Cyo & dynamo
S3X hub
Road Morphe pump
Carradice Super C saddlebag
 

Jimmy Doug

If you know what's good for you ...
Allso your mp3?? Both ear plugs in?? I love a podcast also but found riding without one of my senses a bit worrying! Obviously I always look and signal before any manouvre but you can't beat an early warning right?

Oh, this could start another tiff! Well here goes....
Personally, I don't think mp3 is a serious safety issue. I've been cycling with music since I had a Walkman the size of a dictionary, and have never had any accidents with one on - or without one actually. Oh, except that time with a dog. Yes, I did have one accident, and I happened to be listening to music at the time, but I would have had the accident with or without the music. I was riding along, going quite fast, when all of a sudden a dog broke loose from its owner and ran straight in front of my path to tell me what he thought of cyclists. Anyway, I hit him at great speed and went flying over my handlebars, landing in the road a few metres from my bike. Ouch! No lasting damage, but my bike was a right off. Anyway, that was my only accident that I've ever had ever. So, why am I rabbiting on like this? Just to say that I very ofen listen to music when I'm cycling, especially when I'm going on boring roads, and I've never had an accident because of it.
However, I would add one item to my list, especially if you have mp3, to compensate for the fact that you can't hear the traffic coming so easily: a rear view mirror. I've been cycling seriously for 26 years, 25 of them without a rear view mirror. I bought one for my Greece tour. Marvellous. You can see the traffic coming from a long way off and gives you an extra "sense" of the road.
 
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