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Posted: 18:38 - 11 Jul 2017 Post subject: Re: Clothing Minefield... |
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arry wrote: |
You will almost invariably get your first biking kit wrong. It's par for the course. You will get to know what works / doesn't work for you after a bit of time on the roads. Don't sweat it too much (excusing the pun) - just get what you can realistically grab for not a lot of cash now and worry about what you really want later once you've worked out what you need.
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Arry, not 100% sure I agree with this. It also massively depends on how much use OP has for a bike, how interested they are, and if they are a seasoned die hard commuter, or just a social bike rider, or just want to get around on the cheap, or want to get bikes out of thier system/ tick off bucket list etc.
Your post comes across more as welcome to the life long brother hood of live to ride, and that bad kit decisions are like a right of passage. It also implies that people will also always get better at finding the best most appropriate and useful kit with experience and age.
I'd say that ain't the case for many. I know plenty of people in 40's> who have and do buy bikes and kit based on looks, fads, cool factor and because their mate has got one etc.
There's a good case in point for talking to OP like he is automatically definitely going to be one of BCF's forever all weather commuters and will need to lap up practical advice and fight the ongoing battle, of comfortable/warm/dry/well protected and well seen kit for the next decade or so.
But there's people on here that have had bike licences for 20years, and might take 20years to cover their next 20'000miles. Some of them don't even wear proper kit, and some that do have specific reasons why they buy what they do, (colour matches bike and all that shit).
To OP I wouldn't sweat it too much, you can only know what you need your gear for and what you like and can afford. The rest ain't worth worrying over, and there's no magic formula to the perfect jacket etc. |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 6 years, 271 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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