Advice on clothing for first commute

FoldingJoe

All,

I pick up the Airnimal tomorrow evening, so will probably attempt my first commute from Hither Green to London on Wednesday.

I'll need to buy some cycling shorts (definitely baggies) and SPD shoes (that can be worn with flats to start with) tomorrow.

Can anyone recommend some good baggy shorts with good padding around the but area and some decent SPD shoes (casual type like some Tahoe's) that I can use with flats to start with and then probably move to clipless? (I've tried the search function and there is a lot of info to try and digest all at once).

Here's to Wednesday!!!

Cheers

SimonAH

On the shoes side I find myself hugely tempted to buy a pair of these;

http://fiveten.com/products/footwear-de ... ellcat-spd

Marcus_C

For baggy shorts, endura hummvee's are pretty good, they'd be my recommendation.

notsoblue

I've been using these for the last 3 years and they've been pretty awesome:
http://www.cyclestore.co.uk/productDeta ... goryID=218
I like the ratchet... Much better than just velcro.

Will be upgrading this summer, but only because I'm moving away from SPD's on my road bike and will be looking for fancy lighter shoes.

hatbeard

the endura humvee shorts are good and come with a removable padded liner so you can swap em with a clean pair/pop em in the wash as needed.

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/end ... s-ec002086

notsoblue

hatbeard wrote:

the endura humvee shorts are good and come with a removable padded liner so you can swap em with a clean pair/pop em in the wash as needed.

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/end ... s-ec002086

Does the liner have wings?

hatbeard

yes. which makes it perfect for rollerblading as it grips the contours of my panties perfectly

SimonAH

notsoblue wrote:

hatbeard wrote:

the endura humvee shorts are good and come with a removable padded liner so you can swap em with a clean pair/pop em in the wash as needed.

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/end ... s-ec002086

Does the liner have wings?

If not you could just shove an owl in your knickers.

deptfordmarmoset

Bear in mind that there will be a spring cycling sale at Aldi pretty soon - it's low-end of the market stuff but it's also generally durable and very cheap. Also Decathlon is cheap and conveniently it's on your route - they're open late so you could drop in on your first commute home to pick up the few basic things you realised you ought to have have that morning.

Tee hee, yet another SE London commuter! Keep your eyes out for other forumites on your way.

FoldingJoe

Thanks for all the Claire Rayner-esque recommendations!!!

I'll take a look at the Humvee's tomorrow at Evans or CycleSurgery.

FoldingJoe

deptfordmarmoset wrote:

...you could drop in on your first commute home to pick up the few basic things you realised you ought to have have that morning.

What, like a new set of lungs?!?!?

deptfordmarmoset wrote:

Tee hee, yet another SE London commuter! Keep your eyes out for other forumites on your way.

I'll try to keep an eye out for you all but it may be hard with all the sweat dripping in my eyes!!!
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