Commuting Gear

mattsaw

What gear do you guys wear on your commute? I'm usually rocking something like this,









I must look like a right scruffy git :oops:

I think I might need to invest in a new summer wardrobe

woodnut

Fashionable combos from Aldi & Lidls' ranges of cycling clothes for me. Oh and a pair of Diadora MTB shoes and a "last years model" Bell helmet. (I got them cheap)

nation

Endura 3/4 baggies, cycling jersey ( at the moment I'm using those £10 clearance Planet-X jerseys that I stocked up on) and shimano m087 shoes.

Plus a helmet (Giro Animas) and a courier bag.

hambones

Troy Lee knee length baggies, any short sleeved cycling top, Diadora speed carbon shoes, rucksack, no helmet.

sketchley

Right now, Bib Shorts and Cyclign Top, mitts, sock and shoes. Arm warmers if it's a bit chilly.

The Rookie

Honda F1 team shorts (fetching green and £4 from the local charity shop) , a Karrimor or Reebok base layer T (ones white ones green), Boardman helmet, Aldi fingerless gloves and spesh MTB shoes with fetching ankle sock suitable for wearing under a shirt and decent trousers when I get to work!

Simon

asprilla

Black bib shorts.

Oh, and a helmet:

ndru

The same thing I would wear if I walked.

iPete

Smart shorts, just got some Fox Essex or my Surface liquistretch which have done many many miles, don't want to show any lycra, keep ndru happy





Then a cycling jersey up top, MTB SPDs, helmet etc.

dhope

As iPete

Surface Liquistretch or Endura 3/4 shorts, over Lycra bibs
Cycling jersey, SPDs, helmet
Fingerless mitts

essex-commuter

Full club lycra, Spesh shoes, Spesh skid lid. Jawbones (white).

The same I would wear if I was to walk. :shock:

wgwarburton

Hi,
Trainers with a supportive sole. Loose, black light weight trousers, Polo shirt & windbreaker.

Recently, I've tended to buy some cycling orientated stuff- the trousers are Endura Humvees, the jacket's from Madison, but essentially they are pretty normal clothes.

Cheers,
W.

mudcow007

technical tee (berghaus or similar) with Aldi cycling shorts an M063's

im a snappy dresser

notsoblue

I'm bursting out of some Castelli Bibs and during the week a Planet X Top.

SimonAH

Orange Be-one top (long sleeve or short sleeve), DHB jacket if it looks like raining.

Black lycra shorts (no chamois), DHB overtrousers if it looks like rain.

Knog Love Hate mitts, DHB pro glasses.

Trainers (I have track pedals and clips)

Or

Whatever I happen to be wearing with the addition of mitts and glasses.

gtvlusso

Me, on the right;



However, I don't wear my club kit to commute in - unless I forgot to do the laundry...Normally:

3/4 Lycra - or lycra shorts
Baggy shorts
Tee shirts (1 or 2)
Arm warmers (if required)

Hot Orange

Up top:
Black L/S Craft base layer
Red L/S Torm jersey

(I need to buy some S/S stuff...)

Down below:
Black Endura Humvee baggy shorts
M&S trainer socks
Karrimor walking shoes (which I find more comfortable than my cycling shoes)

Accessories:
Old knackered Karrimor rucksack
Old knackered Giro helmet

MrChuck

If I'm going to work then usually what I'll wear at work, which at this time of year is some Craghoppers 3/4 type things and a T shirt, with an Endura gilet on top the last couple of months. I have some Specialized SPD shoes that I usually change for some trainers under my desk if I'm going to be walking about much and I can be bothered.

MichaelW

Chocholate Fish merino T shirt
no-name jersey or Marks&Spencer poloneck
Sprayway windproof or in winter, Paramo jacket.
Rohan bags or Craghopper shorts
Hi tec Silver Shadow trainers
Aldi mitts
Met helmet

keyser__soze

Asprilla, nice kit! Was thinking of getting a Molteni top myself but sadly you got there first and I don't want to kill the exclusiveness and have people think they are some Foska-style derivative.

king_jeffers

Similar style to Mattsaw, but normally don a hoodie if its a bit nippy in the morning.

The Rookie

I always think wearing a hoodie whilst riding strongly suggests you just knicked the bike!

Simon

king_jeffers

The Beginner wrote:

I always think wearing a hoodie whilst riding strongly suggests you just knicked the bike!

I'm in the north

SimonAH

Ah, so you did nick the bike then?

mattsaw

iPete wrote:

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I like those, I might upgrade

SmellTheGlove

gtvlusso wrote:

Me, on the right;

In the hedge, you mean..?


Bullet-shaped dirt lid
Montane s/s
Altura Boulder shorts
Socks off the front of a mag, probably
Aldi SPD MTBs (basically unbadged Spe$h Tahoe I've discovered)
Yes, I'm the man that fashion forgot

Groke

Jeans and a t-shirt or jumper on my two mile commute.

optimisticbiker

Currently Gore bibshorts + Gore s/s jersey + Gore windstopper top (with removable sleeves), M+S trainer socks, Spesh ME002 SPD shoes. Salice826 glasses, Spesh helmet...

Paul E

It really depends, most lycra shorts bibs or shorts (endura not very baggy baggies if it's really nippy), a jersey of some kind, LS if it's cold or a SS with a long sleeve baselayer, if cool a SS and armwarmers, sometimes a craft light gilet, spesh sworks helmet, shimano spd shoes ohh and a smile most of the time

nigglenoo

For 6 mile each way commute: full range of Aldi/Lidl/worn out cycling clothes layered according to conditions, Lidl MTB shoes, Tesco helmet. Recently I lost my Aldi gloves with the white panels on the back which I though were quite a good idea for giving clear signals in traffic, so having to wear old, black, worn out Alturas.

I only wear a waterproof if its raining properly, for which I have an Endura Laser II jacket in the saddle pack, along with Altura waterproof over shoes and Aldi overtrousers for if gets serious. If its cold but dry I have an Aldi soft shell jacket that is superb at keeping the breeze out.

meanredspider

LiveStrong lid and S/S jersey
Assos lycra shorts
Gore gloves
Shimano R086 shoes
oh, and M-frame specs

Below 10C, a Nike Pro thin L/S baselayer

Don't tend to wear anything different if it's raining unless it's absolutely tipping down then just a Featherlite top to help keep me warm.