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Bicycle Maintenance: Checking Bolts
Bicycle Maintenance: Pressure Distribution
Bicycle Maintenance: Tire Pressure
How to Size a Bicycle
Frame Materials for Bicycles
Bicycle Maintenance: Tune-Up
Bicycle Maintenance: Bike Stand
Bicycle Maintenance: Shifting
How to Adjust Bicycle Saddle Height
How to Choose Bicycle Saddle
Bicycle Maintenance: Contact Points
Bicycle Maintenance: Wheels
Bicycle Maintenance: Replacing Parts
Bicycle Safety: Lights
Bicycle Safety: Helmet
Bicycle Repair: Frame Damage
Bicycle Maintenance: Drive Train
Bicycle Maintenance: Gears
Bicycle Maintenance: Brakes
Bicycle Maintenance: Shop Service
Bicycle Maintenance: Storage
Bicycle Maintenance: Cleaning After Ride
Bicycle Gear: Helmet & Gloves
Bicycle Accessories: Computer
Bicycle Accessories: Headlights
Bicycle Gear: Shoes
Bicycle Gear: Chamois Cream
Bicycle Maintenance: Chain Lube
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"Alright, we're going to start with a few accessories that will help make biking more enjoyable, but it'll also keep you safe while you're on your bike. So the first and most important thing that everyone should have when they ride a bike is a helmet. The helmet protects your head from injury in a crash or any kind of impact. Helmets come in all different colors and they start at price points anywhere from twenty to three hundred dollars. But they'll all keep you as safe as the expensive ones. Next thing you can, you should have probably are a pair of gloves. Keep your hands safe if you were to fall. They also provide some cushion for your hands when they're on the handlebars, and just makes cycling more comfortable on the hands all together. From gloves you'd go to glasses. Any kind of glasses work. The best will be something with maybe a plastic lens just in case it were to shatter. But it'll keep debris out of your eyes, sun out of your eyes, helps you keep your eyes on the road. Couple other simple items are, everyone should get themselves a jersey and a pair of cycling shorts, will definitely make things comfortable and cool. So those are some basic items to make your riding more enjoyable."
eHow Article: Bicycle Gear: Helmet & Gloves
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