- Bright clothes that help you to be seen are great. Wear fluorescent accessories if you have them by day, reflective helps you at night;
- If it’s cold, wear warm clothes;
- If it looks like rain, make sure you have clothes to keep you dry and warm;
- Make sure any cords that are dangling are tied up and out of the way of any of the moving parts of your bike like the wheels for instance;
- Wear cycle clips or use something like a slap band if you are wearing long trousers that are loose and might get caught in the chain or maybe tuck them into your sock;
- Make sure your shoes have good grip for the pedals so your feet don’t slip off and they cover your feet and give you good protection. Make sure laces are tied up and tucked out of the way so they don’t get caught in the chain. Flip flops are a definite NO!
- Cycling glasses are great for protecting your eyes. If you are cycling downhill for instance, they may stop a fly getting in your eye;
- Fingerless cycling gloves to help protect the palms of your hands if you have a fall;
- Wear an approved cycle helmet that is in good condition. If the plastic outside of the helmet is cracked, this isn’t really a problem as long as you can’t cut your finger on it, but if the polystyrene is cracked, the helmet needs replacing. It needs to have at least one of the following approved safety standards; BSEN 1078: 1997; SNELL B-95; AS/NZS 2063 and displays the CE mark