Originally Posted by
Icculus21
...I plan to get a helmet (obviously) and cycle computer, and I already have a waterbottle cage and a small air pump that mounts on the secondary accessory points. Is there anything else that you’d consider essential such as a tube replacement kit or lights?
It depends on what kind of riding you will do and where. Gloves are nice for longer rides. If you don't go out at night you don't need lights; if you do you do. If you go out for more than, say, an hour or two, you may want some way to carry a bit of food or some money to buy munchies somewhere. A spare tube is nice, or at least a patch kit; otherwise your pump won't be very useful. If you are riding on unknown roads or unknown trails a map is useful. If you are running urban errands where you leave the bike as you go into a store or school you'll want a decent lock. If you have a lock and if you never go further than you could walk or take public transportation to go home and get a car, then a tube or patch kit isn't necessary. It depends on what kind of riding you will do and where. Oh, and did I say that it depends on what kind of riding you will do and where?