Originally Posted by Spreggy

My recommended start-up list would be:
bike
helmet
2 jerseys
shorts
road or nice looking but walkable mtb shoes
clipless pedals
jacket
heart rate monitor
cyclocomp w/ cadence function.
Small seatbag (Trek makes a nice small clip-on one, others do also). Not medium, or large, but small.
In it: multitool, 2 tubes, a mini pump, your license, a ten dollar bill, a gel
4 water bottles
gloves


G/L!