Guide to Choosing Cycling Gear – Safety and Comfort
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A key part of cycling is our gear, which ensures a pleasant and safele enjoyment of this sport loved worldwide. It is very important to choose the right clothing for our style of carane, and this can be quite confusing due to the presence of many different types and models. We are here to help you with this quite confusing topic for many of our customers.
Helmetta
We start with this protector because it is the most important part of our gear, she protects a key part of our shelo, and immunno, the head. Every helmet is equipped with guidance, which shows how to put it on correctly. The tightening should be firm, but not to the extent, that we can't open our mouths. It is very important to see what size helmet we need; for this, we need to measure the circumference of our head and see which size fits those centimeters.
The first model we will look at is the "half" helmet for mountain biking. It is distinguished by having a visor that protects from sun or rain and is relatively ventilated. An example of such a high-quality helmet is IXS Trigger AM.
And for the wilder mountain bikers, the "Full-face” for even greater protection. If it's not clear, this helmet protects the entire face, including our beard, and is designed for the mostextreme downhill. Purchasing kaquality such a helmet is mandatory to protect ourselves, and we guarantee that whatever choice you make from here, you won't go wrong.
Let's change the setting from stones and roots to the road, namely road cycling helmets. The main differences are that they have a larger ventilation and the visor is missing. This makes this type of helmets more aerodynamic, and also because of the posture in this type of riding goatsthe helmet would rather interfere of our visibility rather than to help.
Glasses
Helmets protect a large part of our head and face, but not the most important part, our eyes. Here comes the role of cycling glasses. There are 2 types, one is for helmet "full-face", so the so-called masks, and the others gowork for every other helmet model. It is very important to prewe protect our eyes while riding!
Knee pads
Something that everyone "mountain biker” hates to disfigure their legs and knees in a fall, which is why most of them wear knee pads. They also come in different variations, but mainly are soft and hard. The hard ones offer a very high level of protection but are made only for downhill riding and are not very comfortable for turning. On the other hand, the soft ones do not offer as much protection but do not restrict your leg movement in any way. When you hear soft knee pads, don't be fooled; due to advanced technology, they harden upon impact and will not allow your leg to get injured. Find the perfect knee pads for you!
Elbowepads
The next item on our list is precisely, elbowepads. Unlike knee pads, this type of protector needs to be as light as possible so that it stays in place and does its job.
Armors
If you are ready to ride at 300 through the forests of Bulgaria and want maximum protection, that means it's time to get Armor. It offers maximum protection for the whole body and there is no need to get elbow pads, they are built into it. This type of gear has one downside, which is that it gets stuffy and can make you hot in the summer heat, but the most important thing is that it protects you from injuries. You can find all the protectors you need here.
Gloves
The part of the gear that protects our hands is the gloves. Again, two types of models, with fingers or without. Understandably, gloves with fingers offer more protection, but they do not have as good breathability and are intended for mountain or winter riding. On the other hand, if you ride city or road, the recommended choice for you is fingerless gloves. To find your gloves you can press here.
Cycling bunderwear and shorts
When we think about cycling, the last thing that comes to mind is underwear, but this is something that can significantly improve the feeling during riding. Everyone has experienced riding a bit longer and feeling pain, that's right, after a while the saddle becomes uncomfortable. But there is a solution to this unpleasant problem, special underwear with pads that significantly improve comfort during long rides. It is perfect to combine with cycling shorts which are specially designed for this purpose, lightweight, breathable, and with a hook to attach to the underwear.
This solution, however, is not optimal for road cyclists who are looking for aerodynamics. For there are tights that are equipped with these pads, so everything is in one place. It is recommended to have straps because they ensure the tights stay in place. Find yours underwear!
Jersey
If you get tights, mandatorybut it is to buy a road jerseys. This type of clothing is also tight-fitting, which means there is no loss aerodynamics, it has a zipper if you get hot while riding and is equipped with pockets on the back, which are useful due to the lack of such in the tights.
The next type is mountain jerrsi, which has a wider cut to wear over your protectors. There are two types, with long sleeve (if you race, definitely get one) and with short sleeves. This type of clothing helps the protectors stay in placeitself when falling, because it is made of material that slides over the stones, without it on the first impact it shifts elbow pad. They are also breathable, so you don't have to worry about getting too hot. Available jerseys.
Shoes
They come in two types – for clipless pedals (cleats or clips) and for platforms.
Cleats are for road or mountain biking and they come with different pieces. This means that the shoes are not compatible with each other, it is important to choose the right shoe for different riding styles. Road shoes are smooth and aerodynamic and have no tread on the sole, while mountain biking shoes have large tread and are more heavily protected.
The other type of shoes is for "Flat” pedals and they have normala looking sole. Reason to invest in such shoes is their soles, they are made of special rubber that keeps your foot glued to the pedal in all conditions. Compared to normal shoes, they are reinforced and much stiffer, which protects your foot from injuries. Find yours shoes!
If you have come this far, you can already be sure that you will make the right choice when purchasing your gear. If something is unclear, do not hesitate to visit one of our stores, wherea consultant would helped you with every question you might have.
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