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Gears that a cyclist should use

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When it comes to cycling, equipment or gears also play a very important role in this with the bike and rider. Gears are basically those equipment that improve your comfortableness on the bike. However people mostly only know that  it is used for safety. Well that is true too and safety should be kept first always. The most basic equipment that people know is helmet, which should be used by every rider whether that rider is on motorbike or bicycle. But there are many more gears that are used by professional bicyclist. So lets start our list of the "Gears that a cyclist should use":

  •  HELMET :- Helmet is our first gears that should be wore by every rider. This gear protect your head and face from severe injuries. Basically it is made of two layer where the inner layer is made up of a special type of  foam (EPS) that absorbs the shock during the crash and the outer most layer is made up of high quality plastic or fiber.
  • GLOVES:- Gloves are grip provider that improves your grip on your handle bar. However cyclist are not allowed to cover there fingers, for that they use mitts. And it is also observed that it provides some aerodynamic advantages.
  • SOCKS:- Socks are specially designed to avoid or reduce the pain and fatigue in feet during legwork. The cycles are mainly made up of two types of fabrics: 1. Thermolite fabrics that help you face chill weather. And the another type of socks that is used is 2. Air mesh socks that enhance the breath ability in hot temperature.
  • SHOES:- Cycling shoes are made to improve your pedaling efficiency and increase grips on pedals. Shoes have thick soles that gives proper grip and comfort.
  • BASE LAYER SUIT:- It is basically a suit that professional rider wear that maintain your body temperature and manage moisture due change to change in weather conditions.
  • GLASSES:- Glasses protects your eyes from all type of weather condition and foreign dust particles that may damage your sight.
There are some more items that are used by professional cyclist like BIB shorts which are skinny and light weight which is made up of Lycra material and another one is jersey which are short sleeved and tight to skin and made up of nylon material.

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