subject: Pimp Your Ride [print this page] Have you ever seen the American show, Pimp your Ride? Its all about accessorising your car to make it reflect your personality. Well, how do you fancy pimping your bicycle? You can buy a great range of mountain bike accessories and special bmx wheels to create the ultimate bike thats completely unique to you.
No matter what type of cycling youre into, therell be something for you to accessorise your bike with. The main accessories for bikes include helmets, locks, lights and pumps. However, there are extras such as baskets and mirrors.
When cycling, you should always wear a helmet to protect your head and save yourself from any possible injury, should you happen to fall off. Its important to check that your helmet fits properly; ask a member of staff in the store for assistance.
If youre going to be cycling in the dark, its essential you purchase some bike lights and high visibility clothing, to ensure that drivers, other cyclists and pedestrians can see you, and to prevent any accidents from occurring.
A quality bike lock will help to keep your bike safe from thieves. Ask in store for assistance on buying the correct type of lock for your bike. After spending so much money on the perfect bike for you, the last thing you want is for someone to come along and pinch it.
Bicycle pumps ensure you stay on the road. If you get a flat tyre whilst out and about, they offer a great temporary solution until you can get home and fit a new tyre. There are several different types of bicycle pump available, so make sure you ask for assistance in buying the correct one for your bike.
Bike mudguards are perfect if youre going to be cycling in wet weather (and we all know how much of that there is in the UK); they help to protect your bike from spray and mud splashes in wet conditions and stop grit and dirt from getting into the bike components, which could help to preserve your bike for longer. You can purchase special mountain bike mudguards that are suitable for hard trails and full suspensions. Sometimes the store assistants will even fit them for you for free.
Mountain bike and BMX body armour is essential to keep cuts and bruises a thing of the past. The trails that you cycle on with mountain bikes are much harder and more dangerous than usual cycle trails; body armour is designed as extra-protection to help shield you from harm when you fall off your bike.
