(If you do not have any of this basic equipment, please go and acquire it before proceeding.
You’ve got your helmet and you’ve got your lights and U-lock, and now you’re ready to ride around town. Nobody is more ahead of the curve than you. And now-no matter how long the gap between purchase and action might have been-you’re ready to ride. You, all by yourself, went and bought a bicycle. You weighed the cons and pros, you made the tough calls, and you did yourself and your planet a solid.