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Can you dress for less? We try

IT DOESN’T MATTER whether you’re getting back into riding after a break, starting from scratch or – in the worst case scenario – replacing all your gear after a crash. A complete set of riding kit is expensive.

Buying a top-to-toe, top-dollar wardrobe simply isn’t practical for most of us… but then, most of us who have been riding for any length of time have gradually built up our riding gear, by replacing – and usually upgrading – the various bits over the years. If you’ve had a licence for a decade or more, chances are you have a fairly decent jacket, good boots and gloves, and maybe even a posh helmet.

But what would you do if confronted with starting again? How would you get kitted out – and what compromises would you make to save money? That’s what we asked the members of the RIDE team. They had to dress themselves for riding with budgets of £200, £300, £400 and £500. Here’s how they got dressed for less.