Alright buddy, you need to get online and chat..... lol Right, gloves, helmets, tools and pads come to me (halfords discount). Cris and i will get you clued up as soon as you have a biek of your own, Basically if you want to stick to budget don't get pads, be a man As you already know a helmet is most important and Giro are very popular (i wear one) and the proce tag is again can be quite high, if it's a piss pot you would prefer you can have my old one till you get yours. Slang- BB- Bottom bracket (the bit in the middle that joins the crank arms, we spoke about em on the way to Cris's) FFW- Front Freewheel (same principal as a rear freewheel 'allows the bike to move whilst going along' but at the front) I am stumped on other slang but yeah come online and w/e Tom