aldi cycling stuff on sale next week

[Night Train]

Now I just need to find someone who sells steel toecap SPD's and I'm made!

Now you're talking!

I even have steels to go with a suit and trainers with steels in.

 

[John the Monkey]

Do you know if Lidl are still stocking them? I might need to go there.

What size do you need, Night Train?

I've a pair of 43s (UK9) that are about to go on eBay (I like my Shimano MT41s better).

 

[gambatte]

Be quiet bonj. People want proper answers, not your soapbox buffoonery.

And to answer Maz after bonj - I got the shorter £4 ones. Fit great, good value

 

[Danny]

Be quiet bonj. People want proper answers, not your soapbox buffoonery.

In defence of Bonj, I would point out that there have been enough complaints about ill-fitting or badly made Aldi shorts here and on the old C+ forum to make me wary of buying any.

I know lots of people, like Gambette, have had good experiences, but quite a few have had bad experiences as well.

 

[Danny]

The laws of random chance must mean that occasionally Bonj's unfounded opinion will coincide with reality

 

[bonj2]

I've actually got an aldi 'cycling gilet' in my wardrobe, does anybody want it? Perfect condition.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

I've actually got an aldi 'cycling gilet' in my wardrobe, does anybody want it? Perfect condition.

if it's like the one i got last week, no. the zip burst open at 30mph and refused to work properly for the rest of the ride, although now seems fine

 

[bonj2]

actually, scrub that. I've forgot - I've run out of dusters.

 

[bonj2]

if it's like the one i got last week, no. the zip burst open at 30mph and refused to work properly for the rest of the ride, although now seems fine

the aldi jacket i used to have often 'seemed fine', but the frequency of zip failures kept getting higher and higher. Bin it!

 

[Danny]

Seems to prove my dad's golden rule "buy cheap, get sh*t"

 

[alecstilleyedye]

i've never understood why they don't put decent zips on. even if it cost £1 per item, they could bung another £2 on the price without losing the custom of the bargain hunters.

 

[Dave5N]

They don't commission it.

 

[gambatte]

I think what some people forget when considering commuter cycle wear is that, for some of us, a love of cycling is secondary reason for commuting. I like my bikes. But my ideal is a blast round the woods on the MTB, or a couple of hours on quiet country lanes, not interacting with all the pratts in their tin cans at rush hour.

For me the commute is done primarily as a cost cutting exercise, reducing the money I spend on fuel and wear and tear on the cage.

Now I’ve got what seems to be a long commute. If I can do it 3 times a week I can save about £65 a month by leaving the Mondeo at home.

That’s £65 I can put towards spiralling food/gas/electric bills etc. Keeping my kids fed safe and warm.

Personally I have a look round forums for opinions about sizing of Aldi stuff and go in with the same frame of mind as I look at ebay – if I don’t need it, its not a bargain.

Sure, it may not be ‘top quality’, but it does the job and I’ve not had one stuck or failed zip.

The Aldi stuff is definitely ‘good enough’ – how many people were slating Decathlon stuff a while back, but you see a hell of a lot of it out there now.

I just don’t see the point in cycling to save money and then blowing it all on ‘hi tech’ brand name cycle wear.

 

[ChrisKH]

Fair points Gambette. For those of you who won't go out in anything less than the current range or Rapha - good for you. But it don't pay the bills. And your wife is going to put it on the wrong wash cycle and shrink it. Guaranteed.

 

[John the Monkey]

I just don’t see the point in cycling to save money and then blowing it all on ‘hi tech’ brand name cycle wear.

By golly, this is heresy, surely?