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Aldi 29th Thursday

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    this is what i have my eye on...anyone ever buy one before any good??


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 867 ✭✭✭Maidhci


    Saw a Garmin Edge 25 in Aldi in Galway, priced €80 - wondering if this is a good price or worth changing over from wirelss computer?

    It could be an item left over from a previous period as it seems the other cycles accessories are not there until end of coming week.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,349 ✭✭✭jon1981


    Can be got for 3.77e free shipping.
    http://s.aliexpress.com/QZFvINjQ

    I got two last year but they didn't withstand the irish weather so well and died on me less than a month of daily commutingI

    I've been using mine commuting for a year and still works great! Though I expect it to fail spectacularly after posting this :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭sullivlo


    Maidhci wrote: »
    Saw a Garmin Edge 25 in Aldi in Galway, priced €80 - wondering if this is a good price or worth changing over from wirelss computer?

    It could be an item left over from a previous period as it seems the other cycles accessories are not there until end of coming week.

    Great piece of kit at a super price, IMO.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,416 ✭✭✭dunworth1


    Maidhci wrote:
    Saw a Garmin Edge 25 in Aldi in Galway, priced €80 - wondering if this is a good price or worth changing over from wirelss computer?

    They were reduced to 49 in aldi limerick a few weeks ago


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 689 ✭✭✭ILIKEFOOD


    Aldi finglas has muc off stuff on the shelf now btw


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 149 ✭✭casion3


    I have one in my hallway for a couple of years, free standing with a bike on the top section, none on the bottom. It leans against the wall and is designed like that.

    If you look closely at the picture you will see how the stand leans back about 10 inches from the "feet" meaning that it wants to fall backwards, against the wall.


    . :(

    It'd looks pretty decent alright, I have no was of fixing it to wall either, would be more worried about it falling over to the side?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,205 ✭✭✭Fian


    Anyone used one of their merino mid layers? Thinking of picking one of those up, endeavouring to only buy something I might actually use rather than something I just think "might conceivably be handy to have someday." May pick up some socks too.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 53,863 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    i was walking around aldi for a few minutes yesterday wondering 'where the hell is all the cycling gear' before the penny dropped.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 356 ✭✭loudymacloud


    i was walking around aldi for a few minutes yesterday wondering 'where the hell is all the cycling gear' before the penny dropped.

    I have done the same thing, but was in the wrong store, Lidl instead of Aldi. :)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,234 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    jon1981 wrote: »
    I've been using mine commuting for a year and still works great! Though I expect it to fail spectacularly after posting this :D

    I've had my Aldi one in my winter/wet bike fit the last 18 months and it's been soaked numerous occasions but still functions 100%


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,246 ✭✭✭Hungrycol


    I find arm length tend to be short on all their long sleve cycling tops esp for reaching over on handlebars. Having said that it's been a number of years since I bought gear in there so maybe it has gotten better. Either that or I'm a monkey.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 867 ✭✭✭Maidhci


    dunworth1 wrote: »
    They were reduced to 49 in aldi limerick a few weeks ago

    I wonder will the Galway branch price also drop to €49?

    I wonder do Aldi stores price individual stock items that do not appear to move or is it done centrally, if the latter, it could be just a question of the old price tag not being removed? Will check it out if I am in there in the coming week.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,416 ✭✭✭dunworth1


    Maidhci wrote: »
    I wonder will the Galway branch price also drop to €49?

    I wonder do Aldi stores price individual stock items that do not appear to move or is it done centrally, if the latter, it could be just a question of the old price tag not being removed? Will check it out if I am in there in the coming week.

    i have a pic of the Garmin 25 reduced if you want to chance your arm


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 867 ✭✭✭Maidhci


    dunworth1 wrote: »
    i have a pic of the Garmin 25 reduced if you want to chance your arm

    Thanks but it shouldn't be necessary - will check it out next time I'm in the store, if they are still in stock, I will ask for a price check.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14,980 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    Is there a difference between the Muc-off wet lube that's sold online and this one that's call urban wet lube?
    Is it any good?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,256 ✭✭✭nilhg


    Maidhci wrote: »
    I wonder will the Galway branch price also drop to €49?

    I wonder do Aldi stores price individual stock items that do not appear to move or is it done centrally, if the latter, it could be just a question of the old price tag not being removed? Will check it out if I am in there in the coming week.


    I was asking about this in Aldi Edenderry the other day, apparently price drops like the one with the garmin 25 are at the discretion of the manager once something has been unsold for 16 weeks, some managers discount aggressively others don't, eventually head office will do a nationwide price drop to clear any remaining stock, the price will drop in all stores then. No idea of the timeline for that though


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,368 Mod ✭✭✭✭RacoonQueen


    sullivlo wrote: »
    I got it last year and its grand.

    Are there resistance settings on it?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,563 ✭✭✭monkeysnapper


    dunworth1 wrote: »
    They were reduced to 49 in aldi limerick a few weeks ago

    Same in Killarney. I was watching them for a while , when I saw the 49.99 I nearly passed out with excitement!!! ;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 24,608 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    Those arm warmers aren't particularly cheap, or good. I've bought them in the past and all fell apart at the seams within weeks of purchase.

    I've been using Aldi winter cycling gloves about six or seven years now and I'd swear by them, but every year I miss the lobster gloves ~ anyone got any opinion on these?.

    Their cycling socks are always worth a purchase, very warm and comfy. I love 'em.

    Someone asked about the overshoes, don't bother. Like the arm warmers mine fell apart at the seams within weeks. I've been using Altura oversea's (Halfords) for the last few winters and they're grand, cheap too.


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,012 ✭✭✭2RockMountain


    I've been using Aldi winter cycling gloves about six or seven years now and I'd swear by them, but every year I miss the lobster gloves ~ anyone got any opinion on these?.
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=101136787&postcount=28


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 24,608 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf



    Cheers, must have flown under my radar.

    I'll try pick up a pair early tomorrow. I imagine they'll be great for my hybrid/commuter bike, thanks.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,234 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    fryup wrote: »
    this is what i have my eye on...anyone ever buy one before any good??

    I don't think they've ever had a jacket/jersey like that before. I'm interested in it too, it's just a pity about the colour. Black or something darker would have been better as it's likely to get dirty over winter.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,042 ✭✭✭irishrover99


    I don't think they've ever had a jacket/jersey like that before. .


    I have one very similar. Keeps the water nice and warm on my hot water tank ;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    I don't think they've ever had a jacket/jersey like that before. I'm interested in it too, it's just a pity about the colour. Black or something darker would have been better as it's likely to get dirty over winter.

    no i think the colour scheme is cool, i'd even wear it casually


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,382 ✭✭✭✭greendom


    I generally avoid dark coloured cycling clothing (well not so much trousers but certainly tops) so I would be interested in that if it was a good fit.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 108 ✭✭Kop Idol


    Dunno if this is throughout all Aldi stores or maybe a local misprice but I bought 2 of these base layers this morning in Ashbourne. They were priced at €19.99 on the shelf and they seem to be €19.99 on the web site but they scanned at €9.99 each.

    https://www.aldi.ie/men%27s-seamless-cycling-base-layer/p/071274067806301


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 871 ✭✭✭devonp


    down to Aldi in Celbridge at 8.05 only to discover not open til 9am
    so popped into Palmerstown on the commute route with a view to getting the overshoes and waterproof socks
    didn't bother with overshoes as the loop under is fixed and very likely to rip (much better with velcro fastening)
    the w/proof socks seemed too thick as i need plenty of room in my wide shoes to prevent the old Mortons neuroma's acting up:(

    got a bottle of Mucoff and a pair of std socks(found these very good in the past)

    btw does anyone use w/proof socks? do they work?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,234 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    I got the performance winter jacket. Nice jacket, seems very well made and is a very good fit. Bit too mild to try it out yet but no doubt the colder weather isnt too far away now.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,217 ✭✭✭moonshadow


    Kop Idol wrote: »
    Dunno if this is throughout all Aldi stores or maybe a local misprice but I bought 2 of these base layers this morning in Ashbourne. They were priced at €19.99 on the shelf and they seem to be €19.99 on the web site but they scanned at €9.99 each.

    https://www.aldi.ie/men%27s-seamless-cycling-base-layer/p/071274067806301

    9.99 in Drogheda also :)


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