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magicbastarder · 08-05-2021 10:39AM

half the schoolkids i see on bikes around here are on bikes not dissimilar to that. it's what that part of the market wants.

byrnem31 · 08-05-2021 11:03AM

cletus wrote: »

Edited to add: had to look up Recycle. Not much use if you don't live in Dublin

You're really going out of your way to get your point across now aren't you. If you read my earlier comment it stated a shop like recycle or a mechanic that sells bikes you could find a better bike. I didn't say you have to buy the bike specifically in Dublin.

I know there might be a market for school kids for these types of bikes but I doubt many are on this forum. I was advising people on here that might buy one that there are better deals to be had than buying a heap of crap out of a supermarket for 300 quid.

magicbastarder · 08-05-2021 11:17AM

byrnem31 wrote: »

I know there might be a market for school kids for these types of bikes but I doubt many are on this forum. I was advising people on here that might buy one that there are better deals to be had than buying a heap of crap out of a supermarket for 300 quid.

by the same token, i doubt there are many people on this forum who would need that advice.

cletus · 08-05-2021 11:20AM

byrnem31 wrote: »

You're really going out of your way to get your point across now aren't you. If you read my earlier comment it stated a shop like recycle or a mechanic that sells bikes you could find a better bike. I didn't say you have to buy the bike specifically in Dublin.

I know there might be a market for school kids for these types of bikes but I doubt many are on this forum. I was advising people on here that might buy one that there are better deals to be had than buying a heap of crap out of a supermarket for 300 quid.

Would you like to address any of my other points, or just the one about Recycle.

You claimed that these bikes are "death traps" and "dangerous". You then described them as "heaps of crap". I disagree completely with those sentiments. You have no evidence to support the first two statements, and I'm not even sure what to make of the heap of crap thing.

I can't see any regulars on this forum being confused about what type of bike this is, and for people dropping in to ask questions about it, such as, say, parents of school kids who might want to purchase, you're making disingenuous comments that would likely put them off buying.

There's 140 or so Aldi stores in the country. If they only get 5 bikes each, that's 700 perfectly adequate bicycles on the road, being used, whether it's for Sunday spins down the local Greenway, or going in and out to school every day.

Frankly, your comments strike me as elitist, and mildly ridiculous

byrnem31 · 08-05-2021 11:29AM

cletus wrote: »

Would you like to address any of my other points, or just the one about Recycle.

You claimed that these bikes are "death traps" and "dangerous". You then described them as "heaps of crap". I disagree completely with those sentiments. You have no evidence to support the first two statements, and I'm not even sure what to make of the heap of crap thing.

I can't see any regulars on this forum being confused about what type of bike this is, and for people dropping in to ask questions about it, such as, say, parents of school kids who might want to purchase, you're making disingenuous comments that would likely put them off buying.

There's 140 or so Aldi stores in the country. If they only get 5 bikes each, that's 700 perfectly adequate bicycles on the road, being used, whether it's for Sunday spins down the local Greenway, or going in and out to school every day.

Frankly, your comments strike me as elitist, and mildly ridiculous

I think you need to out and enjoy your Saturday rather than try to massage your ego on this arguing with me because someone doesn't have the same opinion as you.

magicbastarder · 08-05-2021 11:31AM

byrnem31 wrote: »

rather than try to massage your ego on this arguing with me

right folks, i think you've stated your positions. disagreeing with someone online is not 'ego massaging' or else we're all mad egotists here. can we leave this lie for a while?

byrnem31 · 08-05-2021 11:50AM

magicbastarder wrote: »

right folks, i think you've stated your positions. disagreeing with someone online is not 'ego massaging' or else we're all mad egotists here. can we leave this lie for a while?

Disagreeing with someone is one thing. However, when you need to twist someone's statements to suit your opinion is another. For example, I was accused of calling the bikes death traps when in fact I did not say that at all. I simply said the way they could be set up by people buying them who are cluseless about bikes in the first place could make them death traps. Ie, brakes not working correctly etc.

Therefore, I do think it's ego massaging. But that's just my opinion.

magicbastarder · 08-05-2021 11:55AM

that's not a request now, that's an order. stop posting about this.

Plastik · 08-05-2021 01:18PM

cletus wrote: »

Frankly, your comments strike me as elitist, and mildly ridiculous

Quickly checks forum address ... 410 ... cycling ... yep still in the right place. Thank god for that!

Gonna head off now and shave my legs before the wife gets home.

cletus · 08-05-2021 01:26PM

Plastik wrote: »

Quickly checks forum address ... 410 ... cycling ... yep still in the right place. Thank god for that!

Gonna head off now and shave my legs before the wife gets home.

I'm honestly not sure if you're agreeing with me, or making fun of me

wanderer 22 · 11-05-2021 01:03PM

ALDI have a mountain bike for sale on Sunday...https://www.aldi.ie/barracuda-mountain-bike/p/712676463386000

Thargor · 11-05-2021 04:17PM

Its not great looking for the money, in appearance I mean, better looking stuff in Halfords. I like browsing the bikes on Aliexpress every now and then and I subscribe to Kevcentral for his Walmart reviews and some of them look alright for half that price:

zell12 · 17-05-2021 07:02PM

Aldi UK doing ebikes. Maybe next year
https://www.aldi.co.uk/c/specialbuys/dates/2021-05-23?sort=popular&q=%3Apopular%3AtransactionalStatus%3Atransactional%3AtransactionalStatus%3Anontransactional%3AEvent%3ACycling

zell12 · 17-05-2021 07:08PM

Aldi have a few more on 23/05
https://leaflets.aldi.ie/view/385400348/14/

Probably won't be stocked but the physical instore copy also has a
cycling commuter jacket e21
front bike camera for e120

17-05-2021 07:15PM

They had an action camera when I was in there last night for €50 I think it was but for the life of me can't recall the make to look for reviews.

zell12 · 23-05-2021 11:36AM

zell12 wrote: »

Aldi have a few more on 23/05
https://leaflets.aldi.ie/view/385400348/14/
Probably won't be stocked but the physical instore copy also has a
cycling commuter jacket e21
front bike camera for e120

Anyone see what they have in stock today?

adrian522 · 23-05-2021 04:08PM

All I saw was the helmet and the gloves (Terneure store)

AndrewJRenko · 23-05-2021 05:46PM

Deleted User wrote: »

They had an action camera when I was in there last night for €50 I think it was but for the life of me can't recall the make to look for reviews.

Which store? They only had the indicator helmet in Nutgrove, nothing else. Is anyone going to pay €50 for a helmet?

23-05-2021 06:37PM

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

Which store? They only had the indicator helmet in Nutgrove, nothing else. Is anyone going to pay €50 for a helmet?

This was the one I saw in the Drogheda stores last week https://www.aldi.co.uk/balco-action-camera/p/708499417552100

AndrewJRenko · 23-05-2021 07:43PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

This was the one I saw in the Drogheda stores last week https://www.aldi.co.uk/balco-action-camera/p/708499417552100

Looks decent. If anyone sees this around Dublin, let me know please.

ednwireland · 24-05-2021 08:15PM

2 bikes in donegal town this evening

fryup · 25-05-2021 11:45AM

zell12 wrote: »

Aldi UK doing ebikes. Maybe next year
https://www.aldi.co.uk/c/specialbuys/dates/2021-05-23?sort=popular&q=%3Apopular%3AtransactionalStatus%3Atransactional%3AtransactionalStatus%3Anontransactional%3AEvent%3ACycling

they look yuk! geriatric bikes

Captain Havoc · 25-05-2021 12:56PM

fryup wrote: »

they look yuk! geriatric bikes

I don't think they were designed with the younger hip and cool kids in mind. If I was commuting in Dublin, that is what I would want to ride, something that wouldn't attract the eye of thieves and would look out of place being ridden by Anto with his tracksuit tucked into his white runners.

fryup · 25-05-2021 04:43PM

^^^^^^^^^

good point

CramCycle · 28-05-2021 01:41PM

ednwireland wrote: »

2 bikes in donegal town this evening

Whats the weight of them and did anyone here ever buy one in the end?

zell12 · 07-09-2021 09:47AM

Aldi have cycling offers on Sunday 19/09

edited: wrong date!

07-09-2021 10:04AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117857026#Comment_117857026

It's the following week the 19th.

zell12 · 10-09-2021 09:52AM

Some nice stuff in Aldi on 19/09

https://leaflets.aldi.ie/view/484267972/18/ https://leaflets.aldi.ie/view/484267972/20/

cletus · 10-09-2021 11:35AM

Anybody know what the winter jackets for €20 are like?

Plastik · 10-09-2021 11:47AM

Either waterproof and not breathable.

Or breathable and not waterproof.

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