Don’t know about the cycling gear but the motorcycling gear went like hot cakes.
I really feel there's been a reduction in quality and that is why the stuff is sitting on the shelves. In the past, Aldi especially had some great cycling clothing (I'm still wearing the Winter bib leggings I bought 4 years ago). The offerings just aren't as good any more and that's why its not selling
I assume it's the one in the brochure as the link isn't working. Got one in desparation during lockdown. Used it a bit with old discarded tyres or ones I wouldn't trust on the road and they wore fairly fast no matter how I adjusted the pressure. My real problem with it was the very limited range of resistance. It was so bad I couldn't figure out whether 1 or 5 was the max or min. If you want to just spin the legs it's fine but if you want to use it for serious training, forget it.
Also bought the Cree lights and they are excellent value. A good range of outputs and pretty decent battery life between charges.
So you wouldn't recommend it to be used on tyres that I'm also intending on using outdoors on the bike?
And when you say spin the legs but nothing serious, what about say an hour for maybe 4 days a week?
Thanks
I plan to check Aldi this Sunday for a bike stand and muc-off dry oil. Anyone tried their stand? I'm hoping it will be ok for my e-bike.
I had one a few years ago and it was grand, wasn't super sturdy though so would probably depend on how heavy the ebike is.
Yeah, I picked up a spare wheel and trainer tyre for the trianer from decathlon, works well enough.
Bike is within the max permissable weight the stand can take anyway. We shall see.
I think with most turbos you really should use a specific harder training tyre unless you want to use up some junk tyres hanging in the shed.
I'm not big into watts so I can't give a figure but, even at the max resistance setting, it is very easy to spin the pedals. Better turbo-trainers have a much broader resistance range AFAIK and would allow more variety in your training sessions and better overall fitness training. For the first lockdown period I used an ancient exercise bike and, while it was less comfortable, I had no problem working up a sweat even at the second resistance setting.
No GT85 spray in my local today
I walked down to my local one in Leixlip with the sole intention of getting a few tins of it. None there at all.
Still, nice morning for a walk!
What's wrong with it?
This is what they had in the Aldi in Finglas: turbo trainer, rain trousers, reflective stuff, mirror, kid's helmet, toolbox, wet and dry lube, all over cleaner, and degreaser.
Anyone know anything about the bike cover Aldi have. Would storing a bike outdoors for the winter inside that cover still result in rust?
edit- actually from the website I see it is more a travel case and the bike has to be taken apart to transport it
Still have the question though, is a cover a waste of time if you want to store a bike outdoors for the winter? It will keep the rain off but would the condensation & high humidity rust the bike anyway?
Probably. I wouldn't imagine there's either insulation or ventilation, so condensation would be an issue
yes, you'll get some rust if you're storing the bike outdoors, even with a cover or one of those bike-tent things.
but it depends on the bike to some extent, higher end bikes won't have a lot of components that are prone to rust. Cheapo bike, everything will rust.
Thanks loyatemu, think it'll have to stay indoors till I eventually get a shed with proper insulation.
Did anyone buy the front light/camera from Aldi?
The instructions not that clear, seems like you can only set the looped recording to a max of 10 mins which seems pointless. I want it to record and then overwrite previous once storage is full.
Also it seems like you have to connect it to the app to start recording which doesn't seem like it should be necessary either.
Got the camera but the attachment to fix it to the handlebars was broken.
Rang the warranty number and they said to bring it back to the store.
Did some reading on this and the Aldi unit is a rebadged version of the below from Aliexperess:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002870155348.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.1d954c4d7yjKa9&dp=0t009g82368a&aff_fcid=5702d081e3bc482b8194e5f672fc1fc4-1632241627806-09756-NUUJNoAU&aff_fsk=NUUJNoAU&aff_platform=promotion&sk=NUUJNoAU&aff_trace_key=5702d081e3bc482b8194e5f672fc1fc4-1632241627806-09756-NUUJNoAU&terminal_id=983855bf57f14030880233f580585b56
Lidl 11/10 https://www.lidl.ie/leaflet/thur-7th-wed-13th-october-2021-ie/view/flyer/page/28
workstands, helmets, clothing, lights
Got some GT85 in Aldi Skibbereen Thursday, plenty there so it might have just come in
10/10 Aldi
pumps, gloves, others
Lidl have a few bits on 11th - Workstand, Telescopic Bike stand, helmets, lights, saddle bag... In the leaflet not on the website yet https://www.lidl.ie/leaflet/thur-7th-wed-13th-october-2021-ie/view/flyer/page/28
Must be all the extra boob material that makes the womens one 17% dearer
The lights are non flashing. That's usually a show stopper for me, but I'm low on lights so I bought one set.
The continental laws (Fatherland and Low Countries anyway) for fixed, rather than flashing, annoys me, as a car driver and cyclist I'd rate the flashing light way above the fixed one, front and back.
On the way home (urban, nighttime) I met two separate unlit cyclists, who could do with a set of either sort.
I bought those lights a previous time.
Front light is super bright, but terrible battery life.
Rear light I haven't used because at the back I think you need flashing.
I picked up the mini-pump as the lever on my old one broke just yesterday, rendering it useless. This one has a little gauge on it which goes up to 120psi but the packaging says the pump is only rated to to 80 (not that you could get 120 into a tyre with a mini pump anyway).
Turbo trainers and a good bit of stuff left in aldi tallaght today. The underground car park one next to the square.
anyone tempted by the mini-pump in Lidl, don't do it, it's sh|te. The schrader valve end doesn't push the valve pin in, so no air goes in. Then I tried it on the road bike (presta valve) and after much fiddling to get it attached, got some air in; but when I took it off, the valve end pulled the rubber gasket out of the pump and I spent 10 minutes trying to find it on the ground. Garbage.
i'd say you could extend that caution to anything you might need in an emergency; make sure you have a decent quality tool for the job.
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