Aldi Cycling offers Thursday 24 Sept

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Sorry, yeah the performance jacket. Tbh, you're right it is too warm for conditions now. Another month and it will be good. Don't set your hopes too high for it. I found it fine, but also had it fairly open.

I'd have my doubts as to how it would fair in a shower too, might give it a wash in Nikwax to help it out.

Yeah, I'm not sure the back panel is waterproof? So it didn't breathe too well for you then. It's probably a 0c-8c range jacket at a guess. I don't have an expensive Castelli jacket to compare by so wondering how breathable a jacket can be.

So the Garmin is pretty fantastic. Like the fact it comes with two mounts as I have two bikes that I use interchangeably. Very high quality gear.

Was surprised I was hitting 35kph on my way into work, always thought I maxed out around 25kph, especially with coastal wind in your face.

Regarding taking it on-off, is there any risk of the plastic wearing down over time? It does seem like quite a tight fit as it's rotated on the mount.

mrcheez wrote: »

So the Garmin is pretty fantastic. Like the fact it comes with two mounts as I have two bikes that I use interchangeably. Very high quality gear.

Was surprised I was hitting 35kph on my way into work, always thought I maxed out around 25kph, especially with coastal wind in your face.

Regarding taking it on-off, is there any risk of the plastic wearing down over time? It does seem like quite a tight fit as it's rotated on the mount.

does it show accurate speed without cadense/speed sensor GSC 10?

mrcheez wrote: »

Regarding taking it on-off, is there any risk of the plastic wearing down over time? It does seem like quite a tight fit as it's rotated on the mount.

it is a well known weakness - one person even created his own after-market, Garmin mount in aluminium to cater for this: http://www.dogearsgps.com/

seamus wrote: »

It's accurate enough. You will find it blipping a bit (over or under reading speed)

I did notice it read 0.65kph while stationary before my initial trip this morning, but perhaps that was because it was freshly connected to a satellite.

Perhaps a firmware update is something I should do today.

cython wrote: »

Just to add balance to this, there was a poster on here a while back who had a tab wear/break off his Garmin edge, and after a bit of back and forth (potentially confusion over the actual issue) Garmin replaced the casing free of charge, as they accepted this should not happen. Worth bearing in mind should you have issues.

Yeah, it's a "known issue", but probably depends on the individual item and the person using it. I use mine on my commuter and have done for 4.5 years. So that's twice a day, five days a week, plus the rest of the time I've used it. So mine's been attached/removed at least 2,000 times, and is showing no signs of breaking.

The mount is probably more flexible than people give it credit for. So if you have it sitting on an oddly-shaped or narrow bar/stem, or you're not using the rubber backing, then the mount itself will be warped, which could cause the tabs on the casing to bend and weaken.

Regarding the premium light, i presume when the light stops blinking, it's fully charged?

Got a pair of the 3 strap (blue) shoes.
Comfort, stiff sole and that elusive snug enough for really secure to pedal feel.

I had a pair from aldi for nearly 10 years and even though I had good roadshoes I preferred those. Only drawback was they weighed a lot. I wore the old ones racing and sportives and commuting 6 days a week and was sad to see them go.They never actually wore out, just got too tatty. Any that were on sale since weren't the same quality imo.
The latest pair are much improved. Stiff light sole and weigh a lot less. Out the road this morning and they were comfortable and stiff enough for me over some some hills. So, the Carnacs and Diadoras can have another rest.

cajonlardo wrote: »

Got a pair of the 3 strap (blue) shoes.
Comfort, stiff sole and that elusive snug enough for really secure to pedal feel.

I had a pair from aldi for nearly 10 years and even though I had good roadshoes I preferred those. Only drawback was they weighed a lot. I wore the old ones racing and sportives and commuting 6 days a week and was sad to see them go.They never actually wore out, just got too tatty. Any that were on sale since weren't the same quality imo.
The latest pair are much improved. Stiff light sole and weigh a lot less. Out the road this morning and they were comfortable and stiff enough for me over some some hills. So, the Carnacs and Diadoras can have another rest.

Do these take 3 bolt cleats or 2?
What is the sizing like akin to normal shoes?

Hunterbiker wrote: »

Do these take 3 bolt cleats or 2?
What is the sizing like akin to normal shoes?

2 bolt spd

Sizing is bang on , mine say size 8 / 42 and that is what I normally wear in
"Street" shoes or runners or indeed cycling shoes

SPDs are a great upgrade on normal flat pedals, well worth a good try. Might take a few goes to get used to, but comes second nature in no time. Have used them for years and never had any incidents on the road. Any pedal set you buy on wiggle or CRC will include cleats.

oceanclub wrote: »

Would they be even easier than the combination above (the cleats allow you to unclip in any direction, plus the pedals, quote, are "Ideal as a first clipless pedal due to the adjustable cleat tension, this means you can start off with loose tension for extra easy engagement & release".



P.

By MTB cleats I meant these ones.

I am suggesting these are the best type of clipless pedals to get and the ones I am thinking of swapping on to my hybrid for commute. Either that or just starting to commute on my road bike and leaving the hybrid at home.

Even so it is probably worth practicing for a while before you venture into city traffic. Most people have a slow motion fall before the need to unclip at traffic lights gets burned into the brain, I know I did. Loose tension is great for this because if you panic/start to fall you can normally just rip your leg out on time anyway. On a commute you are very unlikely to unclip accidentally because of low tension, that is normally a concern for people sprinting to a finish line as I understand it.

Hunterbiker wrote: »

I got the OH kitted out with some basic stuff and a few things for the commute.<snip>

Same. Ended up buying stuff for my OH too. Bright yellow winter jacket and bib tights!

I have a lot of the "pro" Aldi stuff from 2 years ago and last year. Bought at "sale" prices.

Looking forward to wearing it as the weather get colder. Very good & comfy gear IMO.

Bought a sh1t load of those small battery powered elasticated lights. They are for nothing really and I'd rather not have my back broken.

Also treated myself to some leg and arm warmers. Very nice considering the price.

Unfortunately for us, Aldi seem to have streamlined their "pro cycling gear" strategy by realising that less stock with a good margin is better than what they did in the past.

Only downside of the Edge 500 so far is lack of wind direction info, which would be handy to know when deciding on which route to take.

I think the 800 has this though.

The odd thing is that when I uploaded my route data, the windspeed and direction were shown, so this data must be recorded somewhere, or perhaps it's taken from a separate historical weather feed?

nilhg wrote: »

If you're referring to the weather data on the activity details page on Garmin Connect then it seems to be pulled from the nearest airport, if you click on the weather icon it'll pop up bigger and show the source, in my case that's usually EIDW which is Dublin Airport, conditions there would be quite different from say the Sally Gap.

Do the ones with wind info pull from a local source, or same airport source?

do the gps satellites transport local weather data as well, or do the newer Garmins read from multiple satellites?