Aldi Cycle Gear - Sunday 4th May

Aldi Cycle Gear - Sunday 4th May

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TheLemming

4,319 posts

265 months

Thursday 1st May 2014
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Strange you didn't rate the winter gloves. Half my club was using them and very happy with them.

The winter jerseys were almost a defacto winter club kit :-)

Billyray911

1,072 posts

204 months

Sunday 4th May 2014
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Just a reminder to everyone that the kit is in store today.Ive been to my local branch and bought a load of kit.There's a lot of stock,but it seems to be flying off the shelves...

Deerfoot

4,901 posts

184 months

Sunday 4th May 2014
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Bought a pair of gloves from the Winchester Aldi earlier, there was plenty of stock of everything.


Steamer

13,856 posts

213 months

Sunday 4th May 2014
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Total bun fight down there this morning!

Gloves have had a revamp this year - better padding.

Trying out the red version of the rucksack.

... And at 2.99 a couple of pairs of the glasses too. Yellow for flat light and night look promising.

Edited by Steamer on Sunday 4th May 21:56

muckymotor

2,284 posts

221 months

Sunday 4th May 2014
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I've bought a couple of aerosols of the puncture repair foam stuff. Has anyone used it as a get you home fix?

raceboy

13,093 posts

280 months

Sunday 4th May 2014
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Managed to pop in a branch this afternoon, lots of most things left except the clothes or shoes.
Got myself a helmet, gloves, socks and the tyre foam.....not tried it yet though.
Not too disappointed at the lack of clothes as Sports Direct seems to have more choice and competitive prices, and there's a large branch up the road so going to finish off kitting myself out up there. smile

petroleum601

33 posts

119 months

Sunday 4th May 2014
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I got a load of kit earlier. The only reason I managed to get the clothing bits, was because they were buried under a load of lights / saddle covers etc, because they were in the wrong bin. Still, 70 quid spent, and I got everything I went in for.

nagsheadwarrior

2,781 posts

179 months

Sunday 4th May 2014
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Got into the Preston centre Aldi at 10 05 to find the very small cycle bit mobbed with mamils, managed to gran a jacket which seems good but that was all.
Might try a different one and see if there's anything left on Tuesday.

shouldbworking

4,769 posts

212 months

Sunday 4th May 2014
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Computer for the gfs bike, casual shorts for me

Got there for ~11 and only the large / x-large sizes left.

petroleum601

33 posts

119 months

Sunday 4th May 2014
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shouldbworking said:
Computer for the gfs bike, casual shorts for me

Got there for ~11 and only the large / x-large sizes left.
I'm a 'large' in Castelli land, a medium in everyone else's planet. The 'large' Tri suit I got today is fine.

Billyray911

1,072 posts

204 months

Monday 5th May 2014
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Are the computers any good or a waste of money?

petroleum601

33 posts

119 months

Monday 5th May 2014
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Billyray911 said:
Are the computers any good or a waste of money?
They are not wireless. If you have suspension front forks, you will have to rig it up to the rear wheel, other than that, it looks good so far in my experience.

Billyray911

1,072 posts

204 months

Monday 5th May 2014
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petroleum601 said:
They are not wireless. If you have suspension front forks, you will have to rig it up to the rear wheel, other than that, it looks good so far in my experience.
Great stuff,thankyou!

raceboy

13,093 posts

280 months

Monday 5th May 2014
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Just popped in another branch as we were passing and there seems to be plenty of stock still on the shelves around here, added a soft shell jacket, more socks and sunglasses to the haul.
Failed miserably at Sports Direct, tried a few things on but we have the main head office/mega store up the road and the prices were considerably more expensive than online, shoes were £10 more expensive which is double the cost of the postage, so got the sizes and now shopping online which will be sent from the warehouse next door to were I've been shopping, not to worry, it's even eligible for 'Top Cash Back' so it's even cheaper. rolleyes

AndyWoodall

2,624 posts

259 months

Tuesday 6th May 2014
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Aldi Bridgnorth had quite a bit left this morning. Got some socks and gloves.

PAUL RUN

136 posts

163 months

Tuesday 6th May 2014
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Bicester Sunday was a nightmare....
bees round a honey pot...
spent £60...
3x shirts, 2x shorts, my boys bought sunglasses and gloves, (the gloves even went down to xs size so my 8 year old was bought some..)
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used a shirt and shorts for the ride to work. very impressed...was using a shirt from sport direct that cost more and not as nice as the aldi one....
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used to buy running clothes from aldi as well (Crane) and found there socks etc where better than "1000 mile" brand which cost 3 times as much for me...
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right then i need a cycling shirt than has a shadow of 6 pack to impress the ladies my current one seems display a gut shadow!!!!
paul...

scubadude

2,618 posts

197 months

Tuesday 6th May 2014
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The Crane stuff is surprisingly good for the price but the sizing is stupid beyond comprehension, a Medium in one product might be a X-Large in another so you have to either try it on or guess, luckily they are good at taking unused stuff back.

I popping in Sunday and it was the usual Bun fight, likely they'll restock during the week, if you know when thats the time to go ;-)

Got some arm warmers for a laugh and they are alright, also the "windproof" sleeveless base layer which was excellent and warm, I have some glasses from their previous cycle sale and they are great too.

AndyWoodall

2,624 posts

259 months

Tuesday 6th May 2014
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I also got one of the pumps as a spare to have on my old bike (that my wife is now using), haven't decided if I should keep it yet, at the price I probably will.

shouldbworking

4,769 posts

212 months

Tuesday 6th May 2014
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shoe situation a bit disappointing, only doing sizes 8 to 10 is a bit limited!

lufbramatt

5,342 posts

134 months

Tuesday 6th May 2014
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Got a jersey and two pairs of shorts for £23, only going to be using it for commuting as a base layer under baggies so not fussed what it looks like but seems like decent enough kit, especially as in a proper bike shop you wouldn't even get one pair of shorts for that price.