Tesco Gear

rhann

What does everyone think about this gear, I've bought some of it....
Track Pump,
Lights,
Hydration Rucksack.

I'm finding it of reasonable quality, and its very cheap.

lastwords

I bought the inner tubes and led lights and they are all ok not had any problems

lesz42

rucksack is fine

allthegearnoidea

i only use the innertubes, have loads of them inthe shed now, pick themup with the weekly grocery shopping!

i did have one of the hand pumps with a gauge but the inside of the valve hole broke and now doesnt inflate! just builds up pressure between the valve head and the pump!! and they are only a couple of quid cheaper than a blackburn mountain air so wouldnt suggest one of those,
but the rest seems to be okay!

Mr Wu

+1 for Tesco inner tubes.

Same as aldi stuff i guess,

Sadly I was there before it opened last time they were selling bike gear as it often sells out so quick!

I think you get what you pay for.

-liam-

I have bought inner tubes, hydration pack and the multitool.

Inner tubes no probs - 4/5
Hydration Pack, so far in 6 months no probs and no breakages - 4/5
Multitool - Cheap tat. Wouldn't trust it in an emergency - 1/5

Graydawg

Hydration Pack is perfect! Very impressed, just one quibble is that the tube is a little on the short side... other than that perfect - for £5 compared to £30 for the Camelbak I know which I would rather buy!

couldashouldawoulda

+1 for the hydration pack. I've bladder is really good. I also use it in a Vaude backpack.

The track pump is pretty poor though. The guage on mine is very inaccurate and I always faffing about to get the head to fit onto valves.

rhann

ive swapped the bladder out with my platypus.

allthegearnoidea

tesco tubes in my local Extra store today £1.21!
cant go wrong at that price!! picked up 2 and will do so if they have any more on tuesday when i do the shoipping!!

carbonfibre

Relentless, beyond greedy company.

rhann

carbonfibre wrote:

Relentless, beyond greedy company.

even so if they are selling reasonable good quality products at a good price then during these times especially people are going to buy them and with good reason.

joshtp

the hydration pack is great, i use mine loads, and its holding up fine, realy comfy, and well made!

bellys

+ 1

joshtp/mbukman wrote:

the hydration pack is great, i use mine loads, and its holding up fine, realy comfy, and well made!

RockingDad

I have a tesco superstore and i've never had any of these items in there

Innertubes for £1.21 crikey! wouldn't mind picking up one of the hydration packs as well. finally move away from my good old water bottle

Raymondavalon

Only Tescos providing cycling part I have is the bell on the commuter. It sucks, the Bristolians wont move out of the way
Seen the stuff at Tesco, it ain't bad, bought some Tesco brand tubes for a mate other than those and the bell, that's about it..

blister pus

11/10 for the Rucksack at £4.50, well made item. Buy of the year in my book.

jam1e

They sell Sold Secure bronze approved locks for £11!

M6TTF

carbonfibre wrote:

Relentless, beyond greedy company.

Agreed. Microsoft have to pay the competition for the stranglehold they have onthe Market , tesco should follow suit!

SKS007

RockingDad wrote:

I have a tesco superstore and i've never had any of these items in there

Innertubes for £1.21 crikey! wouldn't mind picking up one of the hydration packs as well. finally move away from my good old water bottle

Me too my local is one of them big 24Hr stores but i never see any bike gear in there

merlie

Graydawg wrote:

Hydration Pack is perfect! Very impressed, just one quibble is that the tube is a little on the short side... other than that perfect - for £5 compared to £30 for the Camelbak I know which I would rather buy!

+1

nice bike

allthegearnoidea

the bike gear seems to be in the tesco Extra stores,

rhann

you can also order it in to the store, think theres a charge if its under £20

supertwisted

I always buy my tubes in Tescos. Picked a couple out the other day at £1.21, gave one away to a guy at work as he's always broke and has had a slow flat for about a month.

Got one of their track pumps as well, does the job but sometimes the schrader/presta valve sticks.

thelawnet

Tesco are much too expensive.

Poundland do:

water bottle w/holder
cable locks
pedals
bells
map holder
mini pump with mounting clips
lights

thelawnet

jam1e wrote:

They sell Sold Secure bronze approved locks for £11!

Sainsburys have a 16mm d-lock for £12.

rhann

thelawnet wrote:

Tesco are much too expensive.

Poundland do:

water bottle w/holder

thelawnet wrote:

cable locks

Poor quality could probably break using your hands.

thelawnet wrote:

pedals

I think the same as above

thelawnet wrote:

bells
map holder

Get one from Halfords £2.49 fits on the handlebars.

thelawnet wrote:

mini pump with mounting clips

Useless fell apart very quickly, get a topeak.

thelawnet wrote:

Lights

better off riding stealth, they're so dim

edindevon

The Tesco in Chard had value puncture repair kits reduced to 24p. These were on a clip strip next to the torches. I guess these will probably be in other stores.

Edindevon

BoboGib

picked up some of the inner tubes the other day, glad I did as I came to go to work this morning and guess what, flat tyre. Hurrah for tescos. Not bad quality either.

peabrain

Tesco's stuff is alright but its getting better and better putting a lot of pressure on other company’s as Tesco can sell it cheaper

stuart_c-2

Graydawg wrote:

Hydration Pack is perfect! Very impressed, just one quibble is that the tube is a little on the short side...

Gray, I thought that too. I've now stopped feeding it through the bottom elastic part and only put it through the top loop. Loads more room and it doesn't flop about too much.