Lidl Bike Stuff

Cleat Eastwood
Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
edited July 2013 in Road beginners
11th July

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The socks are really good.
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  • elderone
    elderone Posts: 1,410
    tks for the heads up. :D
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  • chrisaonabike
    chrisaonabike Posts: 1,914
    Anyone know if the work stand is any good?
    Is the gorilla tired yet?
  • houndlegs
    houndlegs Posts: 267
    I've got a stand from the last lot of offers,and I think its great. Nothing to compare it too mind you.
  • wishitwasallflat
    wishitwasallflat Posts: 2,927
    ChrisAOnABike wrote:
    Anyone know if the work stand is any good?

    Thanks Cleat and the stand is great - its quite heavy but personally I like that as it feels really solid (tighten up the bolts on it if you get one though as one of mine was loose out of the box).
  • jjsh
    jjsh Posts: 142
    I notice the stand clamps to the top tube ~ I read somewhere that stands should only clamp onto the seat post tube on carbon bikes, as top tubes can easily be crushed. Is this right, or a load of old rollocks? :D
  • wishitwasallflat
    wishitwasallflat Posts: 2,927
    Thats right only the seat-post is designed to take compressive force so always clamp it. With these Lidl stands you can turn the clamp any way you want so turn it vertical and clamp seat post - works very well. They just happen to have it set horizontal and clamping top tube in the picture.

    PS If you have a carbon seat post buy a cheap alloy one or a pice of pipe and pop that in when using the stand.
  • elderone
    elderone Posts: 1,410
    wishitwasallflat wrote:
    Thats right only the seat-post is designed to take compressive force so always clamp it. With these Lidl stands you can turn the clamp any way you want so turn it vertical and clamp seat post - works very well. They just happen to have it set horizontal and clamping top tube in the picture.

    PS If you have a carbon seat post buy a cheap alloy one or a pice of pipe and pop that in when using the stand.
    Was going to get a stand but my carbon bike has an aero seat post so how am I supposed to clamp my bike. :?:
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  • manc_andy
    manc_andy Posts: 33
    I was thinking of buying a stand but i'm not sure which one of these would be better. the Lidl one looks good, but does anyone have any experience of the Aldi one?

    The Aldi one does have an extra leg...

    https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/s ... air-stand/
  • jjsh
    jjsh Posts: 142
    Thats right only the seat-post is designed to take compressive force so always clamp it. With these Lidl stands you can turn the clamp any way you want so turn it vertical and clamp seat post - works very well. They just happen to have it set horizontal and clamping top tube in the picture.

    Cool, I'll start queueing at 7 am to get one then! :D Cheers for the advice.
  • wishitwasallflat
    wishitwasallflat Posts: 2,927
    elderone wrote:
    wishitwasallflat wrote:
    Thats right only the seat-post is designed to take compressive force so always clamp it. With these Lidl stands you can turn the clamp any way you want so turn it vertical and clamp seat post - works very well. They just happen to have it set horizontal and clamping top tube in the picture.

    PS If you have a carbon seat post buy a cheap alloy one or a pice of pipe and pop that in when using the stand.
    Was going to get a stand but my carbon bike has an aero seat post so how am I supposed to clamp my bike. :?:

    Probably the best solution is one of those stands that holds the bottom bracket and fork -

    http://bicycles.stackexchange.com/quest ... experience

    http://forum.ctc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=48304

    I am sure they are ok for Carbon frames and seattube and post don't matter.
  • macleod113
    macleod113 Posts: 560
    i've had some of their socks for about 6 years now and still going strong.

    as for the workstand its great for £30. got one last year and it does the job well. i do clamp the top tube though. is the alu likely to disintegrate under clamp pressure.... :-D
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  • wishitwasallflat
    wishitwasallflat Posts: 2,927
    JJSH wrote:
    Thats right only the seat-post is designed to take compressive force so always clamp it. With these Lidl stands you can turn the clamp any way you want so turn it vertical and clamp seat post - works very well. They just happen to have it set horizontal and clamping top tube in the picture.

    Cool, I'll start queueing at 7 am to get one then! :D Cheers for the advice.


    As long as you are happy that its a functional item and not stylish (i.e. not a cycle brand and no Italian flair!) I am sure you won't regret it at that price - I got mine a few years ago in last sale and never have!
  • wishitwasallflat
    wishitwasallflat Posts: 2,927
    MacLeod113 wrote:
    i've had some of their socks for about 6 years now and still going strong.

    as for the workstand its great for £30. got one last year and it does the job well. i do clamp the top tube though. is the alu likely to disintegrate under clamp pressure.... :-D

    Depends on the degree of clamp pressure of course - sure you can set it light and it would be fine. At one end of the spectrum the bike would essentially be resting balanced with its weight carried on the underside of the toptube with the clamp just wrapped around to stop excessive movement - but - it wouldn't be very stable. I am also sure you could probably apply a fair bit of clamping pressure around any toptube - but - that part of the bike is not designed to take any compressive forces. Unless you are an engineer/materials specialist you will have no idea what the limit is for your frame. It may get damaged (it may not) but you wouldn't know unless the damage was bad enough to show on the surface. Its neither harder nor slower to clamp the seat post - even if you have to swap out a carbon post for a cheap alloy one or a bit of pipe. Just mark height setting on your good post. The bottom line for me is that seatposts are designed and manufactured specifically to take compressive forces - toptubes aren't :!: .

    Seems a no brainer to me.
  • jjsh
    jjsh Posts: 142
    As long as you are happy that its a functional item and not stylish (i.e. not a cycle brand and no Italian flair!) I am sure you won't regret it at that price - I got mine a few years ago in last sale and never have!

    Aye, I brought one of their base layers last time they had sporty stuff in, and it's really good quality, and was great value for money. Kicked myself - should have brought a few whilst I could.
  • djm501
    djm501 Posts: 378
    I've found their stuff not *very* satisfactory for quality - the shorts I bought have needed to be stitched in various places - including one area where I would have been arrested had I gone out in them ;) However, they're fine once restitched and for the price I guess you can't complain too much. The waterproof jacket I bought from them is dead though as the zip went very quickly I would not buy that again.
  • anthdci
    anthdci Posts: 543
    got some bib tights and some paded leggings awhile ago and they are poor, the pads are the most uncomfortable things soI have only wore them once. I got the stand and it is really good, nice and solid.

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