Aldi Cycling Event Sunday 29th June
rob21
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I'm tempted by the wire mesh basket...
https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/sunday-29th-june/product-detail/ps/p/wire-mesh-bike-basket/
Does anyone know how these compare with the more traditional wicker type?"You really think you can burn off sugar with exercise?" downhill paul0 -
Charlie Potatoes wrote:I'm tempted by the wire mesh basket...
https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/sunday-29th-june/product-detail/ps/p/wire-mesh-bike-basket/
Does anyone know how these compare with the more traditional wicker type?
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quite Like The Look Off The Yellow T Shirt..0
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Awesome pricing. GT85 at £2.99 when it's £2.25 in Halfords.0
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Bike maintenance stand looks of interest and the stirrup pump seeing as my offspring have somehow managed to sheer the mount of the one I bought last year rendering it bin food.
Had to resort to using a gas cartridge last week. my cheapskate gene nearly had a fit.---
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If the stand is anything like the Lidl one it's worth getting. I will steer well clear of my Aldi though, the last one was carnage, not worth ruining a good mood for some cheaper gloves and socks.
That said, the GPS watch looks decent for running.0 -
What's the yellow t shirt say?When i die I just hope the wife doesn't sell my stuff for what I told her I paid for it other wise someone will be getting a mega deal!!!
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dilatory wrote:
That said, the GPS watch looks decent for running.
Does it? :shock:
I would spend the extra £15 and get a Garmin 110 personally.
Its worth it for looks alone, but must be better quality and I don't think I remember seeing Crane on the list of strava compatible devices.0 -
Carbonator wrote:dilatory wrote:
That said, the GPS watch looks decent for running.
Does it? :shock:
I would spend the extra £15 and get a Garmin 110 personally.
Its worth it for looks alone, but must be better quality and I don't think I remember seeing Crane on the list of strava compatible devices.
Bryton's aren't on that list either but seem to sell just fine. You just upload the file manually.
Still, a GPS watch with HRM for £65 seems pretty good to me. Handtec have a 110 only (no HRM) for £80. It all depends if you want to pay more for the Garmin name I suppose.
That said I've not used one of them and wouldn't expect too much but it'd be a good entry level buy to see if you want to invest in something a bit better.0 -
i bought a stand from Aldi 3 years ago and it is still going strong,as for the pump in my experiance thier shite.Druidor wrote:Bike maintenance stand looks of interest and the stirrup pump seeing as my offspring have somehow managed to sheer the mount of the one I bought last year rendering it bin food.
Had to resort to using a gas cartridge last week. my cheapskate gene nearly had a fit.0 -
ere i have a viking fixie nowt wrong with vikingCarbonator wrote:rob21 wrote:quite Like TRhe Look Off The Yellow T Shirt..
Is it an image of a Viking or one of those Tesco jobbies?
Was tempted but the bike is the wrong way around :roll:
Also spoke count looks stupidly high 0 -
dilatory wrote:Carbonator wrote:dilatory wrote:
That said, the GPS watch looks decent for running.
Does it? :shock:
I would spend the extra £15 and get a Garmin 110 personally.
Its worth it for looks alone, but must be better quality and I don't think I remember seeing Crane on the list of strava compatible devices.
Bryton's aren't on that list either but seem to sell just fine. You just upload the file manually.
Still, a GPS watch with HRM for £65 seems pretty good to me. Handtec have a 110 only (no HRM) for £80. It all depends if you want to pay more for the Garmin name I suppose.
That said I've not used one of them and wouldn't expect too much but it'd be a good entry level buy to see if you want to invest in something a bit better.
HRM lol. Mine and my wives have been in the box's unused for years.
Its very contradictory to say that its an entry level/invest before splashing out purchase, in the same post as saying a HRM is worth having and at all needed by the people buying it.
Its not really that much more expensive for a decent one made by the market leader with decades of experience and massive R&D.
If you then feel you need/want a HRM you get the nice soft Garmin 'premium' one as your 'upgrade' rather than buying a second watch.
Upload manually? That sounds slow and painful. What exactly is involved in doing that?
Edit: 'Virtual Partner' is the feature I would strongly recommend. Very useful for improving times and knowing how well each run/ride is going (the main reason for a GPS watch IMO).
OK, so its nearly twice the cost but Forerunner 210 is £135 inc. HRM (maybe cheaper without).
If you find you do not like having a GPS watch the Garmin will be very saleable, but the Crane...........not so much.0 -
rob21 wrote:
ere i have a viking fixie nowt wrong with vikingCarbonator wrote:rob21 wrote:quite Like TRhe Look Off The Yellow T Shirt..
Is it an image of a Viking or one of those Tesco jobbies?
Was tempted but the bike is the wrong way around :roll:
Also spoke count looks stupidly high
Shooting yourself in the foot me thinks.
Where in my post did I say there was?..............
................But you are right...........there is
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Dippydog2 wrote:Awesome pricing. GT85 at £2.99 when it's £2.25 in Halfords.
But you might get seen, then you have the shame of people knowing you shop in Halfords... :shock:0 -
been to Aldi and the kit was good quality imo0
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Anti ageing sun cream , get in
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Bike stand and stirrup pump purchased this morning.
Got the Look of death from the missus.
made it a doddle setting the gears back up.---
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Got a bike stand myself, cracking value for money. It's certainly good enough for any home mechanic on here anyway.0
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Mike wrote:Got a bike stand myself, cracking value for money. It's certainly good enough for any home mechanic on here anyway.
Glad you are pleased with your purchase, but.....
Are home mechanics on here different to home mechanics not on here?
You could surely make a stand that was 'good enough' I would have thought.
Why do you have to be a super non bikeradar home mechanic to appreciate a better engineered product?0 -
Dippydog2 wrote:Awesome pricing. GT85 at £2.99 when it's £2.25 in Halfords.
£1.99 in the Aldi I visited.0 -
I bought the pump last year, it's good but quite often the air comes through the wrong valve. The trick to fixing it is unscrewing the pump head from the hose, taking it off and sucking where the air would blow through. It obviously shifts whatever is inside the pump head which chooses which valve the air will come through. Better than banging it on a hard surface, which is the best information I could find for fixing it.0
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Carbonator wrote:Mike wrote:Got a bike stand myself, cracking value for money. It's certainly good enough for any home mechanic on here anyway.
Glad you are pleased with your purchase, but.....
Are home mechanics on here different to home mechanics not on here?
You could surely make a stand that was 'good enough' I would have thought.
Why do you have to be a super non bikeradar home mechanic to appreciate a better engineered product?
Ha! I knew someone would notice. I never meant anything by it other than people like to point out how superior they are normally, I was just saying the stand is good enough. Even it it is a 30 quid Aldi one,0 -
Druidor wrote:Bike stand and stirrup pump purchased this morning.
Got the Look of death from the missus.
made it a doddle setting the gears back up.
Was she in Aldi too?Bianchi Infinito CV
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IanRCarter wrote:I bought the pump last year, it's good but quite often the air comes through the wrong valve. The trick to fixing it is unscrewing the pump head from the hose, taking it off and sucking where the air would blow through. It obviously shifts whatever is inside the pump head which chooses which valve the air will come through. Better than banging it on a hard surface, which is the best information I could find for fixing it.
Is this an endorsement, a warning, or just top tip for those that already have one and do not want to throw it in the bin, learn from there mistake, and buy a decent one?0 -
Has anyone bought the watch and used it on their bike yet? I got it but it seems to be about 4 seconds behind in the current speed updates - so you could be going up a hill at 25km/hr according to the watch.
According to another forum there is gps update interval setting that can be set to 1 to 10 seconds - so if I could update the interval to 1 second it would probably fix it. But I can't find this setting anywhere :-(
Also the manual says not to use a traditional cycling computer in conjunction with the watch as it could interfere with the speed results - and I left my computer on the bike. So I will remove it and retest.
I don't want to return it, as it seems a quality piece of kit0 -
Not sure what update speed my edge 500 is set to but it does about the same thing and I felt it was just a characteristic of using just gps for current speed.
Think it uses a lot of memory if you have too fast an update speed and does not track ride very well if its too slow.
Average speed is more useful anyway isn't it?0 -
My local Aldi sold out of stands on Sunday! Same day sell out. I ordered a similar looking one off of eBay instead, same price. Hopefully it will be as good.Canyon Roadlite AL-Shamal Wheels-Centaur/Veloce Group
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