Aldi kit

wolfsbane2k

Got to a xl winter insulated jacket after a friend found one.
Length OK on the arms, but I can't do up the zip due to shoulder width.
Guess that's the entire aldi range of tops and jkts I'm unable to fit at all in their "new and improved sizings" :-(

luv2ride

Wolfsbane2k wrote:

Got to a xl winter insulated jacket after a friend found one.
Length OK on the arms, but I can't do up the zip due to shoulder width.
Guess that's the entire aldi range of tops and jkts I'm unable to fit at all in their "new and improved sizings" :-(

I got the insulated cycling jacket delivered. Ordered medium as smallest size offered. Too big so going back tomorrow for refund. Real shame as looked like it'd be great for the gravel bike over winter would love to see the Castelli version to see if it's worth the extra £160, as looked like a pretty good replica to me!

N0bodyOfTheGoat

Metcheck thinks we might drop to single digit Celcius figures overnight, might give the Lobster Gloves a trip out tomorrow morning. I had to size up with these, choosing the large, more than anything to get my hand inside the tight inner liner.

Already wondering if I made the right choice regarding size for the Winter gloves, I went with medium (my normal at ~8.5cm around the knuckle), but the inner liner is currently a bit of mess to put them back on after my last ride.

Edit: But having just tried to put the Winters on just now, no problem, so I think it will be those in the morning (I'm not used to wearing any gloves normally now for some time)!

pblakeney

Lobsters for 9 degrees? :shock: I'm still in summer mitts down to 7.
Full gloves between 3 & 7. Thicker ones below that. I would consider lobsters for sub-zero.

bendertherobot

Snap. I'd be using the winter ones for sub 5. Defeet Dura for plus 5. Keep the lobsters for freezing.

I got the L in the winter gloves and lobsters. The latter are too big in the wrist but the wrist will be going inside my jacket so ok.

wolfsbane2k

I only went full winter gloves in xl, having never used lobster style before.
Planning on(lidl) full finger gloves for the morning for the first time I think as due at 7 Deg c

thebikeboy16

Do they do bib tights?

andcp

thebikeboy16 wrote:

Do they do bib tights?

Yes - https://www.aldi.co.uk/men%27s-performa ... 6060189300
...anything else you'd like me to Google for you?

bendertherobot

Just to demonstrate differences in regional take up, this was Carmarthen today.

Semantik

My 3p worth on the Cob lights. Bought both front and rear and also bought a Moon LX360 front light a week or so before which worked out @ £25 from Halfrods.
As a 'see where you're going' light the Moon is excellent using all of its 360 lumens to light up the road, even on dark lanes, for safe riding up to around 18mph in clear conditions. But the Aldi Nebula clone , by comparison, is just a huge explosion of light without any kind of useful beam pattern for seeing where you are going. It doesn't use its 240 lumens very well at all in that sense. So slightly disappointed in it. Kind of wishing I had bought another Moon but they have now sold out.But as a safety light the Aldi one will get you seen very well. And it looks well made and is presumably waterproof. And it was only £13.I have found the best place to mount it is around the headset spacers just below the stem and mounted horizontally. Can still reach the on/off button easily and its out of the way of the bars which are already too cluttered.
No complaints about the rear but will probably leave it on its lowest flash setting as it's still way brighter than the Cateyes I normally use.

bendertherobot

To be fair it can't be intended as a see where you're going light though, when walking down the street testing it last night, it works in an emergency. It's just not designed to project in any meaningful manner where the LX360 is a proper light your way. If there's any criticism about the Aldi front it's that it's got too much power given its use.

tangled_metal

Those COB lights are not a "too see by" light so compared to the lx360 is unfair. The lx360 is a focussed and brighter light but it doesn't have the attributes of wide angle of light. The COB lights like ALDI and nebula light is designed as a "to be seen" light. It works very well as that.

BTW I own Also comet and nebula COB lights. I own a cateye volt 300 and our household has a moon lx360. Out of all those my preference is the nebula clone to make myself visible from a wide view. The front and rear version works well for this at 240 and 100 lumens. The volt 300 is just about useable to light my way on the short, dark section without lighting that I commute on. The 360 lumen moon light isn't any better. My second rear light is a cateye x2 100 lumen light with another wide angle of view.

If you like the moon lx360 as a light to see where you're going then I'd recommend the ALDI nebula clone front as a second light to make side visibility more obvious. Two different lights for different, positive roles. The rear nebula clone from ALDI is perfect for what you need our back. Get 2 is my recommendation.