Aldi Specials 3rd Mar '11 - Bike Kit

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D-Rider · #16 Post by **D-Rider** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 10:23 am

paddyz1 wrote:I am not going to buy any of it now...We will all turn up at a meet and have the same bikes with matching gear to boot

Really says it all:

BMW riders in BMW gear or that rather good Helvarsson stuff
Ducrapy riders in Alpinestars
Harley riders in fringed jackets
Falco Riders (and other Ridersite kindred spirits) in Aldi and Lidl

Bit the same as our bikes really - good quality and the best bargain you can lay hands on.
That's us - value for money.

#17 Post by **mangocrazy** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:58 am

D-Rider wrote:Really says it all:
BMW riders in BMW gear or that rather good Helvarsson stuff
Ducrapy riders in Alpinestars
Harley riders in fringed jackets
Falco Riders (and other Ridersite kindred spirits) in Aldi and Lidl
Bit the same as our bikes really - good quality and the best bargain you can lay hands on.
That's us - value for money.

As soon as I started reading your post I could see where it was going. Absolutely true, and gave me a giggle...

Why pay over the odds just for the sake of fashion?

BikerGran · #18 Post by **BikerGran** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 8:55 pm

LOL - the same discussion going on over on the Round Britain Rally site!

MartDude · #19 Post by **MartDude** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 9:59 pm

Tried the Aldi boots & windstopper undies today. Temperature 40 -44 degrees F (indicated by the Fut's air temp sensor), with soggy, dizzly mist/low cloud.

Comparing the boots to my Sidi Vertigo Mega Gores, they were reasonably comfortable, and nearly as warm, and showed no sign of letting the drizzle in. I particularly like the soles - more grippy than the Sidis, when paddling the bike down our slippy, weedy garden path (note to self - must clean! )

However, I found them rather bulky and stiff, particularly around the ankle; made gear changing a bit of an effort. I'd need to change the position of the gear lever if I were to wear them regularly.

As for the undies (worn under a Weiss Dynastar cordura suit) - for the money, they're fantastic. They're nearly as effective, perhaps even on a par with, my Oxford Chillout gear, costing 4 -5 times as much. Definitely recommended

BikerGran · #20 Post by **BikerGran** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 10:02 pm

Bugger, I'll have to go back to Aldi and get some now! - I know they're gents' but my other thermals are gents too cos ladies' thermals are never long enough in leg or body - and I'm not even very tall!

D-Rider · #21 Post by **D-Rider** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 10:12 pm

The boots do take a little while to break-in Mart.
I'm on my second pair which I bought a couple of years or more ago. Didn't wear them much to begin with as they weren't so comfortable to begin with - at least in comparison to the first ones. However after a while they broke in and have been great.

Can't say that I've much to compare them with though - the only bike boots I had previously to my Aldis were a 1970s vintage boot that you wore with seaboot stockings (no Paul, not fishnets) - think they were Lewis Leathers.

Aladinsaneuk · #22 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 10:20 pm

damn i got all.... scared there

Falcoholic · #23 Post by **Falcoholic** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 11:25 am

I wore the Aldi long johns on Sunday for a walk in the very cold Southern Uplands.

Good bit of kit I think.

Kept my legs nice and toastie in a wind chill factor of -5