No it's not, probably because different state.elfrog wrote:Peter that flat bar road bike wasn't in your paper catalogue? I'll take a picture of my catalogue tonight once I get home, it was listed at $249
ALDI bike sale (starting on 05/10/2011 Wednesday)
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Postby peter » Sat Oct 01, 2011 10:29 am
How big is the battery pack? Does it hold up well for prolonged use?foo on patrol wrote:I have the light on my bike. They are good from the on coming view but the depth of the beam isn't that great but ok for riding at 20/25kmh with caution.
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Postby foo on patrol » Sat Oct 01, 2011 4:22 pm
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Re: ALDI bike sale (starting on 05/10/2011 Wednesday)
Postby ftssjk » Sun Oct 02, 2011 9:42 pm
so i'm thinking of getting the bike pump, the tool kit, and the LED set.
should I get a helmet too?
are the cycling knicks decent?
am I better of getting torpedo7s/cyclingexpress/hasas?
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Re: ALDI bike sale (starting on 05/10/2011 Wednesday)
Postby Mulger bill » Mon Oct 03, 2011 12:50 am
I've still got the gilets and baggy shorts I bought a few years back still going strong.
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Re: ALDI bike sale (starting on 05/10/2011 Wednesday)
Postby ftssjk » Tue Oct 04, 2011 10:06 pm
thanksMulger bill wrote:The bibknicks are reasonably comfortable but unless they've changed the fabric they are somewhat transparent when worn. Mine go under baggies.
I've still got the gilets and baggy shorts I bought a few years back still going strong.
might get a pair to wear underneath some shorts.
so has anyone been to aldi yet?
i went today at around 5pm at the north strathfield store to try my luck.
they had a bunch of tools from last weeks offer i presume.
gonna try again early in the morning.
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Re: ALDI bike sale (starting on 05/10/2011 Wednesday)
Postby elfrog » Wed Oct 05, 2011 10:54 am
Overall I'd have to say it's much better than I expected. Just about everything on the bike is a decent copy of something much more expensive. I've been for a burn down the road and it's not near as fast as a proper road bike but it's also much faster than a good mountain bike (I'm coming from a 10.5kg xt/xtr steel hard tail). So that's about it, when I need to replace the tubes and tyres I'll get something a bit more racey in there and also if I need to change the drivetrain at all but only once the original parts wear out. I might post some pictures of it later in the day if anyone is interested. I also got the tool set which is ok too, although not as good quality as the bike itself :0
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Re: ALDI bike sale (starting on 05/10/2011 Wednesday)
Postby CommuRider » Wed Oct 05, 2011 11:39 am
@elfrog meet @aldifanwhen I need to replace the tubes and tyres I'll get something a bit more racey in there and also if I need to change the drivetrain at all but only once the original parts wear out.
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Postby elfrog » Wed Oct 05, 2011 11:48 am
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Re: ALDI bike sale (starting on 05/10/2011 Wednesday)
Postby elfrog » Wed Oct 05, 2011 11:56 am
This one looks a bit better than the dual suspension mountain bikes but time will tell :0. My bike MTB was over 2 grand back in the late 90s and I rode that thing 60km a day for the first 5 years and occasionally since and still haven't had any trouble with so that's been an awesome bike. But wife has a 600-700 ish dollar Giant brand alloy hard tail that we've had for about ... 8 years, granted it hasn't been ridin all that much but it's still as bought and never had any problems and it's only about the same range of quality as this ALDI bike so I think this will be quite good for my 250 bucksCommuRider wrote:@elfrog meet @aldifanwhen I need to replace the tubes and tyres I'll get something a bit more racey in there and also if I need to change the drivetrain at all but only once the original parts wear out.
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Re: ALDI bike sale (starting on 05/10/2011 Wednesday)
Postby CommuRider » Wed Oct 05, 2011 12:04 pm
BTW, if anyone has bought the arm/leg warmers, can you let me know if the material has improved ? I bought some a year ago and they sagged like elephant skin.
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Re: ALDI bike sale (starting on 05/10/2011 Wednesday)
Postby stradiot » Wed Oct 05, 2011 4:17 pm
On a side note, I've been riding a cheap 'mountain' bike for half a year now, maybe 3-4 times a week. The saddle is quite uncomfortable and I'm wondering whether I've rode it enough to cause any long term problems?
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Re: ALDI bike sale (starting on 05/10/2011 Wednesday)
Postby ftssjk » Wed Oct 05, 2011 5:13 pm
got $111.95 of stuff.
tool set 40
pump 15
knicks 17
jersey 20
helmet 20
happy with the helmet and the pump.
havnt tried the others yet
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Re: ALDI bike sale (starting on 05/10/2011 Wednesday)
Postby blatant » Wed Oct 05, 2011 9:28 pm
maybe the pump. Is the pump good enough to be a primary pump or just for backup? Any way to see if the gauge is accurate compared to the ~$50 branded ones I'd get at LBS? I only have a mini/mounted pump and would like a good gauged pump for home
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Re: ALDI bike sale (starting on 05/10/2011 Wednesday)
Postby CommuRider » Wed Oct 05, 2011 9:45 pm
Better ask your GP how misaligned your body is after your saddle to find out the probs to your nether regions. But instinctively you know what is wrong if it causes you soreness. Throw the saddle away! Who knows what damage this has caused you. Best get a new saddle asap if you like to keep your mtb. Big lesson: Cheap bikes have cheap saddles. Don't be cheap to take care of your crown jewels if you're a bloke.stradiot wrote: On a side note, I've been riding a cheap 'mountain' bike for half a year now, maybe 3-4 times a week. The saddle is quite uncomfortable and I'm wondering whether I've rode it enough to cause any long term problems?
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Re: ALDI bike sale (starting on 05/10/2011 Wednesday)
Postby Mulger bill » Wed Oct 05, 2011 10:05 pm
Jersey.
Jacket.
The headlight is impressive for the price, pretty good spread and throw. It should serve well on the lads MTB. The helmet mount will see the bin methinks tho' I might ditch the velcro for elastic and run it as a worklight when needed. The clamp is a fairly tight fit on OS bars.
The jersey and jacket look the goods, a large fit me well. The stitching looked well done and no complaints about the fabric. They'll get a run on tomorrows commute.
Knicks do not look to have improved since the last batch.
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Re: ALDI bike sale (starting on 05/10/2011 Wednesday)
Postby peter » Wed Oct 05, 2011 10:51 pm
- LED light (decent quality and functions well, but cable management is a mess)
- Pump (poor quality, no PSI reading, ok for the price as a backup for the office)
- Gloves (fits well, typical cheapies)
Not sure if I will keep the light, if not, will post in the market place before returning it.
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Re: ALDI bike sale (starting on 05/10/2011 Wednesday)
Postby zakka101 » Thu Oct 06, 2011 10:28 am
picked up a pair of knicks and a jersey just because they were so cheap.
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Re: ALDI bike sale (starting on 05/10/2011 Wednesday)
Postby foo on patrol » Thu Oct 06, 2011 12:07 pm
Apologies in order here! I thought you were referring to the other led light not the one on the helmet.peter wrote:How big is the battery pack? Does it hold up well for prolonged use?foo on patrol wrote:I have the light on my bike. They are good from the on coming view but the depth of the beam isn't that great but ok for riding at 20/25kmh with caution.
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Re: ALDI bike sale (starting on 05/10/2011 Wednesday)
Postby Ross » Fri Oct 07, 2011 7:36 pm
I looked at the rain jacket, didn't like it, I reckon you'd sweat to death in less than a minute. Good range of hi vis colours, orange, green and white. The soft shell jacket looked better, had a zip rear pocket and was available in white and also black (not keen on black cycle clothing for visability reasons).
Didn't really take much notice of the various lights, tool kits or the helmets.
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Re: ALDI bike sale (starting on 05/10/2011 Wednesday)
Postby Ozkaban » Fri Oct 07, 2011 9:08 pm
Also bought the 7400mah battery pack. Don't care if the specs turn out to be optimistic, it charges my HTC desire 4 times over, which is perfect for camping.
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Re: ALDI bike sale (starting on 05/10/2011 Wednesday)
Postby Peekay86 » Fri Oct 07, 2011 9:22 pm
New poster and new rider.
Have been looking at a few Flat Bar Road Bikes and was basically set on the Norco VFR 2 2010 (approx $600).
However looking at this Aldi bike I'm thinking this might suit me perfectly.
I was in our local Aldi last night and they had probably 10-15 of these stacked up but I didn't give it more then a quick glance.
Does anyone know what size it is or wether it comes in varied sizes?
I've sized myself up on my friends bike and believe I need a L (20/21 inch bike), if someone can confirm the size of this I'll be down there in the morning.
Thanks!
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