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http://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/sun-12-apr/
Anyone else got a broken "url" button up there?
Those gloves look very very like Endura Full Monty, I may have a nose. Cheers.
Given what great VFM the winter gloves are, I will get a set for each of the family. The jersey might be worth a look as well. I'm sorted for socks....
Running stuff later in the week as well.
anyone tried the shoes i need a sort of spring /autumn set as have full winter an full summer
Are they worth a punt ?
all their other stuff i have owned has been fab
Is the Edge 200 ok for a budget GPS ?
Any idea if it would be the same model / version that's being sold on CRC / Wiggle etc ... RRP £110? Or is it an older / basic version ?
Cheers
Bit odd, surely it should be summer stuff now, not winter?
The Edge 200 is a great bit of kit, there is only one model/version. I love mine and will replace it with another one soon. It has all I need, speed, distance, time moving, height gain, calories used (though thats a bit random), the only thing it doesnt do is cadence and power but then I know that I dont do enough of the former to generate much of the latter so ho hum. You can set an auto pause too which is quite handy if there are lots of traffic lights on the route!
You can follow GPX routes with it and it gives good, reasonably early directions but obviously thats dependent on the route. Its the old style "breadcrumb" method but it works and has yet to get me lost on numerous self made and downloaded routes. The rubber seal on the back isnt great and mine broke off so I just use some electrical tape to protect the cable port. It does strava etc and the garmin software isnt bad but looks clunky these days.
Shop around though, Rose had them for £72 recently, Bike Discount.de were a little more and they are only £80 from wiggle
Edge 200 is a good basic GPS. Only got rid of mine when a mate gave me his 500
Might try a pair of the shoes and probably pick up a few pairs of gloves
If you get in quick, you can get 20% off the Edge 200 at Halfords this weekend, which makes it just a tenner more than Aldi (and you get a tenners worth of SiS stuff free with it). Worth the tenner to have a bit more peace of mind about returning it if there's an issue, I'd say. Plus, you avoid the Aldi bike scrum.
Will they have the stock out this evening before they close?. Off out riding tomorrow but want some gloves 🙂
Didcot branch opens Thursday. Hoping they'll have some bike stuff kept for the launch.
The running stuff looks good too. Love me an Aldi bike/running special buy.
Grrrrr, once again, bargains ballot, and in a foreign land seadog101 is. Every bloody time!!!!!!!!
Seadog, what do you need if I visit one?
JY; shoes aren't great,I found them to be a bit of an odd shape,and I have normal shared feet.
Any issues with Garmins, and you deal direct with Garmin UK so no involving Aldi
No Edge 200's in when I hit the store this morning (I was first across the threshold)- wonder if they put them out last night? They weren't on the instore posters, but are still on the website.
Otherwise it was all a bit mleh- bought some gloves and that was it.
Aldi are excellent in dealing with returns in my experience anyway
I've picked up some gloves, shoes and socks. There was one tray of the various muc off stuff which was already empty by 10:05 and that was their entire stock!
Work stand is good for price
Use mine all time
Decent quality
Codybrennan, they have quite a strict policy about not putting stuff out the night before. Not every store gets everything on the list. And if there was only one or two the staff might have nabbed them first!
We went in a couple of Thursdays ago for one of the Garmin satnavs for campervans. Got in the store for eight and had already made enquiries of where they would be the day before. Was told to go straight to checkout to get one as they arnt on display. Was first in the queue and managed to get one of the four that had been delivered. By the time we had paid, a few minutes later, there were quite a few disgruntled shoppers who missed out.
Junkyard - lazarus
anyone tried the shoes i need a sort of spring /autumn set as have full winter an full summer
Are they worth a punt ?
all their other stuff i have owned has been fab
I've had two different sorts of shoes from aldi, and the ones with the same sort of sole as those currently on the site fell to bits, the others were great but they don't seem to be doing them anymore... Steer clear IMO, all the other kit is great VFM though...
I know the manager in the local Aldi. He says sometimes the small stores only get 1 or 2 of the special but items. I was asking about the rechargeable drill with lithium battery. He said they had only been sent 1.
Expect this could be the case with the Garmins.
You have to ask for the garmin's as they're locked away. I've just had one from the Archer Road, Sheffield store. Got some lube, a neck warmer and some gloves too, the gloves seem decent quality for the money.
Been this morning,opened at 10,all Garmins gone by 10.03,lucky I didn't want one,I got a rucksack ,good for the money,just the right size as a day bag for me,glove and "Buffs" also good for the money,got a couple of pairs.
Inverness store had about 20 workstand, a few of the other items but not in big quantities.
Picked up a stand, some muc off, gloves tor the fiancee, a pair of the trousers, and a couple pairs of socks.
Garmins all gone from my local. Just gloves and oil for me.
Gloves (last two XL pairs), socks, buff, muc-oiff all in our store at midday.Work stands look good value for £25 if you need one.
At least one Garmin left in Sheffield langsett road
And the gloves are very decent. Good fit.
There are Garmins galore at Northwich. Muc off stuff nearly all gone though.
There was one in the stourbridge store, it's not there anymore! Not 100% sure I need it but I felt like I had to at that price.
Gosh, no wonder the trails were so quiet this morning- you'd all gone shopping!
Managed to squeeze in my first club ride in *cough* years this morning and still get a jersey and a set of gloves in every size, so should be a pair for all the family!
Muc Off is £3-99 for 500mls at Aldi or £6-99 a litre at halfords.
Still got some Garmins in the Netherton store.
The muc-off didn't seem to be much of a bargain. Got myself some gloves though.
Halfords had two bottles of muc off cleaner for a tenner last week. Chuck in a BC discount and only £4.50/L....bargain!
It was a bit mad in Exeter Aldi. I think I've stumbled onto their busiest shopping day. Took 25 mins just to get out of the car park!
But I got myself a Garmin 200 and have already used it today and downloaded to Strava. Works fine and provides all the information I need at the moment.
I think the muc-off was badged as urban bike cleaner, so hence the price increase.
The garmin seems a bit basic, ideally I'd like to have some OS maps on there so not sure if there if it is any better than having an old android phone strapped to your stem. The battery life is better however, stating 14hrs run time on one charge Vs about 8/9 hrs on a phone, without getting it out loads to look at the maps or making any phone calls. Also it's a bit rubbish that it's not wireless upload, but for basic route'ing and strava'ing it'll do for now. Coupled with this facility for route mapping: http://www.cyclestreets.net/ where you can plan cycle routes by fastest/balanced/quietest and can output by gpx and includes sustrans paths.
Still a few of everything (including garmins) in the Shrewsbury store.
Anyone got the bike stand wondering if its worth getting
Just got some gloves and they are very very similar to Endura Full Montys. I got an XL pair and they fit better than my XL pair of Enduras! Pretty good for £6.99.
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Workstand looks to be the same as my Lidl one. Which apart from being significantly heavier, is much better than my old one from Merlin which was over double the price. Bargain imo.
Over 20 Garmins sitting in a wire basket in Dunfermline Duloch store! Surprised to see them on the shop floor with no tags when they have £10 Bluetooth speakers in the locked cabinet...
Work stand looks good quality, solid with 5 "feet" it should be pretty stable. Clamp looks like it might be a little fiddly to tighten up but for £25 it looks a bargain
I think they are also frank's workshop approved.
Ah heck, I hope I've kept the receipt.
Used my gloves for the first time tonight. The hems inside the fingers are quite noticeable, there a lot of spare fabric in there, but for seven quid I'll put up with it.
Garmin 200s are excellent. Bought one in Halfords when they were heavily discounted. The breadcrumb trails are surprisingly useful. I have an 810 too, but seldom use navigation.
I got the shoes, they fitted fine but the sole was really hard, almost like plastic and I found it has little grip and was very sloppy to walk in, I have had walking shoes from the same make before and the soles started to peel off. Took them Back this morning and got a refund, they didn't even open the box
I went to the Reading store at 10:00 on Sunday to get my Garmin, and was worried because there were quite a few people outside waiting to go in...it turned out that most were just doing normal food shopping!? Why queue up on a Sunday morning for stuff available all the time?
Just bought a workstand and the Muc-Off stuff.
The workstand is a very sturdy piece of kit with padded jaws, far better than what I was expecting for twenty five rubs.
Was in Aldi (twice in fact,we have two in town),last night picked up backpack,shoes and gloves. More stock than I had expected Garmins,Muc-Off,workstands,jerseys etc. Shoes good for the price come up big for stated size,gloves great fit like...a glove and impressed with the back pack has a neat little tool-roll in the base which is useful and is a good size. The other Aldi is\more central and had sold out of a few things. 🙂
The gloves are brilliant. Used them last night on the road bike, realised when I got home my hands didn't hurt at all, as compared to rather painful with previous knackered branded gloves. Went in for some more today, all gone.
Only problem I found with the gloves is the thumbs are unbelievably tight, even when I tried a pair of XL on. Worst case though I'll just chop the thumb off! (the glove that is)
The 'neck warmer' I've found to be pretty good, tight enough around the chin to stay in place but not too tight as to feel restrictive.
Also, came a cropper with the Garmin as the software 'garmin connect' doesn't support windows XP. yes yes I should update my OS but I've got better things to spend my money on and we only use the PC for putting tunes on the ipods and taking pics off the camera. Hunted around online and found a previous version of the software I could use. Not sure however if you can upload your data straight to strava without even using the garmin guff.