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Old 21 Mar 2008
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Hi All

Looks like Aldi is doing bike gear on Easter Monday


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ALDI - Monday Special Buys 24th March 2008

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Looks like Aldi is doing bike gear on Easter Monday


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ALDI - Monday Special Buys 24th March 2008

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Anyone get any bargains? I got the padlock and chain for £10 and a couple of the zip neck shirts for £7 each.

The waterproofs are not available as there's some kind of problem with them. The tankbags they had in looked quite decent, certainly appeared more robust than the ones Lidl had in last week and possibly have more capacity.
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Went to Aldi yesterday.

Bought a jacket and trousers, jacket was £40, trousers £30. It says they're waterproof, who knows, but they looked pretty well made, lots of pockets, body armour of a sort, detachable quilted liners, don't know about the zips. I've no doubt some people will think I'm stupid but they'll do for now.

Sizes were weird though, definately try stuff on in the store, I got a large jacket, medium trousers, but the smallest size gloves were still too big.

Tank bags did look good but I got the Lidl one last week so hey ho.

Thermals - tops were short-sleeved, waistband on the pants looked iffy.

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Hi all,

Well I grabbed 3 pairs of socks, 2 tops (short Sleeve) and a long sleeve turtle neck top... just to add to all the other tops I have lol.


Didnt need anything else, The beauty about Aldi is that you have a 30 day money back....... If you dont like em take em back no questions asked !

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Lidl Tank Bag

This month's RiDE magazine in the UK has a test of tank bags.

Held, Cargo & Hein Gericke were all recommended but the Vanucci Race bag, £69.95 from getgeared, sounds practically the same as the Lidl bag I boughtfor £17! And my bag's expandable whereas they say the Vanucci isn't.

Wore the Aldi jacket and trousers last weekend for a soggy 100 mile trip from Bristol to Leicester and they held out pretty well too.

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Aldi's have some cheap camping kit in this week. Although the tent's and sleeping bags are probably only good for festival use, they had some waterproof, roll top duffle bags.

I've seen a few people using this style of bag instead of tailpacks so thought I'd try them out instead of taking a small rucksack. When closed, they're about 50cm long (excluding strap) and 30cm diameter. At only £6.99, they're worth a look.

BTW, the motorcycle balaclava from Aldi's was pretty crap. Badly fitting, not as windproof as my usual wool necktube but without a doubt, it's worst feature is that it caused a correctly sized helmet to be too tight leading to an absolutely splitting headache.
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Aldi's have some cheap camping kit in this week. Although.........they had some waterproof, roll top duffle bags.

I've seen a few people using this style of bag instead of tailpacks........ At only £6.99, they're worth a look.
£6.99 is an excellent price, assuming they are reasonable quality.
i use an ortleib sack for a tailpack when i camp, a big 96ltr one. my khyam tent and folding armchair (dont believe in slumming it) fit in it as if it was tailormade and it bungees onto the back seat behind the topbox across the panniers without interfering with the topbox lid.
you need some long thin luggage when you camp, a tailpack is just another square box, got plenty of them already!

now, if i could just figure out a way to load my pop-up tent on the bike without looking like an AWACS plane......
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