Aldi stuff

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As from Thursday (tomorrow) Dual suspension mountain bikes
=A369.99 - won't be getting one of those..=

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Cable locks =A32.99 Cooler bag for handlebar (with map
pocket on top & rain cover) =A33.99 H*lm*t with insect net
on front vents, reflector on rear =A36.99 gel saddles
=A36.99 aluminium drinking bottles with dust cap & bottle
cage =A32.49
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Doesn't appear to be any shorts or jerseys in this
offer. Shame.

Thanks for the update. Did anyone here pick up the tights
last time=20 round. I may have very strangely
proportioned legs, but the elasticated=20 bits that
should hold them closed at the bottom seemed to have been
made=20 for someone with considerably larger ankles than
mine. I also found that=20 the padding in the tights rode
round during the course of a ride, so=20 that by the end
it was doing an admirable job of protecting me from=20
anything but the saddle.

Shorts have been great though, and I have plenty of warm
vests for next=20 winter.

Jon

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aluminium drinking bottles with dust cap & bottle
cage œ2.49

I don't know if these are the same as the ones which are
regularly offered in Lidl (they look similar in the
picture). If they are, I would not recommend buying them as
the top is very poor for drinking from. They sort of look
like Sigg bottles, but are not as good (a hell of a lot
cheaper though). We bought four or so of these bottle from
Lidl and felt we'd have been better off spending the 12 quid
getting just one Sigg bottle.

Graeme

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They sort of look like Sigg bottles, but are not as good
(a hell of a lot

cheaper though).

Plus, as Pete Biggs noted, you can't give them a good
squeeze to shoot lots of drink into your mouth. I doubt you
can do this with Sigg bottles, either.

Simonb said:

Plus, as Pete Biggs noted, you can't give them a good
squeeze to shoot lots of drink into your mouth. I doubt
you can do this with Sigg bottles, either.

Not unless you are Desperate Dan and don't want to re-use
the bottles.

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Graeme said:

of look like Sigg bottles, but are not as good (a hell of
a lot cheaper though). We bought four or so of these
bottle from Lidl and felt we'd have been better off
spending the 12 quid getting just one Sigg bottle.

Being a terminally sad gear junkie I have owned Sigg water
bottles. And unless you're going on something like a trans-
Sahara expedition where you absolutely must preserve every
last drop of water, I really do wonder why people bother.
Aside from the fact you can't squeeze them they're simply
very over-engineered for the job in hand, and because
they're highly over-engineered they're very over-priced as
well. On the bike I prefer a squeezy plastic bottle, if I'm
walking and don't want any leaks a former tonic water
bottle is much cheaper, doesn't collect dents, is
completely leak proof too (it keeps contents pressurised,
of course) /and/ it comes with a litre of free tonic water
for insertion into G&Ts.

More and more people seem to think bulletproof water bottles
are necessary, but aside from "looking professional" I'm at
a loss as to what the attraction is. I use Siggs for fuel,
but for drinks, well, /why?/

Pete.
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I use Siggs for fuel, but for drinks, well, /why?/

To show others that you really have more money than sense?

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I use Siggs for fuel, but for drinks, well, /why?/

The only one I have I got pretty cheap. I can see your
point, but for me it does not give whatever liquid you are
drinking that horrible plastic taste. Also, now that I'm
living somewhere that the sun is seen pretty much every day
and the temperatures can reach over 45C, it does seem that
the water is that little bit cooler than when drunk from a
plastic bottle (though this may be psychological). The lack
of light in the bottle also helps prevent build up of nasty
slime, e.g. I've just come back from a month long holiday
back home and I left my Sigg bottle half full of water in
the back of the car in the Perth sun. I opened it the other
day and the contents still tasted okay.[1] That's not
something I'd risk with a plastic bottle.

They probably are over-engineered for their purpose, but
I feel the
Lidl/Aldi rip-offs are under-engineered to the extent that
they put you off taking an easy drink and are therefore
worse than useless.

Graeme

[1] I didn't suffer any ill effects from it. Maybe the heat
kept pasteurising the contents? :-)

Peter Clinch said:

More and more people seem to think bulletproof water
bottles are necessary, but aside from "looking
professional" I'm at a loss as to what the attraction is.
I use Siggs for fuel, but for drinks, well, /why?/

Taste.

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Simonb said:

Quoted message said:

They sort of look like Sigg bottles, but are not as good
(a hell of a lot

cheaper though).

Plus, as Pete Biggs noted, you can't give them a good
squeeze to shoot lots of drink into your mouth. I doubt you
can do this with Sigg bottles, either.

The technique is to blow a lung full of air into the bottle
to increase the internal pressure and then allow the fluid
to squirt out.

I use plastic ones myself. Cycling is a multi-sensory
experience, and that characteristic taste of plastic water
is all part of the picture.

(plus you can't have a decent water fight with a rigid
bottle).

I do usually take an aluminium flask on tours with me tho

I wonder if helen has a "-- " before her sigg. Sorry,
couldn't resist ;-)

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marc said:

Taste.

There are plenty of cheaper plastic bottles that don't have
any obvious taste. The aforementioned tonic water bottles,
for a start. On the bike, my old plastic Zefals don't have
any obvious taste problem, but maybe if I'd spent a tenner
on something else I could persuade myself otherwise...

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Richard Bates said:

The technique is to blow a lung full of air into the
bottle to increase the internal pressure and then allow
the fluid to squirt out.

Really? Sounds like hard work.

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marc said:

Peter Clinch said:

More and more people seem to think bulletproof water
bottles are necessary, but aside from "looking
professional" I'm at a loss as to what the attraction is.
I use Siggs for fuel, but for drinks, well, /why?/

Taste.

I don't use bottles anymore. I use a camelbak. 😉

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I don't use bottles anymore. I use a camelbak. 😉

I used a camelbak thingy in Italy last year. Once the water
had warmed up to body temperature it didn't seem to quench
my thirst. ;-(

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marc said:

Taste.

There are plenty of cheaper plastic bottles that don't have
any obvious taste. The aforementioned tonic water bottles,
for a start. On the bike, my old plastic Zefals don't have
any obvious taste problem, but maybe if I'd spent a tenner
on something else I could persuade myself otherwise...

I've got a Sigg drinks bottle.

I don't find drinking from it a problem - but then I've
always preferred to such from the bottle, even plastic,
rather than squeeze on the whole. so it's actually easier
than some plastic bottles.

I do prefer the lack of plastic taste compared to lots of
plastic bottles, but it's minor. They probably aren't worth
the money.

I don't use it on the bike much because it tends to rattle
more, and is harder to put in the bottle cage.

I wonder why the valves on so many plastic bottles are so
[censored] - some are hard work - though the Blackburn bottle I
had and the Zefal bottle I have are fine., many leak. I can
buy a bottle of water/drink etc. with a 'sports' top that
seems much better.
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The only one I have I got pretty cheap. I can see your
point, but for me it does not give whatever liquid you are
drinking that horrible plastic taste.

And another benefit, if you leave them in the bottom of a
rucksack they don't leak. All the plastic bike bottles I've
ever owned did. It may be true that plastic
coke/lemonade/soda water/whatever bottles don't leak, but as
I almost never buy them I wouldn't have an empty one lying
around anyway.

I also forgot to add that I don't actually use my Sigg
bottle on my bike. I prefer the much greater carrying
capacity of my Camelbak or the generic copy that I have.

Graeme