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Biker Gear in Lidl

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  • #32
    JohnnyCrash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 978 ✭✭✭JohnnyCrash


    BlackWizard wrote: »
    I was in Lidl and Aldi today looking at the biker gear. It seems like pretty good value.

    There is a few items I was thinking of getting from Lidl/Aldi

    Gloves (Aldi)
    Kidney Belt (Aldi)
    Waterproof over shoes (Aldi)
    Leather Throusers (Aldi)
    Material Jacket (Aldi)
    Helmet (Aldi)

    The three main ones are the throusers, jacket and helmet. Would I be mad buying stuff like this from Lidl or Aldi?
    Anything is better than nothing. You should get as good as what you can afford I guess.


  • #33
    Del2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,031 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    BlackWizard wrote: »
    I was in Lidl and Aldi today looking at the biker gear. It seems like pretty good value.

    There is a few items I was thinking of getting from Lidl/Aldi

    Gloves (Aldi)
    Kidney Belt (Aldi)
    Waterproof over shoes (Aldi)
    Leather Throusers (Aldi)
    Material Jacket (Aldi)
    Helmet (Aldi)

    The three main ones are the throusers, jacket and helmet. Would I be mad buying stuff like this from Lidl or Aldi?

    Whatever about the quality of their helmets, there's no way in hell I'd buy one now. They've been on display for several weeks with everyone picking them up and throwing them back.

    Get good quality waterproof boots and don't bother with over boots.


  • #34
    BlackWizard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,282 ✭✭✭BlackWizard


    What about gloves. Should I have two different types of gloves? Ones for winter and summer? Also should they have plastic protectors in them? I dont think the ones in Lidl have any plastic protectors on them.

    Well I presume the helmets at the bottom of the stack will be fine. I wouldn't buy any of the open boxes.


  • #35
    MikeC101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,707 ✭✭✭MikeC101


    BlackWizard wrote: »
    What about gloves. Should I have two different types of gloves? Ones for winter and summer? Also should they have plastic protectors in them? I dont think the ones in Lidl have any plastic protectors on them.

    Well I presume the helmets at the bottom of the stack will be fine. I wouldn't buy any of the open boxes.

    You'll probably need two pairs (unless you've heated grips, then you might get away with just one pair). I have a few different pairs for different purposes - the winter ones are nicely and warm, but I don't like them because I feel clumsier on the throttle when wearing them. Summer ones are vented and lighter.

    I like protectors on the knuckles at least, then there's loads of extra features available. I don't think there's as much consensus on how important armour is in a glove - you'll see things on some of the higher end gloves like scaphoid protectors, links between the little finger and next one (little finger is easily bent across and broken I guess?). Depends on what you want I suppose.

    I wouldn't buy a helmet in Lidl or Aldi. Makes no sense - for a slightly higher price you can pick up something that's 5 star Sharp rated as well as ECE approved, and the helmets I looked at in Lidl just seemed awfully low quality. They're obviously to ECE standard, but they seemed incredibly uncomfortable to wear, and the lining / shield quality, all just not great. I just don't see them being comfortable to wear, or lasting all that long.


  • #36
    honeybadger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 869 ✭✭✭honeybadger


    http://s599.photobucket.com/albums/tt71/kevin_wilson09/?action=view&current=18042011224.jpg



    says it all dont it :D


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  • #37
    Del2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,031 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    BlackWizard wrote: »
    What about gloves. Should I have two different types of gloves? Ones for winter and summer? Also should they have plastic protectors in them? I dont think the ones in Lidl have any plastic protectors on them.

    If you're going to be commuting you'll need at least 2 pairs of gloves, unless you go fully faired, since leather doesn't like being force dried. Nothing worst then putting on damp gloves on a cold winter morning.
    Well I presume the helmets at the bottom of the stack will be fine. I wouldn't buy any of the open boxes.

    It's your head, but the Lidl staff have no training on helmet handling and you don't know how many times they've moved the boxes or how they treat them.

    You can pick up helmets for ~€100 in nearly all bikes shops. If your around Dublin Cotters have good value and you can haggle with him.

    Also you need to get your head measured to get the correct fit since no mater what lid you get if it doesn't fit correctly it's useless


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