Cheap saddles in Aldi

[nin26]

I just wanted to share ....

I went in Aldi's at the weekend and spotted an enorous pile of £5 saddles - thought I might as well give one a go as the standard one on my Windsor is far too squashy and wide for my taste. After all, it couldn't be worse and for a fiver you can't go far wrong!

There's three to choose from - MTB/Racing (narrow and hard with the centre cut-out, Trekking (a little wider, no cut-out) and Touring (wide and squashy a-la Windsor). They are all gel saddles, but apart from the Touring one, they certainly aren't overly squashy. My other half's Giant Sedona's standard saddle is softer (but a very similar shape and size to the Trekking saddle)

I bought a Trekking one as the MTB/Racing one looked a little extreme and on the long side and I have to say that it is a massive improvement over the original saddle. I've just taken it for a spin and I'm really pleased with it - so much so that I'm going to buy one for my daughter's bike as her saddle has definitely seen better days.

I don't know how long they're in store, but given the pile that our little Aldi had, I'm guessing it wasn't the last day or two of the promotion!

 

[flecc]

Thanks nin26. I've just looked this up and it's an offer from Thursday 1st May, so there should still be some in many branches. here's a link to look at them:

Aldi Saddle Offer
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[nin26]

Thank you for the link Flecc - I didn't think to look them up on the website myself!

Oh, one thing that might be worth mentioning for anyone that's intersted in getting one - it says on the website that the saddles, Trekking and City? ( the one marked Touring instore, I assume) have reflectors front and rear. Mine has a reflective red sticker and the back is that reflective silver material that some saddles have, but I don't know what they mean about a front reflector, as I can't see anything reflective on the front. There wasn't really a choice a colours or fabrics like the website said either - it was more like any colour you like as long as it's black ......

 

[robert44]

At a similar set of bike equipement recently on sale at Lidl's, I bought a £2.99 cycle computer. It matches my £20 Cateye brilliantly. However, since the warmer weather, the display goes to pot, the battery then has to be removed/replaced (not renewed), the computer has to be reset and all data is lost ie useless!! So, I've bought a £2.99 spare battery - there's always a silver lining somewhere!

 

[Julian]

I also have a £4.99 bike computer from Aldi, so far it's been unaffected by the hot weather. But the speedo seemed to be reading a bit low so when I got back from a ride yesterday I checked the distance against Google maps. The computer said 12 miles but Google said 20 miles!

A bit of googling shows that other people have the same problem and the answer is to set it up in km and then switch to miles (although I haven't tried it yet).

 

[carpetbagger]

I just wanted to share ....

I went in Aldi's at the weekend and spotted an enorous pile of £5 saddles - thought I might as well give one a go as the standard one on my Windsor is far too squashy and wide for my taste. After all, it couldn't be worse and for a fiver you can't go far wrong!

i bought one on saturday to replace the original powabyke seat...It looks a lot better but i am not convinced on comfort levels...The powabyke seat left no pain after several miles but the aldi one leaves me with a backside like a chimp at chester zoo !!! Maybe i need to do more cycling to harden up my backside or invest in some padded shorts.......

 

[nin26]

Isn't that funny - I found the orignal padded one on my Windsor made my backside incredible sore after a few miles - but I can out-ride the battery's range quite happily with the Aldi saddle.

Maybe it is down to the shape and size of my bum - any extra padding is probably overkill!

On a similar note, my OH took his Suzuki Burgman 400 on a round trip of over 500 miles at the weekend. Compared to the leatherette-bound breadboard that passes for a seat on most motorcycles, the Burgman has the most luxurious seat imaginable - which for short trips is nothing less than armchair comfort levels.

Still, by the time he got home from his long trip he was in utter agony - said it was the most uncomfortable motorcycle seat he had ever had the misfortune of using! I had wondered about how the small engined bike would manage on a long trip - but I'd never considered that the seat would be uncomfortable given all that padding.