http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: lights - Recent Posts en Wed, 13 May 2026 01:50:04 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16436&page=9#post-355800 Sun, 17 Oct 2021 14:57:32 +0000 gembo 355800@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Chesser has no cycling stuff </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16436&page=9#post-355784 Sat, 16 Oct 2021 18:11:42 +0000 ejstubbs 355784@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The Merino leggings were in stock in my local Aldi this morning. Squeezed in amongst the angle grinders, gas-powered soldering irons, multi-piece tool kits and socket bit sets - nowhere near the other cycling gear, probably because they were late arriving compared to the rest of the stuff (plenty of £44.99 turbo trainers still available, I noticed). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16436&page=9#post-355706 Fri, 15 Oct 2021 07:27:23 +0000 gembo 355706@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks Ejstubbs I am out and about today but think on the aLDI Lidl spectrum it is a Lidl I am nearest<br /> (Site inspection of the new place way down burdiehouse crescent) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16436&page=9#post-355704 Thu, 14 Oct 2021 23:16:42 +0000 ejstubbs 355704@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@gembo: There are these <a href="https://www.aldi.co.uk/front-and-rear-bike-light-set/p/713903494216700">low-cost front &amp; rear light sets</a> - my local store still had some in when I passed through today. There's also a <a href="https://www.aldi.co.uk/bikemate-front-bike-camera-%26-light/p/713061512217601">combined front light &amp; camera gizmo</a> - a sort of Cycliq* copy I imagine, but I didn't notice whether they actually had any in stock. And a <a href="https://www.aldi.co.uk/bikemate-indicator-light/p/714159512218201">rear light with turn indicators</a> - never seen the point of indicators on a bike myself but I suppose some folks might feel them worthwhile.</p> <p>I think the leggings <u>were</u> stuck in a container, but are supposed to be available now - just not actually visible anywhere (yet).</p> <p><em>* FWIW I didn't get on with my Fly12 as the headlight beam had no cutoff, and the video from the camera made me dizzy with the handlebar wobbles. I now use a Lezyne stvzo-compliant headlight and a cheap GoPro clone mounted on my rucksack strap for evidence-gathering, should it ever be required. I still use my Fly6, though.</em> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16436&page=9#post-355701 Thu, 14 Oct 2021 22:11:53 +0000 SRD 355701@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Been trying to find waterproofs before half term. Decathlon sold out of everything under £100 as far as I could see. Crazy times. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16436&page=9#post-355694 Thu, 14 Oct 2021 20:04:01 +0000 gembo 355694@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@ejstubbs, any lights? Sorry can5 say regards the leggings. I had good long Johns from them, a few year# back.</p> <p>Stuck in a container maybe? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16436&page=8#post-355687 Thu, 14 Oct 2021 18:06:12 +0000 ejstubbs 355687@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Aldi autumn cycling specialbuys were in their stores a week or so back, apart from one or two items including the merino leggings, which were showing on the web site as delayed. I kept an eye on the web site as I've been pleased with the first pair I bought, and yesterday they were no longer marked as delayed so I popped in to my local Aldi today. No sign of merino leggings, though. Anyone able to advise whether I have simply missed the boat, or if they are not actually in the stores yet? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16436&page=8#post-337925 Wed, 23 Sep 2020 10:59:35 +0000 gembo 337925@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I once say a man called Edward cycling around Stockbridge in merino base layers.</p> <p>I feel he maybe was not fully clued up on cycling costumes</p> <p>Or</p> <p>Was warm enough in the base layers so logically why would you add more clothes.</p> <p>Wonder what happened to him, his wife Eva and their cats? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16436&page=8#post-337920 Wed, 23 Sep 2020 10:42:11 +0000 sallyhinch 337920@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I do yoga in my merino leggings (at home, I wouldn't wear them in a public class). You do have to sort of hitch them up at the knees to provide a bit of extra give. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16436&page=8#post-337868 Tue, 22 Sep 2020 11:52:38 +0000 steveo 337868@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>They've got a bit of give but not much stretch if you get me. I've ridden in them a few times mostly in the mornings when it was too cold or midgy to be bothered getting changed and they're still okay but I only use them as an base layer and I've got heavier shorts on over the top. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16436&page=8#post-337866 Tue, 22 Sep 2020 11:39:20 +0000 bill 337866@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks @ejstubbs. I will be there for merino socks (This time for Mr Bill as well. They work very well walking as well).</p> <p>@steveo I see the long johns are 100% merino. Are they stretchy? I have a 100% merino pair of Icebreakers and they are not stretchy at all. I kind of ruined them when I used them for cycling a few times. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16436&page=8#post-337861 Tue, 22 Sep 2020 10:59:36 +0000 steveo 337861@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I got the merino leggings a couple of years ago and they've been great for camping. When I arrive I change into these and put my baggy shorts over the top to keep them clean for sleeping in. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16436&page=8#post-337856 Tue, 22 Sep 2020 10:38:14 +0000 gembo 337856@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@ejstubbs, did you not try to win the good one during the Tour? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16436&page=8#post-337855 Tue, 22 Sep 2020 10:36:19 +0000 ejstubbs 337855@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Aldi cycling specialbuys on again <a href="https://www.aldi.co.uk/c/specialbuys/dates/2020-09-27?sort=popular&amp;q=%3Apopular%3AtransactionalStatus%3Atransactional%3AtransactionalStatus%3Anontransactional%3AEvent%3ACycling&amp;page=0&amp;firstPlacementTotalCount=0&amp;secondPlacementTotalCount=0">this coming Sunday (27th)</a></p> <p>Anyone know if the indoor trainer they do is any good? It was impossible to buy one anywhere during full lockdown. Just wondering whether it might be worth coughing £45 for a cheap one just in case we end up back there this autumn... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16436&page=8#post-330436 Fri, 22 May 2020 09:49:19 +0000 gembo 330436@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Decathlon sell a great pair oF SHADES FRO 20 POUNDS THAT GET LIGHTER OR DARKER by magic and do not fog up </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16436&page=8#post-330430 Fri, 22 May 2020 08:40:41 +0000 bill 330430@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks @Blueth and @lanterne bru. I am after clear glasses as well (most of my rides are with the sun on my back). I currently use cheap Decathlon ones but they easily get scratched and fogged up. I have to use them now as all flies seem to have emerged this week. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16436&page=8#post-330420 Thu, 21 May 2020 20:48:42 +0000 lanterne bru 330420@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>+1 for Bolle safety glasses, I have three pairs of Ness+ (clear, dark and "Csp" <a href="https://www.bolle-safety.com/model/ness+">shown here</a>) and they've been the best anti-fog glasses I've purchased, and have lasted to the rigors of a daily commute (whichever two aren't being worn live in the pannier). Think they were about the same price as the Lidl specs as well. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16436&page=8#post-330407 Thu, 21 May 2020 18:27:17 +0000 Blueth 330407@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Arellcat, if you want clear lenses then buy Bolle safety glasses at a fraction of the price of "name" cycling ones. Built to a (certified) high standard of both strength and optical clarity. As stylish as the others<br /> too in order to encourage gadgies on site to wear 'em. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16436&page=8#post-330379 Thu, 21 May 2020 14:59:00 +0000 gembo 330379@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I bought the last bottle of Worcestershire Sauce in Scotmid today. There has been a world wide shortage. I dont touch the stuff as mad with little fish. But Mrs Garto likes the Umami of it </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16436&page=8#post-330376 Thu, 21 May 2020 14:12:06 +0000 SRD 330376@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes, looks like bbqs selling fast... don’t know about ‘partying’. I’m sure we’re not the only people buying stuff for use in our garden, just like the gardening boom. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16436&page=8#post-330375 Thu, 21 May 2020 13:49:23 +0000 crowriver 330375@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@SRD that'll be the effect of the "lockdown" BBQ massive piling in to stock up for partying this weekend... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16436&page=8#post-330374 Thu, 21 May 2020 13:27:37 +0000 SRD 330374@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>No longer! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16436&page=8#post-330370 Thu, 21 May 2020 13:19:41 +0000 Snowy 330370@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That's the one, yes </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16436&page=8#post-330368 Thu, 21 May 2020 13:04:43 +0000 gembo 330368@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@snowy, where Matalan used to be?</p> <p>That small area has 2 Aldis and 2 LidlS</p> <p>What does this tell us? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16436&page=8#post-330367 Thu, 21 May 2020 12:49:30 +0000 Snowy 330367@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Lidl Slateford had a small ceramic egg-shaped <a href="https://www.lidl.co.uk/en/p/bbq-essentials/grillchef-mini-kamado-ceramic-charcoal-barbecue/p31935">BBQ </a> in stock this morning. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16436&page=8#post-330365 Thu, 21 May 2020 12:41:02 +0000 SRD 330365@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>We were interested in one of those ceramic bbqs. None at Dalry. Has anyone seen one elsewhere? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16436&page=8#post-330346 Thu, 21 May 2020 07:29:57 +0000 gembo 330346@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Or your feet grew?</p> <p>I wash mine at 40 degrees and then dry them inside out as you get a bad smell otherwise as. LOT OF WATER INside them </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16436&page=8#post-330343 Wed, 20 May 2020 22:28:23 +0000 ARobComp 330343@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My waterproof socks started comfortably fitting my feet and have ended up shrinking to the size of my wife's feet. </p> <p>I think either they shrunk in the wash, or I bought two pairs (one for her and one for me) and I've mislaid mine so now she's wearing the ones I bought for her anyway, thinking that they're my ones that have shrunk...</p> <p>They are decent on very wet days. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16436&page=8#post-330333 Wed, 20 May 2020 19:57:03 +0000 gembo 330333@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Good for commute though </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16436&page=8#post-330332 Wed, 20 May 2020 19:56:16 +0000 dessert rat 330332@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>given up with waterproof socks - not convinced there's much point. Longer rides everything gonna get wet regardless - shorter ride take a dry pair. </p>