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Vladimir wrote:

SteveHunter wrote:I may pop down for some cheap stuff to wear when winter training on the turbo

Does it make much of a difference indoors? I find that a large fan is the best thing for it...
Alternatively, winter training can be done outside

It does not make a difference what you actually wear, but I use up cheap and or old kit when on the turbo (or under winter warmer kit) so that I can extend the life of my good stuff by not wearing it thru the winter or for turbo miles. As said you have to wear something so it might as well be old cheap stuff.

eileithyia wrote:It does not make a difference what you actually wear, but I use up cheap and or old kit when on the turbo (or under winter warmer kit) so that I can extend the life of my good stuff by not wearing it thru the winter or for turbo miles. As said you have to wear something so it might as well be old cheap stuff.

I'm not sure this is true, I have just completed a 230 mile odd ride around the Dales and Lake District over three days with a number of others. One of the lads had a new 'Roubaix-style' fleece from either Lidl or Aldi - and at a very cheap price. After the first 30 miles this fleece was absolutely soaking, he could actually wring copious amounts of sweat out of the cuffs. It evidently has no wicking qualities. It was not worn again all weekend, as the old adage goes - you get what you pay for...

Ben@Forest wrote:

eileithyia wrote:It does not make a difference what you actually wear, but I use up cheap and or old kit when on the turbo (or under winter warmer kit) so that I can extend the life of my good stuff by not wearing it thru the winter or for turbo miles. As said you have to wear something so it might as well be old cheap stuff.

I'm not sure this is true, I have just completed a 230 mile odd ride around the Dales and Lake District over three days with a number of others. One of the lads had a new 'Roubaix-style' fleece from either Lidl or Aldi - and at a very cheap price. After the first 30 miles this fleece was absolutely soaking, he could actually wring copious amounts of sweat out of the cuffs. It evidently has no wicking qualities. It was not worn again all weekend, as the old adage goes - you get what you pay for...

No offence but it sounds like the 'lad' was simply wearing a garment that was far too hot for the conditions. IME the Aldi winter jackets come into their own in proper cold weather, i.e. from well under 10 degrees down to zero they are really nice, with just a thin base layer such as the absolute bargain merino one sold by Aldi. In these conditions they are brilliant but for current/recent temperatures a long sleeve jersey should suffice, such as also sold by Aldi for a very reasonable price...

Vladimir wrote: I just searched the Lidl site to see if they're going to be selling them again, but the website is atrocious and if the information is there, I can't find it!

You could sign up for their weekly email newsletter to keep you informed regarding availability of their cycling specials.

Try Sports DIrect. They have shops all over the place and do Muddy Fox cycling stuff at lowish prices. Quality is OK as well.

Thanks for all thje advice guys.

I've been to Decathlon today and purchased a couple of the £5 short sleeved jobbies and one of the long sleeved ones.

I did walk around the shop for quite some time before deciding that I didn't ACTUALLY need anything else... Quite easy to fall into a false sense of "oh, it's just £10 for a pair of padded shorts, I could use another pair!" - but in the end I did walk out of there with the 3 tops I came in for.

Test riding of bikes indoors, now that's a strange thing to behold! Especially when most of the people that are doing the test riding haven't ridden in decades (so they said) and were literally re-learning how to ride...

Of course, I had top get involved and I test rode one of the city bikes with disk brakes and a SRAM 3-speed hub. I liked it! http://www.decathlon.co.uk/nework-500-c ... 03893.html Alas, I do NOT need a 6th bike... I want a 6th bike, however...