Aldi cycle service kit, anyone got one?

[simon the viking]

Aldi have tomorrow 29/06/14 their £19.99 cycle tool kit again and I've been thinking about getting something like it for a while as a starting point for a full kit by then add extra bits as I need them (and add better quality stuff as I break parts....)

Anyone using one..... and is it worth a punt at 20 quid?

 

[yello]

Is it worth a punt? Your call but imho no.

Better to buy decent tools as and when you need them. Whilst such kits can look like good value the tools can actually damage your components due to not being precision enough. Personally, l wouldn't take the risk.

 

[ufkacbln]

Absolutely, the basics are not the best quality, but are serviceable.

The advantage is that you can extend your skills using these tools, and then if it becomes a regularly used item, then buy a quality one.

 

[Snapper88]

I got one last time the multi tool is handy as is the spoke key. The pedal spanner is very poor as the metal chewed up when I put force through it the rest I haven't used yet.

You get what you pay for I guess

 

[simon the viking]

Thanks guys for answers so far.... i know they will be a bit chocolate but some parts will be better than others so, I'll go and have a butchers at it with an open mind and decide when I've seen it

 

[Snapper88]

I got one purely to try some home maintenance on my winter hack & apart from the pedal spanner it's done what I needed & got me looking into more solid tools as & when I can afford them.

*edit* Recommend the work stand if you haven't already got one

 

[John the Monkey]

I got a similar one from Lidl (slightly different tools, it was a bit ago, but same £20 pricetag). Mostly, it's fine.

I don't like the multi-gauge spoke key much (buy a Spokey instead) and I've never used the adjustable spanner - the puncture kit was a bit pants too, as I recall (I prefer Rema patches). The other tools I found ok.

 

[yello]

Should just say that I do still have the aldi/lidl one I bought many years ago. The chain whip broke on first use and I didn't want to risk the pedal spanner nor cassette tool, as they looked, on reconsidered opinion, to be made of cheese. I have used (and still do use) the small screw driver but as I already had one, it wasn't worth buying for that.

Nope, I think the only value in buying such a set would be to demonstrate the need to have decent tools!

 

[KneesUp]

It's a useful way to get all the main tools. I've used my chain whip, bottom bracket tool, crank extractor and a few other bits. The pedal spanners are indeed bobbins, but I also have a full set of proper spanners off Aldi so I don't need them. I bent the pin on the chain breaker, but that was my own cack-handedness. I expect the tools will wear out but I'll replace them as and when they do, and in the meantime I can do almost any bike job - except my bikes are old and I need an old fashioned BB tool and an old fashioned set of headset spanners.

And to add - I lost the multi tool but my folding allen key set fits nicely in the gap.

 

[John the Monkey]

Should just say that I do still have the aldi/lidl one I bought many years ago. The chain whip broke on first use and I didn't want to risk the pedal spanner nor cassette tool, as they looked, on reconsidered opinion, to be made of cheese. I have used (and still do use) the small screw driver but as I already had one, it wasn't worth buying for that.

YMMV, I guess. The BB tool was ok, but I bought a Cyclo one (because it's narrower, it's easier to bolt to the crank spindle when removing a stubborn BB). The cassette tool & chain whip have done numerous changes, similarly the pedal spanner (back when I only had the Giant SCR2, I used to swap to road pedals at the end of the week, and back to SPDs for commuting on Sunday night). I guess at £20, it's not easy to be consistent with quality control.

 

[yello]

Yep, true enough.

I guess at £20, it's not easy to be consistent with quality control.

 

[cyberknight]

It looks very similar to the halfords kit a got a few years ago
http://www.halfords.com/cycling/tools-maintenance/tools/halfords-essential-bike-tool-kit

 

[simon the viking]

It looks very similar to the halfords kit a got a few years ago
http://www.halfords.com/cycling/tools-maintenance/tools/halfords-essential-bike-tool-kit

That looks a bit more comprehensive I must admit......

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Unusually for Aldi, its pretty poor quality stuff. The multi tool is made of cheese, the chain whip broke first time of use as did 2 of the tyre levers. I've pretty much abandoned it to the back of the shed. I would not buy another one even as a starter kit.

 

[KneesUp]

It looks very similar to the halfords kit a got a few years ago
http://www.halfords.com/cycling/tools-maintenance/tools/halfords-essential-bike-tool-kit

That looks a lot better - it has the two tools I'm missing