Recommend a budget jacket...

[Dirk]

If it's the Crane then I second it being good quality for notta lotta sheckels

^^^^
Wot he said.

 

[J1888]

My Aldi softshell-type jacket still going strong 3 years later; in terms of VFM, it tops my Gore, Garneau and Altura ones.

 

[AckaDappa]

Going to have to keep an eye on the website and apply to get the updates.

 

[vickster]

Going to have to keep an eye on the website and apply to get the updates.

Expect they'll be selling more summer kit until the autumn

 

[Blue Hills]

My Aldi softshell-type jacket still going strong 3 years later; in terms of VFM, it tops my Gore, Garneau and Altura ones.

Does anyone have a pic of this wonder?

So i can recognise it next time.

(Not being sarky - have had some good stuff from aldi)

 

[Dirk]

Does anyone have a pic of this wonder?

So i can recognise it next time.

(Not being sarky - have had some good stuff from aldi)

This is the one I bought 2 years ago. Still going strong and probably my most worn piece of winter kit.
Think it cost about £14.99.
Thoroughly recommended.

 

[Blue Hills]

Thanks dirk.

Will look out for it.
I have an aldi waterproof top which i really like.
Once saw it reduced from £20 to a tenner, should have snapped it up.

 

[Jody]

View attachment 339267 Check out the Polaris sale, nice quality and some real bargains, example above.
http://www.polaris-bikewear.co.uk/category-s/1422.htm

I'm a fan of Polaris wears. Usually pick them up in the onr day sales as they are localled to where I live. Although delivery is cheap enough when they have online sales. Bought one of these jackets in blue and grey. Top quality for the cost and at sale prices were an absolute give away.

 

[Blue Hills]

+1 to polaris, particularly in their sales.

Quality designed and made stuff. Not uber uber fashionable but all the better for it.

They understand the needs of cyclists in british weather.

It seems to me they have taken over from where karrimor left off after that fine british company was trashed.

 

[AckaDappa]

I have ordered a polaris jacket and this morning found this jacket in Aldi for a tenner.. Reflective arms, 2x side pockets, large rear pocket and a chest pocket. Plus wind and waterproof apparently

 

[vickster]

That looks a sweaty garment, is the inside rubberised? If so, if you are prone to perspiration, it'll feel like this inside...

 

[AckaDappa]

It looks like the rainmac/plastic material but its not. Its actually quite soft. Picture doesnt do it justice.
Its got breathe holes and its very light. Has some soft material on the inside.

 

[simongt]

The 'breathability ' of any outdoor garment is relative to the wearer. I have a number of different makes of 'waterproof breathable' cycling and walking coats of various materials, with and without linings. But I've yet to come across one in which I don't end up as a 'boil-in-the-bag' subject after a reasonable amount of physical effort. I'm one of those who heats up pretty fast with little physical effort, so maybe I just defy the maker's garment claims - !

 

[AckaDappa]

The 'breathability ' of any outdoor garment is relative to the wearer. I have a number of different makes of 'waterproof breathable' cycling and walking coats of various materials, with and without linings. But I've yet to come across one in which I don't end up as a 'boil-in-the-bag' subject after a reasonable amount of physical effort. I'm one of those who heats up pretty fast with little physical effort, so maybe I just defy the maker's garment claims - !

No I'm the same.. Get warm very quick.

 

[simongt]

And yet the daft thing is that no matter how hot my body gets, because of Raynaud's, that heat doesn't easily transfer to my fingers - !