Excerpt from the upcoming Aldi catalogue sale starting September 3.
Folding Electric Bike $599, Helmet $19.99, Pump $14.99, Repair Stand $49.99 @ ALDI
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Taegukgi on 20/08/2022 - 14:49 aldi.com.au (12834 clicks)
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it's pretty decent.
I use it as a second floor pump from time to time. It mainly stays at work.It's not the most accurate, but it's $15.
Kmart will generally always have some sort of pumps incase you want a replacement, unlike Aldi who would run out of special buys and best you can get is refund.
yeah its fine….i might even buy a backup as its worth having a spare for the trainer
I replaced the Kmart one with this one as Kmart one couldn’t pump up to 80psi. Aldi one seems to, although I’m unsure on accuracy of the gauge
How fast can the electric bike go and for how long
curious to know too…
About 110km/h or so, depends on the car you're holding onto
If you jump off a ramp from high place, you'll hit terminal velocity which is faster than 110km/h
tow trucks are obviously the best for this ;)
Where we're going we don't need roads
0 to smart-ass in 2.3 comments!
Being a 250w pedal assist 10ah, i'd say 25ish km max for around 30kms.
according to the manual range is max 16km and it is 7.4ah battery
goddamn that is a small arse battery.
IS that how companies get away with selling cheapo e-bikes? Just slap a tiny battery on that will only last a trip to and from your local mall once.
@dbmitch: Cheapo everything more like it. You can bet the charger will be absolute rubbish that prematurely kills the battery too, since chargers are traditionally the first thing everyone cheaps out on.
@dbmitch: Not only cut on the battery but also make the bike one gear.
The other bike I referred cost $810 but at least has 7 Shimano gears, battery spec 36V, 10.4ah, 374 w-h.
vs Aldi $599 1 gear, battery spec 24V, 7.5 Ah, 180 w-hI wouldn't come near it, waste of $, but guess some buyers just hear oh Aldi has cheap bargain e-bike and they line up to buy it without checking the specs.
but guess some buyers just hear oh Aldi has cheap bargain e-bike and they line up to buy it without checking the specs.
This.
@dbmitch: most people don't realise what 7.4Ah even means regarding batteries.
aldi are targeting the type of people who would impulse buy an ebike as opposed to a more considered purchase@tdw: fair, I just hope this isnt one of those bikes where parts are so subpar, its pedals fall off and handbar just twists down on the road. its incredibly dangerous
most people don't realise what 7.4Ah even means regarding batteries.
Hope you are not surprised why some Liberals n Nationals win elections here in 'straya either!
@Ozsaver88: Greens voters are probably the more apt numbskulls likely to buy this. Nats wouldn't even know what it is lol
@dbmitch: Literally this. Same as how the local mechanic will advertise an oil change for $40 and then talk you into the $60/80/100/120/140 service when you drop your car off.
Aldi can't sell you a higher-end bike, but they can sell you a bunch of other crap you didn't want before you got there to buy the bike! Also batteries are usually more than half the cost of the bike.
@dbmitch: You actually can't tell by Ah alone.
A 60V 7.4 Ah battery is quite sizeable.
Depends entirely on the voltage.If it's a 12V battery it would be quite small.
Using Wh or kWh is a much more accurate measure to size and compare batteries.
Over and out
@edfoo: It doesn't give the specs.
Could be anything.
36?
Who knows.
It's wrong to make assumptions ; )@Exprise: 24V if you read my earlier comment and the link to Aldi manual posted by someone. Is that good? It is half the wh by another cheap eBike, so seems to be crap!
Battery spec 24V, 7.5 Ah, 180 wh
@huntabargain: It's not bad.
That's about a $180 battery.Should get you 10km off a full charge no dramas
Just run it on a pair of Makita batteries. Extra speed and extra range if U carry spares
Not sure if the Bike specs any good! Small search found Pedal Comet Step Through Electric Cruiser Bike Black/Orange for $810 with features
5 Assist Modes
Step Through Alloy Frame & Fork
1x7 TZ Tourney with RevoShift
V Brakes
250W Rear Hub Bafang Motor
10.4ah Battery on Rear Rack
The Aldi one comes with 7.5ah Battery! other than that no much info..
Edit: From pictures the Aldi chain does not seem to have any gears. The other one has Shimano 7 rear gears.
I'd rather have the extra $211 in my pocket.
Someone else might prefer a bike with battery of ZERO ah and save $500 in their pocket too. Aldi one seem to miss on Shimano 7 rear gear as well.
The ALDI bike does have one gear. I guess they are not expecting anyone to pedal.
Who would choose this over a regular folding bike? At 24kg, anyone who can't pedal will struggle to lift it into the car boot or up a few steps.
yeah i cant imagine how useful a single gear fixed with a 7.5 amp battery at 24kg is going to be much use
prob. better off buying a $150 7 spd fortis folding bike if you really just need some shitter to go to the station or around a park
Yes, I have that bike. It is great for what it does. At 14kg, it is not hard to lift & carry.
I don't know about this bike but I don't change gears on my electric bike. I use the motor to assist more on hills etc
This makes no sense. I too use an e-bike some days to "smooth out the hills", and can assure you that if you are not using gears you are just pretending to assist the motor.
I bought the Aldi folding ebike last year. Looks the same this year…
Handles hills poorly. I returned it
Just two pages?
Can this be folded 9 times?
No only 8
So what will happen if you try to fold the bike the 9th time? The battery explodes?
i have slight doubt these electric bikes may not be legal in states,
Best to just NOT BUY THESE, a single fine may be more costly than the bike's real $$ worth alone who knows.
Should be ok, as it comes with 250W motor! But does not seems to be very good.
Best to just NOT BUY THESE, a single fine may be more costly than the bike's real $$ worth alone who knows.
Or you could just find out if it is legal in your State…
anyone know if these are legal in Vic? Have been researching but can't find a definitive answer.
They will be as long as the assistance cuts out at 25km/hr
You would think that Aldi would have had to make them legal to sell all over AustraliaYou would think that Aldi would have had to make them legal to sell all over Australia
What about JB hifi here ??
Oh no ouch… $2500 on top of the purchase price.
Thanks OP, been waiting for the repair stand to come back! Need a second one. :)
Manual here: https://1a256cd0-7b4f-43f2-937e-b425e779b957.usrfiles.com/ug…
Indicates 25km/h cut-off for the assist, so will comply with Vic laws.
"Use more pedalling." - Aldi.
Maximum rider weight: 100 kg (including rear carrier 15 kg loading; excluding the bicycle weight)
Does that mean person max weight is 85kg?Includes the 15kg rear luggage, so it might get by if you don't load anything on the back and are a stockier fellow.
Will the pedal assist just give up and shout "you are too fat get off" if I weight 101Kg
No you have to walk pulling the bike next to you for 20km, till you lose 1 kg, then hop back on :)
Anyone picked up the bike stand previously? Worth it?
Yes, yes. I got a handful for family when I found them on clearance for $15, but they're pretty decent for full price anyway.
Yes.
It's definitely good value for money even at full price. I can't imagine spending 8x the amount on a Park Tool repair stand.
Just bear in mind that if you have a carbon frame bike, you need to clamp the seat post instead of the frame itself.
Note everyone that not all 250W ebike motors are created equal. Firstly the rating is a little meaningless since peak usage can be much higher than nominal power, by a factor of 3x or more. Manufacturers have a strong incentive to rate their products at the legal limit too, even if they could draw more power continuously.
Also hub motors like this have much lower limits on the maximum assistance torque they can provide vs. efficient mid-drive motors. This thing probably provides 30-40Nm torque max, while top tier mid-drives can be 80-100Nm+ (while still being sold as a street legal 250W bike).
Still, it's a very cheap ebike option and would be fine if you don't have to go up any serious inclines.
Hi @dealbot - do you have the details of the helmet?
I couldnt see it on the excerptthanks,
any comments on the inner tubes? looks like 2/4 packs for the $7 which aint bad
Cue all the questions about the battery and it can't go up hill that well and ping pong debates over its cheap but yet one lacks the motivation to buy one cos when the battery can't be easily found or replaced it becomes a good anchor in the local lake.
or one could find one of the many local enthusiasts that like recycling/ repacking battery backs… new 18650s or whatever in it and wheeee…. away you go.
I just had a look… they don't supply detail on battery type, so there's a question whether it's lithium or Nicad or NiMH…
I understand sydney has lots of hills, melbourne not so much… there are many cities and towns that are flat.
The missus got a great return on investment in adelaide, using a cheap electric bike to commute to the city by bike tracks… making a significant saving over public transport and huge saving over using a car. The battery was still going strong long after the bike had paid itself off many times over.I don’t know any local enthusiast who are into recycling and repacking batteries.
Anyone seen or had experience with the tool kit before? Worth the money for a basic beginner set or is it better to invest in tools you actually need that are better quality?
The tool kit is great. Has just about everything you would need and more. Sure its not park tools , but you can do almost anything on a bike . Just need better quality hex keys and you will be fine. Most used - the bottom bracket tool, the crank puller , the cassette chainwhip and cassette socket, spoke adjuster. Just built 3 mid drive bikes with these tools. Its not like you will constantly be using these tools , unless you are a dedicated workshop, but to have these items when you need them is invaluable.
Nodsnods… I used one for a few years when I was riding to work on roadkills till they dropped. Cost of a similar toolkit and a few tubes lasted me for a few thousand kilometres. When I finally bit the bullet and spent my Krudd bonus on a new medium capable bike I never had any more expenses…. and started flying past all the cyclists who airily breezed past me when I was riding crap!
But back to the point… I reckon a basic beginner won't need bike tools of such complexity unless they desire to develop their bike mechanical skills to a significant degree. If you don't have such ambition, and are going to be riding reasonable bikes instead of roadkill or hard core bike racing, I reckon a little spanner set or an adjustable spanner, a screwdriver set, a puncture repair kit with tyre levers, and a chain oiling tool would do capably.Probably true - if you not going to do high level maint then probably overkill. But if you see on clearance like I did def worth the $30 i got mine for. The lights are also good, but even better on clearance for the $12 I paid.
Bike looks like landfill. Even something pricier and well built like the Fiido D12 doesn't have the required grunt. Is it too hard for someone to offer a good value mid-drive folding ebike (that can have the speed limiter unlocked)?
can you recommend me any good ebikes or folding ebikes? Ive been looking at Leitner Electric Bikes are they any good? thanks!
I just got a Dirodi Nue for $1400 last week. The Leitner ones look as good or better. From my research basically a lot of these "entry level" ones are all very much the same, usually just the case of being imported from a small number of distributers and a different brand slapped on it. Leitner seems really good though.
I just wanted something to zip around in as most of my life happens in a ~10-15km radius. Absolutely amazing so far. Sits on 25-30kmh without much effort at all. I still like to turn it down so I can pedal more and get a workout in as well, the same effort just gets you further and hills aren't as annoying. I can get around basically as quick as if I were driving due to handy little shortcuts and nature trails not available to cars. Range seems pretty close to the advertised 70km too. I did a 35km trip in just over an hour the other day and battery was sitting just about half
i bought a leitner folding 20" bike and rode it every day for 6 months. shipping to WA was expensive; nearly $200. cheap toolkit they give you is weak and i broke one allen key while assembling the bike. i bought it on the premise i could fold it up and put it into a car. maybe i'm just weak, but folding it up wasn't as breezy as i expected and once folded up, it was awkward to lift it into a boot of a hatchback. it's just over 20kg without the battery (battery's like 4kg). so i never used it as a true folding bike.
20 inch wheels i found a bit small for the crappy, uneven footpaths and debris-strewn bike lanes in my area. fine on roads (which is where i strangely felt safer and preferred to ride lol) and those separated bike paths.
did come with included accessories like mud guards, chain guard (i didn't realise how much i'd like this), derailleur guard and pre-installed rear rack. integrated front/rear lights which aren't powerful enough even for daytime so i added extra lights. i don't think the components are great but they're not exactly rubbish either. basic shimano 7 speed. front wheel had mechanical disc brake which i loved and found easy to set up and maintain. rear wheel had a rim brake which was okay until i had a little spill which was enough (probably due to the bike's weight) to bend the wheel and cause the brakes to grab on the rim. tried adjusting the spokes to true it but it must have been bent bad. couldn't get a bike mechanic to have a look at it because at that time of the year, they were all booked out. so i just made do with a not-completely working rear brake on my taco wheel and relied on the front disc brake for something like 5.5 months right into winter lol.
their customer service is great though. sent them an email about a strange popping noise my charger would make and they were genuinely concerned. in the end i figured it was the charger likely cooling down and stopped worrying about it. they however didn't and wanted me to send them a video of it. it's impossible to know when it would make the noise.
keep in mind if you buy one, you'll have to be pretty confident fixing/maintaining bikes because no bike shop i contacted in Perth had heard of or wanted to touch it. places like trek (formerly TBE) only service bikes they sell. only one mobile bike mechanic had heard of leitners but he was booked out solid. that said, i've seen a few other people rolling around on leitners so they aren't crap, just obscure. i bought one primarily for the throttle feature. has a lock out button so it doesn't accidentally engage. really useful for going up steep train station ramps and pushing it up travelators. you can unlock it to ride only on throttle for off-road. was pretty cool but for me, the novelty wore out quick and i preferred to pedal.
Is it ok to use the repair stand for storage with an aluminium frame bike? Will it cause any damage over time?
What do you mean by "for storage"?
Do you mean you want to have the bike clamped to the stand permanently?
Would the Aldi helmet be great value for the occasional rider?
Done anyone know how to get a pdf of the catalogue?
Edit: nevermind clicked on the Imgur link by mistake! 😬
Link to manufacture information page. These are imported/sold by tempo.
Does anyone know if you can override the peddling part on these and use it without moving my legs?
lol….why buy a 'bicycle' then?
called a scooter
Heard from a friend that he was not able to find any stock LoL and here I am thinking of stuff like if he buys and then rides on road he might receive fine for non registration.
At least with Victoria it is ok if you have to pedal all the time to get power assist. And if there is a max speed of 25km/hr with power assist. And max of 250W. This bike appears to fit at least.
An EPAC (formally known as a Pedalec) is a type of power assisted bicycle equipped with one or more auxiliary propulsion motors. It allows a maximum power of 250 watts, with a safeguard allowing for power assistance only when the bicycle is travelling at less than 25km/h and the rider is pedalling. This means that the rider must pedal to obtain help from the auxiliary motor(s) and cannot simply be propelled by the motor alone. Note: The motor may operate without the rider pedalling up to a speed of 6km/h.
https://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/safety-and-road-rules/cyclis…
Coudn't find the repair stand in stock anywhere.
typical aldi…over-promise & under-deliver leaving most people disappointed. i hate their sales for this
My wife wanted the egg cooker too but that is also nowhere to be found at all.
Did anyone here buy this folding electric bike and if so what are your thoughts after riding with it?
Is the pump any good compared with one from Kmart?