Aldi cycle clothes: can the discount supermarket match retailers like Wiggle and Decathlon?

Does high-end bike jerseys and tights for under 30 each sound too good to be true? We find out.

More or less whatever sort of cycle clothing we try out on the Bike Blog, the cry comes up within the first few comments: "What about Aldi?" The German discount supermarket, the reader generally goes on to say, sold them a pair of winter gloves for 79p which have since withstood five winters and an Arctic expedition. I exaggerate, but only a bit.

The main reason we haven't been able to feature Aldi before is that their cycling stock is sporadic and often short-lived, generally sold as one of the chain's temporary "events".