Lidl is good

If you live in Northern Ireland, you may be pleased to find Lidl is doing its 'every so often' run of cycling stuff from Thursday the 5th of April.

There doesn't seem to be any of their cheap clothing but I've noticed they often seem to bring something into their 'illustrious' middle aisle and then follow it up with something, normally a little more expensive, in a similar vein a couple of weeks later. If there's any truth to my theory, don't be surprised if they've got a bit more cycling palaver in reasonably soon.

Anyway, what impressed me most was their Cycling Computer with Heart Rate Monitor for £12-99 [GBP]. What a steal! If you ignore the moral thoughts of how little the people making these are getting paid and what their working conditions must be like, it's excellent. I don't think you could even buy a Polar heart strap for that money. Whilst I'm sure 'Tronic' might not be the most amazing make, I recall buying a couple of cycle computers of that brand from Lidl before and I couldn't notice an awful lot of difference between them and the basic models of Cateye computers I was using at the time. Their (The 'Tronics') only bad point was I had to take the backs off them to put a battery in as they didn't have a battery slot. Eventually I think I broke one of them doing that. However, my clumsiness must take at least part of the blame for that.

By the way, in other news, we were out for a quick thirty odd miles of a scoot on our tandem yesterday and we're both alive and still speaking to one another. That's a good start. Something I did notice however is that I've to pedal a lot more on the tandem than a solo bike. Coasting isn't something I can get away with so readily as I've to be in sync with my 'Stoker'. My legs still wanted to pedal hours later. Imagine what it'll be like after a journey of twice yesterday's or more. I'll be pedalling in my sleep.