Aldi is selling a folding bike for £300 – but if you want one, you’d better act quickly!

Hi, I'm just having a look around for info and reviews on this bike, though this is an oldish post now, if I may say it, I'm actually from, and in, Italy just near the Denver factory. I've spotted one of these bikes, heavily discounted too, on a clearance sale nearby so was looking into specs and stuff before getting it.

Well, Denver bikes are usually sold in supermarkets here, so no high-end, but known to do decently well what they say on the tin. As a keen cyclist (and not being condescending on Italian stuff - I had both my sportive bikes bought and shipped from the uk, plus a Dawes folder, just sayin'...) I woudnt usually break money on entry-levels. But - but - handling this in the store it looked really built with no savings on materials and details,

Sturdy and up-to-date clamps, ammo seatpost (greased too where it slips in, which if anything shows some care), and the 7 gears allow to easily flip an 11-30 and maybe even a 34 without messing with the chainline (which, as total beginner, i did on my Dawes fitting a 7-speed on its 6-speed stock wheel).

Just had a quick look but it does indeed show different features from the Raleigh Evo 2 (joints/clamps, down to even the rear rack - Aldi's looks tall enough to handle standard panniers bags without messing with the mech).

And from what wiki seems to say, the Morris Ital was not Italian at all, except borrowing the name. Not sure how sarcastic one may be on that, not that it "must" be good - it may or may not be, but these days "made" or even just assembled in Italy means it's done with extra costs. Hopefully, extra quality too. 

I've heard a couple owners reporting the bb ends up letting one crank loose, eventually leading to having to replace the bb (not a huge expense anyway though). Can't say if that was casual and limited to a few years ago, but I'll have mine checked if it is tightly screwed, and am willing to take the chances - still worth it.

Just sharing and comparing views, peace and a very good cycing time to you and everyone (and sorry for my rusty rusty english! And looooong story )

Judge dreadful wrote:

Already sold out. Coming to *insert name of online auction / selling site at 3 times the purchase price* soon.

Adding to basket just worked for me - perhaps try again if you were after one.

1 metric fuckton.