My Mrs dragged me into Aldi today to buy food for dinner , lo and behold they had motorcycle gear on sale , i walked out with a fullface helmet ( just a spare ) , a under jacket warmer and best of all a flat tire repair kit , including CO2 cannisters , got some bargains
You pretty much get what you pay for although at 1/3 - 1/2 what you'd pay for bottom end gear some of it's pretty compelling. The rain gear and thermals are pretty good.
Our local Aldi had 50 people queued up outside waiting for the doors to open on Saturday morning. It was like the Chistmas Sales when the store opened. I thought only the women-folk played full-contact shopping. Seems the men don't mind a bit of elbow action to get a motorcycle bargain either.