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bonzobanana on 23 July 2017
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HigHurtenflurst said:
bonzobanana said:

Triban 100 is a single chainring bike based on tourney gearing and a freewheel. It is very entry level in component terms yet only marginally cheaper than the 500SE. It used to be £220 which still seemed very overpriced but has since gone up.

I've heard the tip about tweezers before and must remember to do that myself.

Yeah I looked it up after. 1x7 speed is more like my early childhood bikes. I had a 1x5 (can't remember the brand) followed by a 2x5 Apollo, both with indexed thumb shifters. The large gaps between gears isn't a bad thing if using for a commuter bike but if that was the case I wouldn't be looking at a road bike shape at all.

I guess it's not a bad option for a teen if looking for a 1st road bike, at that age you can power through in a higher gear, I guess it is a bit overpriced though (at least compared to other btwins which seem like good deals)

Do you have any advice for buying times? the 540 I am looking at is already out of stock entirely in red/blue and in some sizes in the black... i'm not sure if they are likely to get re-stocked or if they are moving to a newer model soon. I was hoping to try pick one up if they discount it after they bring out next years but I am not sure when that is, or if it will be discounted at all if it's so popular.

My 2nd pick is the Mekk Pinerolo 0.4, which is very similar spec and currently same price on Rutland cycling, but the Btwin I might be able to have a test ride if I take a day trip to Sheffield Decathlon.

You mean this one or the flat bar model?

https://www.decathlon.co.uk/triban-540-road-bike-grey-black-105-id_8377756.html

I notice at the top it says lifetime warranty on the forks but lower down 2 years. I'm guessing 2 years is correct. I'm a heavy rider and don't have much confidence in carbon forks especially if the warranty is limited to 2 years but the bike looks great apart from that. To be honest I'm probably a sub £400 bike type person. There are diminshing returns for me being heavy. I'm looking more at cyclocross type bikes that will take more abuse. An extra kilo here or there means nothing to me I'd rather have the extra strength and stopping power. I'm especially motivated to make sure the forks are steel preferably chromoly steel. 

I quite like this bike, its cheap but well equipped. It's heavy by road bike standards which I suspect is down to a rather thick heavy aluminium frame and weightly wheels but the groupset is very good for the price and looks perfect for me as a normal road bike but I think a cyclocross bike would be a better option. Also its relatively slow due to the low range cassette, it sits in between the Triban 100 (very slow) and my existing Vertigo Carnaby and the Voodoo cyclocross bike. Tempting though because its such a solid looking bike that seems to be designed around reliability without pushing performance. A change of cassette would sort out its speed issue though. 

http://greenwaycycles.co.uk/road/58-road-racing-bike-7426799794082.html