The B`Twin triban 3 got a spectacular press review but......

snowjho

♠ChumBucket♠ wrote:

I reckon the people who would sneer at anyone turning up on one of these bikes are only worried about being shown that they didn't need to spend 5k after all!!!!!!!!!

I'm finding it quite addictive blowing Lycra-clad "pro's" off on my £400 mountain bike!!!

apreading

Anyone in a club sneering at anyone buying a bike and turning up trying to better themselves and get more involved in cycling, should leave the club themselves - the point is surely to encourage new blood rather than put them off the sport? If they cant get on with their fellow man, just because they are different, then they should go ride on their own.

Raffles

apreading wrote:

Anyone in a club sneering at anyone buying a bike and turning up trying to better themselves and get more involved in cycling, should leave the club themselves - the point is surely to encourage new blood rather than put them off the sport? If they cant get on with their fellow man, just because they are different, then they should go ride on their own.

its just a fact of life mate, there will ALWAYS be those with a real cracking bike , who might actually be very average riders and the bike is merely a compensator , who will sneer and poke jibes behind the back of the guy wheeling in a bike like a triban 3 who may well be an Eddy Merckx in the future. Its just the way it is.

houndlegs

♠ChumBucket♠ wrote:

I reckon the people who would sneer at anyone turning up on one of these bikes are only worried about being shown that they didn't need to spend 5k after all!!!!!!!!!

I'm finding it quite addictive blowing Lycra-clad "pro's" off on my £400 mountain bike!!!

Goddamit man,that last sentence made me spit my morning cuppa everywhere.

metronome

♠ChumBucket♠ wrote:

I'm finding it quite addictive blowing Lycra-clad "pro's" off on my £400 mountain bike!!!

rolf_f

Defyand wrote:

This cycling business sure is ridiculously snobbish. As a previous poster alluded to, surely it is about what you can afford then getting out on the road and enjoying yourself, dork disk and all :shock:

Is it? Virtually everyone here is saying that the Triban 3 looks like a great bike for the money and that they don't care what people ride on club runs.

Manc33 wrote:

I did have an old Pennine steel tourer (Reynolds tubing, double butted) and this new Triban 3, although aluminium, absorbs shock far better (through the back as well as front).

I'm surprised at this. My Dawes Horizon is humble 501 and it gives a far plusher ride than my carbon bikes. It almost feels like it has suspension! If your tourer is harsher than an alloy bike then I suspect something is wrong with it! I can't comment on a comparison with alloy as I've never ridden an alloy bike but I assume carbon gives a more compliant ride.

bails87

Rolf F wrote:

I'm surprised at this. My Dawes Horizon is humble 501 and it gives a far plusher ride than my carbon bikes. It almost feels like it has suspension! If your tourer is harsher than an alloy bike then I suspect something is wrong with it! I can't comment on a comparison with alloy as I've never ridden an alloy bike but I assume carbon gives a more compliant ride.

It depends on how it's built. A tube made from steel is a lot stiffer than the same shape tube made from aluminium. you can make comfy or 'direct' bikes from any material.

rolf_f

bails87 wrote:

It depends on how it's built. A tube made from steel is a lot stiffer than the same shape tube made from aluminium. you can make comfy or 'direct' bikes from any material.

Absolutely - but Manc33 refers specifically to a Pennine Tourer. I'd be somewhat surprised if that was designed for ultimate stiffness.

Toe knee

I paid £350 for a 2011 claud butler echelon a month ago , what are people's thoughts on this bike , just interested in the response with it not ever getting a mention. Does me though !

nferrar

I couldn't generally give a toss over what bikes others on the club run are riding although I would drool over something like an EPS with SR, I wouldn't treat someone riding something on the opposite end of the spectrum with any disdain though (or there bike) I just wouldn't be fawning over it...

Bunneh

Back in the late 90s I was a MTBer and joined the local Clarion. One day there was a hill climb (which I have been told I won, but I don't recall), when I arrived I was on my GT Rebound a 30lb beast. I overheard some kid saying 'hope I beat the wanker on the MTB!'. I mean come the f*ck on.

Manc33

Half the bikes with drop handlebars I see I can't even tell what they are, loads don't even have a name on them, but there are some real vintage bikes being ridden around.

Whenever I was on that Pennine I got looks, like what the hell....

I should dust off the Harry Hall and show off on it. Thing is the frame is about 4cm too big.

Mongoose1981

Wow, I had a Harry hall grass track bike back in the day, it was a huge frame as well, I had it mid 90s and was already prob about 20 years old by that point. Wonder if its still in my folks shed, need to check.

Manc33

In the end it came down to those shifters on the down tube and how a modern one is a brake/gear lever/shifter all in one. So, buying those levers and whatever else to give a modern conversion, or just getting a new bike, it was easier to just get a new bike. Especially since the old mid-1990's tech has already been used on the bikes for hundreds of miles and wouldn't be as good as modern tech even if it was new. The Pennine and Harry Hall both "only" have 18 gears. Nice now to have 24 and "brifters".

zippy483

Well regardless of whether the glitterati think there good or bad, we are going to see lots more of them on the roads, I was in Decathlon in Stockport today and they were selling like hot cakes Mrs is even toying with the idea of getting one so can't be to bad lol

Well depending on whether you cycle to get way from the family or not that is

Raffles

zippy483 wrote:

Well regardless of whether the glitterati think there good or bad, we are going to see lots more of them on the roads, I was in Decathlon in Stockport today and they were selling like hot cakes Mrs is even toying with the idea of getting one so can't be to bad lol

Well depending on whether you cycle to get way from the family or not that is

and huge kudos to anybody who wants to get into road cycling and buys one. they should let corksniffers in their cliques sitting on hi-mod carbon take a running jump . its awesome to see bike clubs swell with enthusiastic newcomers and for naysayers to try and put them down is just shameful. big pat on the back for decathlon for playing a part in getting people off their butts and joining bike clubs.

Defyand

Why it wrong with dork disks :? . Is it the same as not wearing a helmet.......? :?:

karlth

I understand it's the presence of a triple chainset that might attract negative comment.

shuttle_cock

I've been riding my Triban 3 since christmas (thanks to wife), and it has been trouble free for 800 miles, apart from the standard tyres which were prone to cuts on kents finest lanes. The bike has done a couple of local sportives and london to brighton with no prolems, and its quite a comfy ride considering the price. So respect to Decathon for putting out a decent product which will appeal to begineers (like me) without a large budget or C2W scheme to fall back to. As for people and negative comments, no other riders have given me any, although i don't belong to a club, the only people that have are my LBS, becuase they would like to sell me a more expensive product, a product i will probably purchase later in the year and keep the Triban for a winter bike; although its a good cheap bike and does the job really well, doen't mean i don;t lust after n+1 :-)
Graham

StfcJon

I am more into mountain biking, but clock up a good few road miles commuting and want to get into road cycling for the summer months. I am thinking of buying a Triban 3 purely on the strength of the reviews (no one has said a bad word about this bike) and the fact my current budget would stretch to around £500.
Since I stopped drinking and smoking, my social life has suffered somewhat, so I have also been thinking about joining a cycling club. I'm not an image conscious person and wouldn't think twice about turning up on my battered old second hand Carrera Subway, let alone a good looking road bike with carbon forks and thumbs up from pretty much everyone who has ever ridden one! I would personally afford someone way more kudos for riding something like this, than a rider who'd spent over twice the price on something that does exactly the same job.
By the way Raffles, you are in disguise? Your picture is clearly 8 Ace

simon_masterson

Raffles wrote:

iPete wrote:

Perhaps nobody cares either way?

Sure id take it on a club run, guess it would make dusting most people up the hills even more fun

The triban weighs 22lbs, it would probably be you who gets well dusted.

Please be joking...

My favourite bike weighs about 11-12kg, or 24-26lb, at the moment. I'd be happy to leave you for dead on the incline (or any other section of road for that matter) of your choice.

But whilst I have no particular reason to buy one or want to buy one, I'd buy one if I thought it was the right bike. Decathlon may be common as muck but so is Specialized, and if you want to wear quality cyclewear then you'll look like everyone else too; who cares? If you worry excessively about the brands you wear or ride, you spend too much time in cafes instead of cycling. Why worry about the judgment of those you overtake? Go and join the Velominati or some other fake posing collective.

ooermissus

I am sure this is a stupid question but why do the Tribans almost never get reviewed? one review of one model (and not this year's) and that's it.

apreading

I think magazines tend to review the bikes that get sent to them on loan for the purpose. If Decathlon dont supply the magazines with samples then they would have to buy one to review it - hence they dont get reviewed.

ooermissus

But why wouldn't Decathlon get some review bikes out: one positive review seems to have had a huge impact on Triban's reputation?

apreading

I dont know - some companies just dont seem to bother with this as part of their marketing strategy - I guess it keeps costs down but as you say they would possibly sell even more and recoup the costs.

♠ChumBucket♠

ooermissus wrote:

But why wouldn't Decathlon get some review bikes out: one positive review seems to have had a huge impact on Triban's reputation?

The world leaders in Carbon water-fed poles & components is "Gardiner pole systems" (british firm based in cornwall) I know the MD, I've done some testing for them. They are almost unanimously recognised as the best WFP products in the world & the company sell out continuously!! They do not advertise, nor do they attend any trade shows, their marketing budget is ZERO!

Sometimes, a product is so good it sells itself.

AchillesLeftKnee

♠ChumBucket♠ wrote:

Sometimes, a product is so good it sells itself.

In the case of the Tribans, it might even be that a cheap product sells itself to punters who're making a really good VFM purchase entirely by accident. Whilst reviews in the cycling media no doubt generate interest amongst cyclists, they probably don't reach that many absolute first timers who're looking for something cheap to get started with.

Mikey41

Raffles wrote:

My question is , who here Would or Would not be seen riding one on a club run ?

What is the reason for the choice which you made ?

I would if that's what I had. I was riding along with a guy on a Triban 3 at my Sportive, it wasn't holding him back at all. In fact I heard exactly nobody make any bad comment to the Triban riders (there were several) all day.

Sadly my nearest Decathlon is 90 miles away at Glasgow, so it's a bit inconvenient to shop there. Local LBS sells Giant and Bianchi and the combination of a test ride, a bit of discount and I liked the look of it, got me the Giant.

simmo3801

Does the Triban 3 take mudguards? It would seem like a great value starter road bike then winter trainer if I upgraded to something else.

AllanES

simmo3801 wrote:

Does the Triban 3 take mudguards? It would seem like a great value starter road bike then winter trainer if I upgraded to something else.

I've a Triban 3 and had it nearly a year now. It can take mudguards. I've not fitted any but there is room and attachment points on the frame.
I've followed your thinking too - Triban 3 as a great value starter to see if I really enjoy cycling and it wasn't just post-Olympics/TdF euphoria! Answer is yes, I love it and I'm now looking to upgrade but will definitely keep the T3 for back-up and winter rides.