Triban 3 Owners Club

[Richard Mills]

Hi. I'm not a current owner, but I'm waiting for one to be delivered. I've been humming and harring about buying one for a while, but it's only been since I've got a health kick going again this year that I've felt I might actually use it. I thought I'd missed too out as I wanted a 63cm model (not sure I've got that right after much reading, but I had a 25" Raleigh Ace as a teenager so we'll see) as they were showing the 3A, but some showed in stock last weekend so finally went for it. I'm 6'3", 18st 6lbs (at the moment, but losing it steadily)

Some good tips on here to check and improve on, and looking forward to trying out cycling to work for the first time in many many many years. :-)
Only real question at the moment is how long do Decathlon usually take to delivery these? Been 5 days now and it's still in preparation.

 

[Col5632]

Thinking about changing the stem on my triban 5a, mine currently has a 110mm one but was wanting a 90mm but when i phoned decathlon they said it would just be a standard stem and not the nice blue (ish) one on the bike at the moment, is this normal?

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Thinking about changing the stem on my triban 5a, mine currently has a 110mm one but was wanting a 90mm but when i phoned decathlon they said it would just be a standard stem and not the nice blue (ish) one on the bike at the moment, is this normal?

yes - shop around and you may find one in blue...

 

[Phred1812]

Is this one blue enough? Available from W__gle and other suppliers.

 

[Col5632]

Its not that i wanted it blue its just its marked like the rest of the bike but suppose its not something you notice and the garmin covers most of it anyway

 

[Billy Adam]

The birthday fairy was very kind today

Shimano RS30 rims
Conti ultra tyres
SRAM pg850 11-28 cassette
KMC chain

 

[Radchenister]

Carlos would approve ... and yellow dust caps as well, how decadent !

 

[Havoc6]

Carlos would approve ... and yellow dust caps as well, how decadent !

Wow , now that is really showing your age

 

[Radchenister]

Well, if you know what I'm on about - it's not the first time on this thread by the way but here it is again.

I'm not having a dig though, just a bit of an in joke, as I think BA has followed the white detailing to it's logical conclusion and it looks great - anyone who follows his mileage knows he's earned those wheels (Happy Birthday BA).


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqqZ28m8uCo

 

[Billy Adam]

Well, if you know what I'm on about - it's not the first time on this thread by the way but here it is again.

I'm not having a dig though, just a bit of an in joke, as I think BA has followed the white detailing to it's logical conclusion and it looks great - anyone who follows his mileage knows he's earned those wheels (Happy Birthday BA).


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqqZ28m8uCo

Cheers Rad. I'm well pleased with how it's turned out. Just some fine tuning now.

 

[Phred1812]

The bike looks great Billy but beware of rule 26. Thanks for showing us the legendary 105E again Rad.

 

[Billy Adam]

The bike looks great Billy but beware of rule 26. Thanks for showing us the legendary 105E again Rad.

In my defence Phred, it was late I was tired and I'd had to much jelly and icecream.

 

[Phred1812]

Yup. It's so easy to get carried away.

 

[Kookas]

I found out what my earlier issue was when I took it to Decathlon. Apparently my freehub had seized up and died, and they needed to rebuild it. They seemed to keep telling me they'd get around to it and then never got around to it, which would be pretty terrible customer service - if they hadn't just gone and given me a whole new back wheel for free when I asked them about it a week later.

Got my SPD pedals and shoes installed, too (despite an LBS overtightening my old ones).

 

[Billy Adam]

First ride out on the shimano RS30's night and day. Ride felt better, brakes felt better and the 11-28 sram cassette make a big difference too.