antnee
Guru
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- Weston Super mud, North Somerset
Good. Then I did leave an email for them to get in touch which hope won't be to long. so just the bad weather to live though now then No snow here yet! still early days
Triban 3 is here!
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Judosteffer
Active Member
Hi, all,
I've convinced a mate to get a triban 3. Best upgrades I reckon for most bang for the buck would be, wheels, saddle and brakes. gears can come later, only needed when the existing ones wear out. http://www.jejamescycles.co.uk/fulcrum-racing-7-shimano-wheelset-id67961.html. This will get the bike to nearer 9 kilos. I have a cannondale caad 8. These are essentially the same as my campagnolo ventos with different stickers and spoke pattern as fulcrum and campagnolo are the same company. Next would be the saddle, http://www.wiggle.co.uk/charge-spoon-saddle-with-cromo-rails/. And then some koolstop black or salmon brake pads from wiggle to sort the brakes. This would make a killer bike I reckon, for peanuts.
I've convinced a mate to get a triban 3. Best upgrades I reckon for most bang for the buck would be, wheels, saddle and brakes. gears can come later, only needed when the existing ones wear out. http://www.jejamescycles.co.uk/fulcrum-racing-7-shimano-wheelset-id67961.html. This will get the bike to nearer 9 kilos. I have a cannondale caad 8. These are essentially the same as my campagnolo ventos with different stickers and spoke pattern as fulcrum and campagnolo are the same company. Next would be the saddle, http://www.wiggle.co.uk/charge-spoon-saddle-with-cromo-rails/. And then some koolstop black or salmon brake pads from wiggle to sort the brakes. This would make a killer bike I reckon, for peanuts.
cheffy
Regular
- Location
- Northampton
I'm not too fussed onthe weight of mine, i need to lose 4 stone before i'm starting on the bike!! :0)
Lanzecki
Über Member
- Location
- A Boreen, Ireland
Cheaper to loose a few KG from yourself then the bike.
Judosteffer
Active Member
How do you find the current wheels? Strong enough? Has anyone done thousands on a triban 3 without changing anything? I'd love to know how the stock wheels and gears stand up to several thousand miles use.
Judosteffer
Active Member
Once you get up to about 50 miles per week, the weight will start to fall off you. I started commuting two days a week, and a ride at the weekend, currently doing about 70 miles per week. I have not felt so fit in years.
SatNavSaysStraightOn
Changed hemispheres!
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- ɐᴉlɐɹʇsn∀ 'ɐɹɹǝquɐƆ
Hi
the current wheels are OK and reasonably strong. I have to negiotate 8 of the those old fashioned sleeping policemen speed bumps - the type that you hate in a car and are spoke breakers on a bike. i have 8 each way just to get out of my lane. the wheels have held up to them without too many issues other than needing re-truing every couple of months. What has not held up are the wheel hubs. They need packing out with grease straight away when you get the bike. After 4 months the hubs on my triban 3 looked like this http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/what-have-you-fettled-today.87079/post-2251210 the bike has done 1,900km in 4 months since I got the bike (phrased that way becuase I have more than 1 bike and have therefore done more distance). I have to say I was appalled at the state of the hubs and even the 1 hub that was still water/mud free had very little grease in it at all. The bike feels a lot better since I have found out how to regrease the hubs - even my OH agrees that his bike feels better, rolls better and is quieter since I have stripped down his hubs, cleaned them up and regreased them and that is the best compliment I have had from him re: his bike in a long time!
As for gears - I have had to change the chain at 1,900km as well, but the cassette and chain rings are still good. this link http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/chain-checkers.121482/#post-2256368 is a post of mine on the chain I took off my Triban 3 on Saturday. You can click on the pictures to make them larger.
Onthedrops
Veteran
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- Yorksha
Hi SNSSO.
What grease would you recommend to use on the hubs. Mine's brand new but I think it may be worth checking them out and possibly getting some grease in there if required. The bike aint going anywhere in this weather!
What grease would you recommend to use on the hubs. Mine's brand new but I think it may be worth checking them out and possibly getting some grease in there if required. The bike aint going anywhere in this weather!
NormanD
Lunatic Asylum Escapee
- Location
- Heworth the other side of life!
Hi SNSSO.
What grease would you recommend to use on the hubs. Mine's brand new but I think it may be worth checking them out and possibly getting some grease in there if required. The bike aint going anywhere in this weather!
I recommend THIS .. I've used it to re-grease the BB30 bearings on my Boardman Team CX and after checking six months later from first use, it's still there and clean and doing it's job perfectly
SatNavSaysStraightOn
Changed hemispheres!
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Hi SNSSO.
What grease would you recommend to use on the hubs. Mine's brand new but I think it may be worth checking them out and possibly getting some grease in there if required. The bike aint going anywhere in this weather!
I have no issuse going out on the bike in this weather - but I don't have snow on the ground here, just freezing temperatures instead. I have yet to not go out on the bike - it is my only form of transport but I do have a mtb and an expedition bike to bale to if it snows. I have not had too many issues with cycling over ice on the road bike, though some of my commutes have been best phrased as interesting and a touch slower than normal. I many use country lanes which are not gritted and was cycling through Eastern Europe & Turkey last winter so have the hang of snow and ice...
I'm also not worried cycling up the wrong side of the road to avoid a patch of ice (country lanes tend to be quiet on my commutes) and will be out doing a 36 mile round commute tomorrow on the road bike. OK there is one patch of road I avoid - some very inconsiderate motorist routinely defrosts their car with water and turns a 10% gradient into a lethal ice-rink so the diversion will add around 4 miles to my route, but the rest of the ice is easily dealt with and I have found that motorists change their behavious in bad weather and suddenly become quite considerate around here!I used the only thing I had in the house for the hubs - which was Motorex (bike line) white grease which was recommended to me for my Rohloff hub gear changer when I ran into problems with the existing grease in the gear changer freezing last winter whilst on tour. It is a lithium based grease and should be fine. It certainly feels better than what was there! But any white grease aimed at the bike market should be fine.
I got my new triban in august 2012 and clocked up over 900 miles in few months and then the weather turned wet and out came my old hybrid which I use for winter. I love riding my triban and looking at doing lots of miles in lighter evenings and sunday mornings. I have changed the stem for a shorter one and going to upgrade wheels and tyres by march this year.
