triban 5 or triban 3?

[Steampig]

Looking for a winter trainer and i know posters on here rave about the triban 3.
Would it be better a triban 5 or triban 3 with the £200 spent on upgrades ie new wheels, saddle, stem something on them lines?
or maybe just the triban 3 full stop?
my other bike is a kuota korsa (sram rival aksium)

 

[Psyclist]

Triban 3 would do, unless you want extra range of gears. Also, the 5 has carbon seat-stays which would make things smoother. But as said above, the 3 would do, and then you can upgrade the wheelset with the change.

 

[mark st1]

Just buy a second hand bike with £300 you could get a decent one which will save you upgrading anything.

 

[Nearly there]

Id just get the 3 it'll serve you well over the winter a cracking bike by what I gather If you want to spend a couple of hundred on a better pair of wheels go for it.

 

[Boon 51]

If its for winter go for the 3...

 

[Onthedrops]

Just buy a second hand bike with £300 you could get a decent one which will save you upgrading anything.

Trouble is they take some finding! I scoured the net for a good second hand road bike. Everybody wanted top coin for them. Decided to get my Triban 3 after a bit of internet research and review reading.
Brand new with carbon forks for £300. You can't go wrong.

 

[redcard]

Just buy a second hand bike with £300 you could get a decent one which will save you upgrading anything.

Thus advice is given out regularly, but there isn't a great deal of decent bikes going at that price.

 

[LarryDuff]

How would upgrading the wheels improve it?

 

[Deleted member 20519]

How would upgrading the wheels improve it?

Stock wheels are s$*t.

 

[martin122]

Stock wheels are s$*t.

I second that I have greased mine and now they have done900 miles its time for new wheels before the summer

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

How would upgrading the wheels improve it?

first thing you will want to do is to get grease into the hubs. It is the only rear major weak point that I have come across (other than my pedal bearings failing within 200 miles and being sealed units...) anyhow if you want to see what the hubs looked like on our 2 bikes after 1,000km in 5 months and 1,900km in 4 months, click here. I was not impressed to say the least