bargain of the week, no, maybe decade?

[Cupramax]

Ive been humming and harring over getting a road bike to add to my Hybrid for god knows how long now, trawling through endless websites and reading many reviews. Just noticed a Decathlon has opended nearby recently so popped down and low and behold I spotted a bargain, they have the Btwin Triban 540 on sale for £500, yes, thats a 105 (shifters and deraileurs) equipped drop bar bike with carbon forks for 500 notes! Needless to say i now have one on order, it looks bloody amazing in the flesh, website pics dont so it justice.

https://www.decathlon.co.uk/triban-540-road-bike-1...

[SixPotBelly]

Afraid it's only a carbon bladed fork (ie aluminium steerer) but it's still a very good deal nonetheless. Good bit of buying there.

[towser44]

Only the 10 speed 105 too isn't it? Merlin do the latest 11 speed 105 groupset in full for about £300 (maybe a little less).

[Master Bean]

You can get a 2014 cube with 105 everything and ultegra derailleurs for £750. Weighs 1kg less too.

[Cupramax]

Master Bean said:

You can get a 2014 cube with 105 everything and ultegra derailleurs for £750. Weighs 1kg less too.

I didnt have £750 to spend and i shant be doing the TdF so i doubt 1kg will matter, i have several more myself to lose , and yes i realised its "only" 10spd.

[bigandclever]

£10 in loyalty card spend too

[Herman Toothrot]

Does indeed look a great deal

[anonymous-user]

towser44 said:

Only the 10 speed 105 too isn't it? Merlin do the latest 11 speed 105 groupset in full for about £300 (maybe a little less).

That's interesting. But the Decathlon comes with a bike attached !

[pbarlow0032]

Was looking in decathlon at the weekend too, looks a really good bike and is exceptional VFM! Enjoy your new bike :-)

[Barchettaman]

The Rt-58 at Planet X is also 10-speed (Sram Apex), slightly lighter (8.8kg) has arguably a better wheelset (Campy Khamsin) and is only £50 more.

Bottom line is, there's never been a better time to buy an entry-level road bike. The deals out there are phenomenal and the bikes are practically Tour-level from just a few years ago. And as the market swings inexorably towards disc braked road bikes, those deals on rim-braked bikes will just get better and better.

[Usget]

They've had the good sense to make it accept fatter tyres and fit pannier/mudguard mounts, too. Excellent looking bike for the money.

[numtumfutunch]

Usget said:

They've had the good sense to make it accept fatter tyres and fit pannier/mudguard mounts, too. Excellent looking bike for the money.

Agreed, Im a saddo, nerdy, obsessive, longstanding cyclist it was very much on my radar as new winter bike/commuter/snotter

I have kicked its tyres at my local Decathlon several times before I did the proper PH thing and doubled my budget

Great value at that price

[Cupramax]

Just thought I'd update this as my new toy has arrived not been for a proper ride yet, just a quick wizz up and down the road after checking it over and making a few adjustments. Very impressed so far, looks lovely in the flesh, just had my neighbour nearly creaming himself over it for £499 delivered i cant fault it.

[yellowjack]

I met two young women on the road to Cambridge at the weekend. They were riding into a headwind all the way from London, and were riding matching B'Twin bikes. They looked ace (behave, you dirty b'stards, the bikes, not the girls...). We talked bikes for a while, and the ladies were very pleased with theirs.

Happy riding!

[Cupramax]

Did a quick 20 miler this afternoon, first time on a drop bar bike since my teens which is some time overall very pleased, apart from a stiff neck due to being unused to the riding position, things I'm likely to change, the seat, got severe arse ache after an hour and a half pootle, the chainset, a proper Shimano 105 one to replace the cheapo chinese crud fitted, £69 from Wiggle. Other than that its spot on, pleased as punch.