Triban 100 Upgrade: Is converting a 260€ bike to a 'true' roadbike worth it?

In this video I am giving you a short update on my Triban 100. In the past year I`ve tweaked it to my personal preference and also spent quite a lot of money on doing so. But in the end i find my pimped up Triban to be worth its money.

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I'm sorry that I can't put a parts list in the description. Most of the parts used in this video are niche products, so its hard to find them online.


Music:

Good Old Times - Aries Beats:
jimmysquare - fog:
Not For Nothing - Otis McDonald:
Jazzaddict's Intro by Cosimo Fogg (201)
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[uddipansengupta]

Was waiting for when you would say "I changed the frame and got a new one for *Euros*", but luckily you didn't :P

[nerwoos]

I bought Triban 100 2020 2 months ago (It's not B'win anymore). Switched from some old MTB bike and I couldn't be happier.

[Melon-igpx]

i cant beleive how underrated this channel is! i only watched 2 videos and it helped me a lot
Edit: There was only 2 videos LMAO

[lolat]

A fantastic project for someone who wants to learn about bikes I would say.

Next up I would change to a dual front chainset to give even more flexibility.

[peterbaskind]

Amazing what you can do with a budget bike if you change everything on it.

[greglee]

When you replace everything, it's a pretty decent bike :)

[zephyrfpv]

Personally I upgraded with clipless mountain bike pedals for easy use on gravel and urban rides and I plan to buy secondly some new tyres (likely Continental GP 5000 28 or 25) and the Sensah Pro group set 2x12 if it fits (at 300 euro without brakes) cause are the best part to transfer to a new frame eventually. Good video, thank you for sharing!

Nice customization. I like the break-swap the most. And not that you mentioned that the new ones are much better, i am also considering it.
I also love the RC100 as a base to build something for your own needs... my one got a cheap 36 spoke back wheel 38T crank a 12-42 8speed Microshift Accolyte casette and deraileour, with a heavily bodged shifter installation :S, for a wide range ghetto gravel drive train :)
I kept the steel fork, but installed front and rear racks and use it as a touring bike.

[jdillon]

Great video. I think you made some good upgrades. There's not really anything wrong with the frame, so upgrading one part at a time is a good idea as you can keep riding it the whole time. Well done!

[zaq]

My RC100 upgraded to Claris groupset, unbranded carbon wheel, 25c tires. Very smooth and fast!
Now thinking of changing the frame or buy a new bike.

[davapod]

Mavic Aksium's have been my go to wheel set for years for my daily driver. They have never let me down.👍

[itinere]

I have bought this bike 2 weeks ago and I am pretty happy with it, but I like projects like yours, I am thinking since a while about buying a Columbus frame and start from the very beginning to build my city bike for Berlin too . I am looking forward to find ideas and tutorials which can help me, thank you for your video !

[JohnLumapaskeith]

Hi, I have a Triban RC 100 as well and, I'm thinking of upgrading. What size is the fork? So far, I've replaced the shifter and brakes with a Shimano Tourney A070 Brake shifters. What a world of difference! It already made the bike ride so much better! It feels lighter too.

[Indusxstan]

Thank you for your honesty. A very useful video for me 🙏

[Balakrishna_AV]

With your total upgrade money you could have bought triban 500

[CKBrew]

Nice upgrades! I'm thinking of being way more conservative with mine. But personally I do find the two screw stem being annoyingly unsecure. Would you agree with that spending 5€ on a four screw stem should be one of the first upgrades?

[DanGleebowls]

As a first commuter bike would you recommend the triban 100 still? Have a fixie but I can't handle hills on it anymore so after an affordable geared roadbike

[ClaudioSilva]

Hello awesome video, can you send the link for the fork please?

[Daniel-djfh]

The problem on this bike is, you could also just gotten the rc520.
But the first thing I'd change if it made finanically any sense is the wrist shifter. Which logically would mean gears upgrade and new derreileur

[JohnLumapaskeith]

I'm going to do the same when I get mine