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

[@uddipansengupta8637]

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

[@Melon-ig6px]

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

[@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.

[@Daniel-dj7fh]

Same had a cheap mtb from McKinzy or something which weighed a ton. Been riding my rc100 since 2019 and clocked at least 6000km. The only thing i really don't like about the bike is the wrist shifters, and a set of microshift integrated shifters cost almost 100 bucks

[@lolat330]

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.

[@gregslu]

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

[@MarcosAlves-je3ym]

hehehehe

[@zephyrfpv9871]

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!

[@jdillon8360]

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!

[@cherepaha3]

Frame has integrated derailleur hanger which is a very bad feature

[@jdillon8360]

@@cherepaha3 Sure, a replaceable hanger would be nice. But it's also priced accordingly. Every nice feature that gets added to a bike also increases the price.

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.

[@peterbaskind9872]

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

[@davapod]

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

[@zaq96270]

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.

[@piotrdemidowicz2058]

Did u manage to fit claris crank? And how the weight turned out? :D

[@zaq96270]

@@piotrdemidowicz2058 Yes, but you need to replace the bottom bracket too. The final weight is around 9.5kg.

[@plasticpeople5533]

Is the bottom bracket italian threaded?

[@zaq96270]

@@plasticpeople5533 BSA 68mm

[@plasticpeople5533]

Thanks

[@itinere7093]

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 !

[@Indusxstan]

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

[@JohnLumapaskeith]

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

[@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.

[@Daniel-dj7fh]

I'd get the RC500 before upgrading more

[@JulianaMohdAli]

Hi. Part list please?

[@effatta]

Thank you for making this video, but where did you buy the parts? especially the camponello potenza brakes? Also, maybe you can help me out with this question, I am a guy and I want to buy the Triban Easy - the girl bike, Size L of Triban easy has all exactly the same dimensions as size L of Triban RC 100. The Triban easy only has the Stem 2 cm shorter. But for the money, compared to the Triban RC 100 it offeres an extra gear in the rear, and also double break systems, and gear changing on the break lever, not on the handlerbars like the RC 100. I would just update the brakes to camponello potenza but I can't find them anywhere

[@andreaastarita2790]

Did you have a link for the fork?

[@almograve]

www.bike-discount.de/fr/acheter/moquai-road-carbon-fork-586230

[@Daniel-dj7fh]

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

[@Daniel-dj7fh]

But the first and only thing I've swapped on mine so far are Continental RoadSpeed 42mm Gravel tires

[@Rogenth91]

So you basically transformed the bike to a Triban 540. Good to know that it's upgradable though!

[@marekholub8668]

More like the 120. The 500 series is much much better.

[@0s0sXD]

Not quite a 540.

[@Rogenth91]

@@0s0sXD I know it's not the same. But the updates makes it very similar

[@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

[@insertname383]

Yes, it should work great for that

[@DanGleebowls]

@@insertname383 ended up spending a little more for the RC500 instead and am very happy with it

[@Balakrishna_AV]

With your total upgrade money you could have bought triban 500

[@Spaxcore]

But most of the parts he replaced are exactly the same on the 500 as on the 100

[@Vartierer]

@@Spaxcore So he could sell the RC100 and save some money

[@BLUEBOYLUGOS]

@@Vartierer big brains

[@Daniel-dj7fh]

With any upgrade really. I've spent alone 60€ on tires (2 sets)

[@Daniel-dj7fh]

@@Spaxcore He would have saved 100 bucks on the carbon fork, another 100 bucks on the tourney shifters, possibly another 60 bucks on the gearing upgrade (kasette and rear hanger)

[@yoda101]

Great video!

[@sakthivelv1777]

Nicely done, What is the maximum no of speed cassettes this frame can accommodate?

[@philipbarry3350]

10 speed

[@Daniel-dj7fh]

@@philipbarry3350 The stock hub can hold 10 gears?

[@axklaus]

j'ai remplacé les roues et la fourche, et retourné la potence qui pointait vers le haut, c'est impressionnant comme différence et il fait moins de 10kg maintenant

[@michealaj559]

It would be great if u put on a list everything u have changed on the bike and name of these accessories. Not so easy to change the product when u are a novice ;)

[@nb9797]

What's the biggest improvement? I'm guessing it's the wheels or the tyres?

[@shopitox]

gracias, te quedo genial la bicicleta.

[@udeshikrish]

I would like to change the cranksey only what do you think I should buy

[@GrifanoRide]

Hey, thanks for the video. Can you please share the list of your part for this upgrade?

[@hmsinc.1645]

What reach did you use for the Campagnolo Potenza brakes? What would you say is the minimum reach required by this bike?

[@upward_onward]

What u have done to ur bike has been a project I wanted to overtake for a long time....😁

[@kamillisowski2931]

I will be doing upgrade for fit group set claris r2000 2x8 I will keep wheels and fork so even after that that bike will be cheaper than any endurance gravel bike what can fit 32-38c tires About brakes that dialpivots are fine only pads need to be change to get really efficient braking level

[@Daniel-dj7fh]

I've fit 42mm on my stock rc100. And I've also looked into the claris groupset, you might as well just get the RC520 for about 700 bucks with almost a complete 105 groupset

[@kamillisowski2931]

@@Daniel-dj7fh that was idea over 4 Years ago , today I have only one bike , elops speed 500, best Nike ever , have Continental tires 35c and thats best option for my area

[@Daniel-dj7fh]

@@kamillisowski2931 A single speed?

[@jippevandrogenbroek754]

So you basically replaced everything except the frame

[@Daniel-dj7fh]

Handlebar, stem, seatpost could be stock

[@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?

[@CKBrew]

Besides the tires...

[@astroboy6275]

Hello.....can u share the details of the brake shifters u bought??? And thankyou

[@kuyav.8782]

Can i get a modification list?

[@anand.raveendran]

Where did you buy the new group set? Can u add a link please

[@Rdv_1981]

great job, but in my opinion you could have better spend 700 euro buying a second hand Cannondale Caad 10 bike or should have sought out second hand upgrade parts. I plan on buying a second hand Triban100 for 10 euro and doing low costs repairs and replacement on it. The only thing that worries me is the shifter.

[@sudhakargosavi2123]

Sir rc100 drop bar larg frem 6 manth old 16000 pik or not

[@DesChew]

I have the Triban RC120 comes with microshift. Can I swap out the square taper to Shimano hollowtech BB? And probably change to a Shimano road crankset?

[@davapod]

Should not be an issue. I have swapped out square taper BB's many times for Hollowtech, as long as your BB is std. It will be on the RC120. Hope this helps.😎

[@brunorodas79]

The triban rc 100 is a very special and unique bike in STD

[@Andrei1234]

Could you tell me the name of the new fork?

[@bulldoggishitzuu]

I was thinking the exact thing about the shifter and am thinking of just replacing the right lever with a shimano brifter since it's a single chainring bike, which I think that's what you did in the video. Was wondering how the grip and handling feel like, with a tektro lever on the left and a shimano on the right. Also: did you need a longer shifter cable or a different brake cable?

[@bastlerdiy449]

Jup, I only changed the right lever. I think I even reused the old cable and housing for the brake, but had to replace the shifter cable and housing, because the old one wasn't long enough. The Shimano shifter is a bit bigger and bulkier. So it feels a bit different than the Tektro one. But during day-to-day use I barely notice it.

[@bulldoggishitzuu]

@@bastlerdiy449 I see, that's what I'm gonna do. Yeah, I guess it won't have a huge difference on the different grips on day to day rides. Thanks man!

[@vincekerrigan8300]

@@bulldoggishitzuu I bought BTwin Triban 100 after having a nice Vitus road bike stolen. I saved 1kg in weight immediately by swapping out the original gravel style tyres for some decent road tyres , and my intention was next to change the AO50 palm changer for a 'brifter' - having been used to them for years. But - here's one for the drive train snobs - after a few rides I found,to my surprise, that I preferred the AO50 shifter. It is snappy, precise, changes very fast, and you can run through the full gear range in one movement. Yes it is a bit more inconvenient in use, but for an old school cyclist brought up on down tube shifters that is not a problem. It is not quite as posh, I suppose, but I would not now go back to 'brifters'. The bike is built around an excellent frame so rides extremely well, and the much derided Tourney rear mech. behaves flawlessly, having hardly put a foot wrong in 6,000 km. The limited gear range and the lack of a high top gear doesn't actually bother me now, because having just reached 91 years of age my legs prefer spinning to pushing. I even fitted a 40t chainwheel to help. An excellent bike for the price, even without upgrades.

[@theforeigner6988]

Bastler? Nicht schlecht gebastelt 😀

[@tushartupe1068]

Hi dear, this is great information about the upgradation, I want the basic information about the difference between triban 100 and triban 100 RC.

[@gusjeazer]

Isn't the 100 the one with a flat bar? Sort of a fitness/commuter bike, while the RC stands for Road Cycling or something similar and has a drop bar and is a gravel/road bike. If you ride in the city a lot, maybe get the triban 100, or do as this guy did and upgrade your shifter on the rc100.

[@isaac-mihaiperianu6425]

There is no difference. B'Twin Triban 100 was released in 2017 just when Decathlon announced that they will change the brand to simply Triban and drop the B'Twin brand. All the Triban 100 bikes released after 2018 are just painted silver with the Triban writings on the sides and they are named RC100. Prior to 2018 they had black B'Twin on the sides and it was named B'Twin Triban 100 (just like the one in this video). Other than that they are the same bike.

[@Toretto16]

@@isaac-mihaiperianu6425 They are not the same. The biggest difference is that Triban has a rear wheel with cassette and quick release, and the hub can take up to 10 gears cassette. The older Btwin Triban has rear wheel with out quick release and freehub which can take only up to 7 gears. And the new Triban has more efficient brakes. Those small differences make a Triban a bit better bike.

[@cedriccastillo6746]

you did not upgrade your stock crankset, right? if so, you dont use your left Claris shifter as the stock crank is 1-by.

[@cedriccastillo6746]

Great videos, by the way! very helpful.

[@francescotiso9469]

Do you think it’s possible to change only the original shifter and put the one on the brake without changing the rear wheel? Thanks!!

[@mosesImmanuel-sc6zy]

Yes you can buy a tourney brake shifter and change the shifter only Expensive rim brake only support until 28c

[@4g3nte77]

❤

[@eugenjigane7219]

Hy I'm 1.76cm what size i should get? Thank you

[@b0ns0n]

HELLO , MAY I ASK CAN U TYPE OUT THE BRAND NAME OF THE FORK PLEASE?

[@filsm140]

It's Moquai

[@lcdy1280]

Nice video...! I want to buy Triban 100 bike!

[@Anonymous_Man]

I like what you've done with your bike. But I'm thinking of doing the opposite with mine and going for a more off-road oriented upgrade. Thinking of fitting some 35c tires on and a new drivertrain and a bottom bracket to start off.

[@enlasrado1]

Share your progress

[@xabre16v]

@bastlerdiy449 What brand and type carbon fork did you use?

[@jem_on_roads]

I wish to add shifter brake levers of Claris in my triban, does it work with factory fitted freewheel and tourney derailleur.? Just looking for a budget upgrade.

[@marcocerami9619]

No, sorry to say you that if add a gear you have to change the derailleur and the shifter, sometimes the chain too

[@ganchinho]

hey, can you tell me the exact model of the wheels and tires?

[@TopConductor]

according to video wheels are : Mavic Aksium and tires are Maxxis Detonator 700x25

[@gabrielfernandeztattoos]

My next upgrade is the carbon fork, I am just not sure what dimensions I need to don’t make the mistake. Also cos I use 35c tires, would love to put 38c but If I buy the wrong fork I can’t not put the big tires no more. Can anyone help me out with the dimensions?

[@filsm140]

Usually in the specs for forks they say the max tire width it can support. Since you are more than 28, I would look at gravel bike forks if that's the size you like. Road bike forks max out usually around 25-28. The stem usually comes long and can be trimmed to fit the frame size you have.

[@gabrielfernandeztattoos]

@@filsm140 got a triban carbon fork, now I can go up to 35c probably 38. Thank you for your answer!!!

[@stevekyhon]

Just curious, is the fork steerer 1 1/8" straight or tapered?

[@Kietel28]

at around 4:40 i thought it was mosquitoes bugging me..... that sound :D

[@TopConductor]

Do you need to change rear hub when you go from 7 to 8 gears setup?

[@philipbarry3350]

On his yes since it's a triban 100 but on the new rc100 you don't. They use a 8-10 speed hub with a spacer to put on the 7 speed cassette.

[@karmielu9552]

i put tourney 7x2

[@13ballom]

Did u use the 31.8mm clamp shifter fot shimano claris?

[@sakthivelv1777]

No, he used STI claris shifters.

[@bryanbriones9554]

Hi, is it possible to put 2by crankset?

[@BinaryCloudChaser]

Have it since 5 Years

[@din3832]

What size of this bike did you get? i am between L or M size, my height is 1,80m. Your mods really make this an awsome budget roadbike.

[@050808yuyu]

L size

[@Daniel-dj7fh]

I hope you got the M The L is even slightly too long for my 1,84cm ass

[@luigielle4155]

Lista componenti?

[@KARTHIK5555ful]

you could have bought Triban RC500 ..600 euros which has 1.carbon fork. 2.disc break. 3.sora groupset. 4.Puncture proof wheels 5.better look .

[@ksz476]

Can you add a link to list of all components which are you used or write in comment?

[@bastlerdiy449]

I´m working on it. Should be in the videodescription in the next few days.

[@JuanUcedaZafra]

Bastler DIY waiting for that 🙏

[@herbng]

@@bastlerdiy449 Still waiting for your list 🙏 😊

[@anirudhprakash7329]

I have a question, does anyone know if you can change the shifters without altering the gears?

[@bastlerdiy449]

Yes you can. Just be sure that it has the same number of speeds as the original.

[@edwardkerrigan5356]

Don't bother to spend money on changing the shifter. I used brifters for years and my intention was to change the shifter right away, but having got used to the AO50 - I know it's heresy to say so - I now prefer it. It is very precise and changes can be made much faster than with brifters. As far as I am concerned the only advantage of a brifter would be it's snob value.

[@onkaringawale4930]

Apart from body everything has been changed.

[@noudvr]

Any parts list mate?

[@ivanhrusovsky5530]

Don’t forget to upgrade the frame

[@jrmasia8695]

Great Vídeo!!!!!!!!

[@cosmopayne]

The Miata of bikes

[@jairogaravito3198]

Feedback?

[@LucianoLuisCosta]

Tks! Good information.

[@carloramirez5246]

Can you upgrade to disk brakes?

[@gusjeazer]

You would need another fork. I think you'd better buy the Triban RC120 if you want discs.

[@febinfj]

So, how much has your average speed gone up to after the upgrade?

[@kartooni]

*like it*

[@floseul]

Quel est son poids ?

[@0s0sXD]

Thank God I watched this video Now I can peacefully decide not to buy any bike. Because fuck this. Too fucking expensive.

[@Ravikdel]

Great Video!