I was checking the range for a friend & stumbled upon this unusual mid season discount (17%). At £600 it was already keenly priced but nudging under the 500 barrier makes this a pretty good deal.
Summary for the lazy:
Aluminium frame with carbon bladed forks. 105 drivetrain (5700, 10 speed), Tiagra cassette, Prowheel Ounce compact chainset, Mavic Aksium ONE wheels. 9.5kg all in. And the usual lifetime warranty for the frame, stem, handlebar and rigid fork.
I use my Triban 500 '14 model every day for commuting & did a few sportives on it. Still a great bike & this is the next level up. i know looks are subjective but it looks good to me.
Update: Price has dropped lower but there still appears to be stock in S (As of 2pm 11/7/16). Awesome bargain.
All comments (26)
wantsomepls
19 May 162#1
Was just about to post this myself. Cracking deal. When this bike came out last year Bikeradar called it "one of the best bargains on the road". That was at £600. At under £500 it's a great deal for a good all round package. Mainly Shimano105 for £500 - and decent Mavic Askium wheels what's not to like? I have it's little brother the T520 (Sora and decathlon stock wheels £450) but if I'd known the T540 would come down to this price so soon I'd have happily waited to get one instead. Decathlon also offer a one year satisfaction guarantee.
themorgatron
19 May 161#2
You will also get a £10 voucher for a £500 spend using their rewards card (1 point per £1 spent, 250 points = £5 voucher).
RanmoorRuffian
19 May 161#3
I have this bike, really happy with it. Try getting anywhere near the same spec for under £500
Brakes
B'TWIN long dual-pivot callipers: reliability and power; a mudguard with stays can be fitted.
RanmoorRuffian
19 May 161#5
The OP already stated it's not full 105. Gear changes are smooth. brakes are fine. Tyres not great though.
petewoods7
19 May 161#6
tempted to get this on cycletowork scheme makes it less than £300
geordie458
19 May 16#7
If only the company I worked for allowed us to buy bikes through the cycle to work scheme from anywhere but Halfords.
yasir93b
19 May 161#8
Tested this bike in store today and loved it. Very good bike at this price, worked out to be £340 with CyclePlus scheme.
It weighs around 9.9 kg for a large frame (57cm).
faizel
19 May 16#9
geordie458
Halfords cycle to work vouchers are accepted in other bike shops. i used mine at buy a bike charnock richard, but i dont recommend you go there, didnt put my bike together to well bottom bracket came loose after 200 miles had to replace due to damage
Angryman81
19 May 161#10
Excellent deal! Upgrade the brakes to 105 for under £40 at Ribble cycles and in the future maybe the chainset and you've got an absolute steal. Heat added.
geordie458
19 May 16#11
Cheers faizel, good to know
geordie458
20 May 161#12
Looks like Halfords don't deal with Decathlon.
neostand
22 May 16#13
Local bike shops only accept Halfords vouchers out of desperation. They make little or nothing on the bikes when they accept them. Please petition your companies to change to a more universal cycle scheme.
Daymo
22 May 16#14
Decathlon will take cycle scheme vouchers if you are part of their scheme, I am halfway through my first year of a go outdoors bike and have saved about £130 through them https://www.cyclescheme.co.uk/retailers
RichBayliss
22 May 16#15
Chain Reaction put the 5700 chainset & cassette at around £100 - so this basically means you could get a smashing bike with full 5700 for ~£600 and that is smoking hot. The 5700 is rated to be as good as last season Ultegra.
lothburn
22 May 16#16
Hot hot hot..damn had to buy at that price....oh dear wifies gonna hate me :smiley:
ClashInDevon
23 May 16#17
I think you're getting your versions of Shimano 105 mixed up. I've read people's opinion that 5800 is very good, but 5700 is generally not rated so highly and it's certainly not comparable to Ultegra. Saying that, I have a full 5700 groupset on my bike and it's fine for what it is.
rev6
23 May 16#18
The 5700 was considered very good until the 5800 was released. Nothing wrong with 5700 as you said.
kugz
23 May 16#19
is this in store as well???
DweebDude
23 May 16#20
yes it is, it was marked down to the lower price on saturday when i went in,
afroylnt
25 May 161#21
Great value bike.
I have tiagra the older series 4600 and it works fine.
I have tried a bike with 105 5800 and one with 6800 and to be honest I did'nt detect any difference.
In my experience assuming its setup correctly and the parts are not worn out I think there is very little difference.
Weight (maybe be longevity as well) is the biggest difference but imho you would have to nationaly rated for 200-400g to make a difference to perfomance.
chrisssj88
28 May 16#22
amazing bike for the price.
had considered this bike in the past at 600 but I, well the misses, can't justify another bike.
steal at 500 with £10 store voucher too :wink:
these will be flying it out, gets good reviews generally so don't miss out!
would recommend picking it up in store so they set it all up right for you and test it before you leave!
geordie458
8 Jul 16#23
Only Small available now but down to £450
Zarch
20 Jul 161#24
Small still in stock at £450, ordered one today.
pjmcc
25 Jul 16#25
really tempted by this. Does anyone know if decathlon offer student discount? Thanks..
jhsmith87 to pjmcc
26 Jul 16#26
As far as I am aware they don't, or any other type of discounting. You do however get a £5 voucher for every £250 you spend...
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Opening post
Summary for the lazy:
Aluminium frame with carbon bladed forks. 105 drivetrain (5700, 10 speed), Tiagra cassette, Prowheel Ounce compact chainset, Mavic Aksium ONE wheels. 9.5kg all in. And the usual lifetime warranty for the frame, stem, handlebar and rigid fork.
I use my Triban 500 '14 model every day for commuting & did a few sportives on it. Still a great bike & this is the next level up. i know looks are subjective but it looks good to me.
Review:
http://www.bikeradar.com/road/gear/category/bikes/road/product/review-btwin-triban-540-49953/
Update: Price has dropped lower but there still appears to be stock in S (As of 2pm 11/7/16). Awesome bargain.
All comments (26)
Crankset / cassette
SHIMANO TIAGRA 10-speed 12/28 (12/13/14/15/17/19/21/23/25/28) cassette.
PROWHEEL OUNCE 721 compact, 50 x 34 chainset.
Brakes
B'TWIN long dual-pivot callipers: reliability and power; a mudguard with stays can be fitted.
It weighs around 9.9 kg for a large frame (57cm).
Halfords cycle to work vouchers are accepted in other bike shops. i used mine at buy a bike charnock richard, but i dont recommend you go there, didnt put my bike together to well bottom bracket came loose after 200 miles had to replace due to damage
I have tiagra the older series 4600 and it works fine.
I have tried a bike with 105 5800 and one with 6800 and to be honest I did'nt detect any difference.
In my experience assuming its setup correctly and the parts are not worn out I think there is very little difference.
Weight (maybe be longevity as well) is the biggest difference but imho you would have to nationaly rated for 200-400g to make a difference to perfomance.
had considered this bike in the past at 600 but I, well the misses, can't justify another bike.
steal at 500 with £10 store voucher too :wink:
these will be flying it out, gets good reviews generally so don't miss out!
would recommend picking it up in store so they set it all up right for you and test it before you leave!