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I bought one of the triban 5's (the red ones) today, I need a commuter bike and didn't want to destroy one of my good road bikes on going to work duties. First impressions, frame and finish seem ok, the hubs are a little grawnchy, slackened of the front cones a tad but they stil feel a bit dry. Running gear seems ok and will be replaced with better kit I have from other builds as it wears out but the stock saddle is bizarre some sort of banana shaped torture device - straight into the bin and replaced with a San marco. For £300 it seems a good bit of kit.
I looked at the triban 5 whilst in the shop, the frame and forks seemed fairly similar apart from the stays, oddly it also felt a little heavier than the 5 but I've no idea if it is. For me I couldn't really justify another £200 for carbon stays and sora gears and chainset on a commuter