Quote Originally Posted by DebW
It's a wide-gap double. Think granny gear for inside chainring.

oh... that's good! except it's not quite granny easy... nor is the big ring a "regular" big ring hard... both are in the middle... OR.... if you choose one or the other to be the same size as a standard big ring or standard granny... you will lose gears on the other ring!

that's why i didn't get a compact... i wanted my easiest gears... but i would have lost my harder gears... and i'm often out of gears when descending a hill already! didn't need to lose more!