I spent hours at the LBS yesterday riding my new compact double and a comparable Cannondale Synapse with a triple paying attention just to switching gears. Spent a lot of time talking to all the shop's staff after spending the week reading about compact doubles.

Guess I should have done all that before I bought the bike, but it turns out I'm keeping what I have and am quite pleased now. Seems I can hang out on that 50-tooth ring in the front for 80-90% of the ride and just switch around on the 10 gears in the back.

Did a ride today where there was only one hill where I really needed the 34 tooth ring - definitely no need for the granny gear, but there will be an adjustment period. My confidence is going back up that THIS bike will get me up the hills like my hybrid did...that that's a huge part of getting up the hill.