I too have a triple on a carbon.

As to the speaking thing that Mr. Silver bought up:

Sat. before last I decided to ride to my not so LBS, about a 50 mile out and back. About half way there I heard 'on your left' the front end of a bike club group ride. They had a regroup on up, so I stopped to chat as I had ridden with one of them before. As other riders came up to the re-group, all were very friendly and they invited me to join them. I told them I would tag along for a few, but not to worry about dropping me. The last riders trail in, including a woman who is very active in the local club and prides herself on keeping up with the fast guys. All she said to me was , "Who are you?" (the inflection was who the hell are you).

In retrospect it's funny, but sad.

I hope she's not the membership chair.