Quote Originally Posted by violette View Post
I had a OCR3 and it had triple chain ring. I bought a Roubaix, and it only had double. It never even crossed my mind that it would be harder to go up hill! and boy, is it. Did someone here go from a triple to a double?
Hi Violette - have you asked your LBS if they would simply take the bike back and exchange it for the Roubaix Expert triple (http://www.specialized.com/bc/SBCBkModel.jsp?spid=34081). If you have not put many miles on the bike and it is still in showroom shape, they may exchange it for the triple and you would probably be much happier. I know our LBS has done this for us without even blinking an eye. $3,000 is a lot to pay for a bike you are not happy with.