decision...to get a triple or compact double

[Cataboo]

The only problems I've had with my 105 triple FD relate to the clamp rotating on the frame. (Yes, it was the clamp, not the L screw.) It's a bizarre occurrence, I don't know anyone else it's happened to, and no one seems to believe that it happened to me but it did.

When the derailleur is positioned correctly, I have no trouble whatever.

I've had that happen on my surly... I'm not sure how it happened, but I did crash it once, and rode over a parallel grate with it another time.