It is not true that no one makes triples anymore.
I'm not familiar with the Synapse, but I think that Trek only offers a triple on its lower-end Madones. The higher-end bikes have compact doubles.
Fwiw, the lowest gear on my road bike with a compact double is the equivalent of the lowest gear on my old bike, which had a triple.
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12-27-2011, 07:40 PM #1
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12-27-2011, 07:43 PM #2
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Right--you can get a mountain bike compact double, and when I did that, my lowest gear was similar to what I had with a triple. And I live in a very hilly place--a mountain bike compact double works fine here. A standard road compact double would not.
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12-27-2011, 08:04 PM #3
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When I bought my roadbike this year, I went about 5 rounds with the sales guy, insisting that I needed a triple (I had one on my old hybrid/flat bar bike). He kept telling me I didn't because the double is more efficient, etc I trust this sales guy, and listened to him in the end, and got the double.
He was sooo....right. The doulbe is fine. I've actually grown to really like it. In the beginning, I was a little freaked out, because I would drop into the lowest gear pretty quickly on some hills, and I would panic thinking I would need another gear. But so far, no problems.
I am a very beginner/intermediate rider, and not in great shape.
Whatever you choose, hope you love your new bike!
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