Compac double vs triple

[indysteel]

This is also my issue with the compact double and my reason for really looking at changing the bike to a triple. The not being able to find the sweet spot is aggravating to me.

I hear ya. I feel like Goldilocks some days on my bike. This gear is too big. That gear is too small. Part of it is that I'm lazy. I've gotten better about shifting between chainrings, but the middle ring of my triple spoiled me, so I often don't shift between chainrings when I really should.

Oh well, as somebody upthread reminded us, many of us used to get by with just 10 gears or less. I guess I'm spoiled in more ways than one.

[Koronin]

I hear ya. I feel like Goldilocks some days on my bike. This gear is too big. That gear is too small. Part of it is that I'm lazy. I've gotten better about shifting between chainrings, but the middle ring of my triple spoiled me, so I often don't shift between chainrings when I really should.

Oh well, as somebody upthread reminded us, many of us used to get by with just 10 gears or less. I guess I'm spoiled in more ways than one.

That is exactly my issue as well. I love the middle ring on the triple and it also spoiled me in not needing to shift much. One thing my husband was looking at was just swapping the smaller ring on my compact double with what would be equivalent to the middle ring on the triple. I live at the coast, it's not like we have many hills around here, unless you count the bridge to Emerald Isle.