Originally Posted by kokomo61
How hilly and long is your commute? Mine is 43 miles RT, with 1700 total feet of climbing. I started riding a Trek 7300 with a triple, but once I got some conditioning under my belt (about 6 months worth), I switched over to a Kona Jake the Snake, which has a double, and haven't looked back.
....although, if you find that you want a triple, it would be hard to go wrong with the Volpe, Nova or Jake triple - all are great bikes.
the commute is only 20mi RT, however the triple would be for the adventure racing. ya never know what the course has in store until the night before when they hand out the map and instructions to only the first check point.
i agree that a double is what i'd need 85% of the time, if not more... but i definitely don't wanna 'huck a bike' up the hill when i could be granny gearing it
the kona JTS is pretty popular in canadian bike stores (for obvious reasons)... has anyone tried to convert it to a triple?