Originally Posted by BengeBoy

I posted about the new 12/36 cassette a couple of weeks ago. My post was greeted by a big yawn (not new for me, for sure).

In any case, though, there are lots of 50-39-30 'road triples' out there, and the kind of request you have seems common to me - what's the cheapest way to go from "sorta low" gearing to "low enough for touring" gearing on a 50/39/30 triple. With a 28T inner chainring, and a 12/36 cassette, it seems to me you would be set, with a minimum of swapping stuff out.

I hope you come back and post on how it works, as I would potentially be interested in something similar down the road (I currently have a 50/39/30 triple with an 11/34 cassette, but the cassette is due for a replacement soon).