dashuaigeh, I bought a complete bike once just for the frameset, too late in the year to order one in that paint scheme. It came with a 7S compact double and at first I thought the compact double was a neat idea, but for me it was 'just not right' after some miles had passed. I selected that frame set to cope with my knee injury and mulled about a road triple, a compact double and even a mountain bike type group. I went with the road triple and an 8S. Honestly it did look a bit odd to me at first, but my knee loves it. While my knee is much better I still choose that bike when going on long rides just in case...

With a 9S or more rear gearing a compact double may make more sense as I like a close ratio rear. I came close to trying a compact double on a recent mini build of my 3.0, but just couldn't do it.

Brad