Originally Posted by Trogon
My sole piece of advice - spend some time looking closely at the gear combos you ride now and compare the ratios to where they would fall with a compact set-up. It may be that you end up on the outer edges of everything like I did and thus need to make some compromises.
I see your point Trogon. If the gears you normally like to use put you at the outer edges of the cassette it may not be best.
Honestly, I think it is a Vanilla or Chocolate decision. I think the 53/39 and compact are both good.
In fact, I can think of good arguments for either one now.