Originally Posted by cyclezen

I really tried compact, on 3 different bikes, 3 different ring (50/36 & 50/34 and asstd cogsets) /cogset combos - it just comes up short to either the std double 10 spd or any triple. I lose gear choices in the 86 to 70 inch range and the low end isn;t all that much better than a std dbl. I'm never quite happy with the gear jumps.