Originally Posted by
Delmarva
I ride 2 bikes, one has a triple and the other a double. So far I haven't noticed the clunkiness in shifting but the rings are apparently well matched for shifting.
I have triples on all my current bikes but have ridden doubles a fair bit too. I find no differences in the shifting between the two larger rings on a triple than between the two rings on a double. The argument that modern triples are inherently "clunkier" than modern doubles seems unjustified to me. Adjusted properly they shift just as well.