Originally Posted by
Carbon Unit
My goal is to reduce front chain ring shifting. If I had to jump back and forth between the the chain rings with the compact, then I would stay with the triple.
Then stay with the triple. Having used both a triple and a compact, I definitely find myself shifting more up front with the compact. It's just slightly more difficult to find the "right" gear in the middle of the range. It seems a bit more satisfactory with a 50-36 than a 50-34, but really there are so few disadvantages to the triple with a tighter cassette that I'd stick with that rather than change.