Originally Posted by
curdog
Primary usage is in supported tours, so trunk bag is all that is usually needed.
Is this what your lbs guy is basing his recomendations on? If so, cool, but if you asked him for a touring rig for loaded touring and they still think a double is the way to go find a different bike shop.
Sorry, but some shops do not understand why anyone would ride anything other than sram red and want more than 20 spokes.
A triple will sometimes throw the chain, but for them to say that it will be to hard to keep adjusted is a little silly. A mountain bike will get tons more abuse than a tourer, and they seldom need much adjustment on the front derailer.