Originally Posted by DiscTruckerMF

..... as for the talk about cadence when you shift rings on a triple, I don't understand why that individual doesn't double shift. That is one thing I do enjoy about a triple, generally speaking if i"m in my middle ring and a big hill is coming up, I can shift down to my granny but shift to a smaller cog in the rear at the same time and keep my cadence in a good place but then as I hit the hill I don't have to worry about shifting the front, I can just drop down the cassette. Same thing when approaching a downhill if im in the middle ring, shifting right up to the big ring might be too much gear but if I simultaneously shift to a bigger cog in the rear, I'm still at a smooth cadence.