Originally Posted by
Darth Lefty
It just depends on overall gearing. If you have that 11-28 cassette with a 50-36 double then the big ring is too big and the small ring isn't small enough. It's race gearing, you're supposed to be pushing all the time. But a 11-34 cassette and a 36 bottom ring will get you about the same low gear you had with the triple.
Unless I wanted to use the 11-34 with my triple....
Anyway, I'm not saying you can't make a compact work. I'm just saying a triple is better. I have yet to hear an argument that convinces me otherwise, with the possible exception of "I want to use SRAM and they don't make triples."