Originally Posted by
Barrettscv
Actually, I'm interested in trying the 11-28 eleven speed with a 46 & 36 Cyclocross double. That would be a versatile set-up.
You make me laugh. In one post you say the smart solution is a triple and now you also want to try a cx double with an 11 sp cassette and you say it would be versatile set-up. This is more overlap than a compact double as well as slower on the fast end and way faster on the slow end than either a compact double or your preferred triple.
However you are right in that triples are so far superior to compact doubles which is why every major bike maker makes it the default gearing on all but their race bikes.........What is that? They don't; wonder why that is? The truth is in road bikes if you are buying new and wanting mid level and higher group sets finding a triple is going to be a problem.