All the cool kids ride doubles because they don't know how to shift a triple properly, or how to set one up so that it does shift properly. Shimano pushes them out of self-defense because there aren't enough good mechanics who know how--or will follow the directions properly--to set up a triple.

Unless you're a racer, there's nothing inherently "better" about either drivetrain--provided you know how to use it and it's set up properly.

If you're happy with your triple, keep it. If you want a double only because that's what the cool kids ride, or you have some other itch to scratch, then there's nothing anyone can say. Go buy the 6800.

As for me, it's not so much the double part as it is the compact part that bothers me.

My typical cruising speed is right in that range where you're cross-chained in either the 34 or the 50. Annoying as hell. So my Litespeed's double is a standard not a compact.

The other thing about wide-range drivetrains is that people look only at the ends, not the middle. Maybe it's not an issue if you live someplace hilly, but I certainly don't like drivetrains with big jumps between the gears in the midrange.

There's a guy on another forum, former racer, now a custom builder of racing bikes. The man's never owned a triple in his life. On a recent trip to France, all he could rent was a triple. He fell in love with it because of the tight gearing in back. Even in the mountains he liked all those extra gears.

So it's not always a case of range.