Originally Posted by
corrado33
I, like you, love triples. My commuters are all 1x systems or 3x systems. In the triples I'm almost always in the middle chainring. It's perfect.
Exactly! I feel like 50-39-30 is essentially a 50-39 double with a bailout ring, while 50-34 is essentially a 50T 1x with a poorly chosen single ring and an inadequate bailout gear.
I don't mind 46-34 for commuting, but I like to pretend that I need a bigger ring for weekend road rides.