Originally Posted by
wphamilton
I'd only want a compact for a better climbing gear ratio at the bottom end, or a triple if I really needed that. I have the impression from OP that he's climbing pretty well. 60 RPM up his 9% grade is already not shabby, and I expect him to get stronger since he's just recently started. It seems to me that talk about changing to a compact double is premature, and a triple is an overly drastic change, when just swapping a cassette may be all he ever really needs. And maybe not even that.
Those are my thoughts exactly. I posted earlier that the poster just needs to build up strength before deciding his current gearing won't work. You added a lot more good info for him.