Originally Posted by andrewclaus

A friend just handed me a TCR Composite 1 "Compact Road" 9 speed, with the same components shown above. She said it's too twitchy for her, a novice rider. The RD is a 9500, max cog 28. 39-28 is too high for the terrain I ride in with my senior strength.

I just decided I'm not going to go through the time and expense of updating the drive train, trying to find a long-cage 9-speed Ultegra and compact double crankset (it has an Octalink V1 BB). I'm going donate it to the non-profit I volunteer at. If we can't move it we'll part it out.