Originally Posted by manutd
I was told that 'no one races with a triple, they'd get laughed at'....but that being said, if you don't want to race and you live in a very hilly area and want to spin some of those very big hills a triple would come in handy....
but yeah, heavier and little use is what my LBS told me..
JL
I race with a triple right now and nobody laughs at me, especially when I beat them to the finish line.
The advantage of a triple is just more gears at the low end, even more than with a compact double. The high end with the compact drivetrain is about the same, but you still get 2-3 extra low gears with the triple.
If it makes your riding more enjoyable to spin a faster cadence up steeper hills, go triple, and those LBS employees can mash their too-big gears and be proud of themselves. I think a lot of LBS employees talk a bigger game than they ride anyway.