Thank you to all. I appreciate all of the input. You are right that on the smalles ring up front and smalles cog in back the chain itself is actually rubbing the outer ring. I think this didn't happen on the Shimano becasue the inner ring was a bit larger. I also get the feeling that the Wipperman chain is not as flexible side to side as the Shimano.
The real question is...whey does everyone go for these compact gears?