Originally Posted by
heyguys
The thing is...if you plan to stick with cycling then you will soon outgrow a triple. I mean...you will out grow it very very quick. A compact crank will give you much more room to grow into your bike...cassettes arent too expensive. Just really make sure you have that 12/27...you can count the cogs if you want...I promise you will be better off....
This is coming from someone who has owned both.
What the heck does that mean? My
race bike has a double. I don't see much reason not to have a triple on my other bikes or a hypothetical long-distance/commuting/winter training/just-riding-around road bike that I could well have in the future. "Outgrow." How ridiculous.
OP - you'll probably be fine with the compact, and it will be expensive to switch to a triple. Not as bad as all that, though. Your bike appears to be spec'ed with Shimano 105, and last I checked, the 105 shifters were double/triple compatible.