Richard, did you read that part? This isn't about you and your choices anymore.
I didn't want to argue with you - I was moving on to something bigger than one individual's needs... and I was using your wonderful and great works-for-you gearing as an example.

I didn't want your long stories justifying your choices. Being closed minded is constantly feeling yourself threatened (which I was not trying to do) and having to defend yourself, even when it is being said that we are using this as an example to continue another discussion, namely, the feasability of a Compact Double instead of a Triple... not for you! But for others in general! But maybe it's my fault for making it too long and you didn't read it... just looked at the tables and then replied.

So could you please just take it for what it is? Accept it as such? I already told you, since you keep on fighting for my approval, that I do give you my blessing with your choices (not that I ever felt you needed my permission, but you keep on coming back at me here, so I'm officially going on record that I approve and am sending you some love!). I wrote that because someone here attacked me, and pretty much told me that a sane knowledgeable person couldn't possibly want to put a Compact Double onto a recumbent. I mean, a double on a recumbent... God forbid!!!

As I said, I'm only taking your triple as a baseline for comparison, because it seems like very good gearing to use for comparison's sake. You just gave us a wonderful example to go with is all!
Cheers!
PS: your condescending tone in your opening sentences wasn't cool.