Originally Posted by
tntyz
What's your motivation for even wanting to swap out the components?
I have an '08 Madone 4.5 with a triple. It's new to me, so I don't speak from long experience. I love it. I was out in howling wind a few weeks ago on a "recovery" ride. Glad to have those granny gears that let me keep my cadence up and my HR down.
The shifting on that bike is smooth and fast, too. Stick with the triple unless you have a good reason to switch.
...I asked that very question of myself and my BSL guy....Really, it isn't much of anything otehr than it being a little lighter (seriously, doesn't matter to me...) and the whole double versus triple head games....which really doesn't bother me either.
I guess I was more wondering about compact versus regular perhaps?
It sounds to me from the feedback here that if I pull the trigger on this bad boy..why mess with it? Leave it as is....except of course I'll swap out the bars in favor of the ones I run now on the Klein....probably a saddle swap to what I have now too I guess.