It absolutely is different and I love mine. I'm switching to a 52/36 in order to have a bit more top end, but that's only because I'm also upgrading to 11spd so I'll have an 11-28 spread. A 34/26 will get you up absolutely anything, and it's honestly pretty rare to need much higher than a 50-11 though there have been a few occasions while racing where an extra gear would've come in handy.