Originally Posted by
tomato coupe
Everyone I know that uses a compact double has figured out how to use them in an easy, efficient manner. (It's pretty simple.) Clearly, however, you should stick with a triple.
Yeah, they are nowhere near as bad as some people make out. Sure whenever you drop to the small ring you typically double shift the rear to match your cadence, but it's not a big deal. Having said that I'm about to go 1x on my next road bike. Having run 1x on mtbs for the last 6 years I'm sold on it. Now we have 13 speed Campag Ekar with a sensible cassette range I'm finally up for it on the road in place of a compact double.