It's not range I'm concerned about. I have a 2x11 on my Lynskey with a 50/34 in front and an 11-34 in back. Unless I'm on a -1% for a while, I'm not really sitting in 50x11, and I can make it up the short, 9.4% grade on my typical route using 34x27. My bigger concern is that I don't have a 16T or 14T in back, so I have to choose between 13, 15, and 17 on flats. If I had a 52/42/32 triple in front, I could run a much tighter cassette in back (giving me 13,14,15,16,17T cogs), while still having a 32-27 for climbs. In fact, this is the gearing my Bianchi 3x9 runs, with very tight spacing for near-flat terrain, as well.
On my current project bike, I've put on a 48-32, and planning for a SRAM 11-28 to get corncob gearing. Sure, I'll lose my top-end (48x11 instead of 50x11 or 52x12 on my other bikes), but like I said... range on that end really doesn't matter for me. If I end up liking this gearing, I may adapt my Lynskey to be more like that.