jay clock
Massive member
- Location
- Hampshire UK
27 gears is not hugely better than 18. My 2 current road bikes are compacts and suit me fine (27 teeth on the back). However I have had triples and like the fact that the middle ring is a pottering along steadily gear and the smallest ring is a get out of jail ring. Sorry not got time to add more, but lots of answers on here about it