Triple Chainset to Double

[oldfatfool]

Compacts are for denialists with a complex. Mfu and get a proper double or admit you aren't 18 or a pro athlete and get a triple

 

[themosquitoking]

Compacts are for denialists with a complex. Mfu and get a proper double or admit you aren't 18 or a pro athlete and get a triple

A few groupsets out there don't make a triple shifter anymore.

 

[Londonboy]

Save the money and do a complete upgrade to Ultegra.

 

[boydj]

I like triples, because you can do most of your riding on a 39 or 42, with the big ring for downwind or downhill and the granny ring for when the hill gets steep.

I find 34 too small to stay in for long, and the 50 just a bit big for cruising, leading to a poor chainline. My good bike is now 46/34 and if I am spinning out on a downhill a bigger ring would be no more effective then getting into as aero a tuck as possible.

 

[Will Spin]

Don't get rid of your triple...you'll regret it.. biggest gear range, nice smooth changes, what's not to like?

 

[Dec66]

Don't get rid of your triple...you'll regret it.. biggest gear range, nice smooth changes, what's not to like?

Mech rub.

 

[burntoutbanger]

I like triples, because you can do most of your riding on a 39 or 42, with the big ring for downwind or downhill and the granny ring for when the hill gets steep.

I find 34 too small to stay in for long, and the 50 just a bit big for cruising, leading to a poor chainline. My good bike is now 46/34 and if I am spinning out on a downhill a bigger ring would be no more effective then getting into as aero a tuck as possible.

I'd like to go lower than a 50 on my big ring too, did you have to change/adjust anything else or was it just a case of swapping the rings?

 

[graham bowers]

Another vote for keeping the triple. I wish my compact double equipped road bike was triple equipped as I find I have to make many double-shifts and it spoils the enjoyment for me.

 

[Ajax Bay]

Mech rub.

Correct set up and trimming expertise mitigate this risk. The chain only rubs on my triple (FD-5504) FD cage when I have reached the point I should have changed chainrings - the audible 'warning' is welcome (and in the dark when you can't see the cassette (or cranks) the noise helps).

 

[Dec66]

Correct set up and trimming expertise mitigate this risk. The chain only rubs on my triple (FD-5504) FD cage when I have reached the point I should have changed chainrings - the audible 'warning' is welcome (and in the dark when you can't see the cassette (or cranks) the noise helps.

Much easier on a double than a triple, though. Purely due to the travel of the chain through the mech over three rings as opposed to two.

And I have three triples

 

[boydj]

I'd like to go lower than a 50 on my big ring too, did you have to change/adjust anything else or was it just a case of swapping the rings?

Moved the front mech down a touch after changing the big ring. That was the only thing I had to do.