Double or Triple Chainset?

plumb71

Hi, going to upgrade my triple chainset, but not sure on a triple again or a double, what is best? i will be sticking to 9 speed and mainly ride trails.

supersonic

Is simply what suits you. Do you stay in the middle chainring a lot?

plumb71

I do stay in the middle a lot, but do sometimes use the other two, this is what has got me undecided

supersonic

I'd stay with the triple.

plumb71

supersonic wrote:

I'd stay with the triple.

thanks

dusk

I'd go with the double, I rarely used my big ring and switched to a double and I've never once missed it

Chunkers1980

Was that a classic triple you switched to make a double by removing the big ring though?

bennett_346

Just think to yourself how often you use the big ring and if it would be missed. If you never have issues with clearance and aren't bothered about the extra weight just stick with a triple.

dusk

I bought a double chainset

bennett_346

Makes no odds to the OP really.

njee20

A double needn't be 22/36! I ran doubles for years before they were fashionable, 32/44, 30/42, 28/40 and 28/42.

I'd not go back to a triple, YMMV.