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Kevan wrote:

What I've heard is there can be what some people feel is considerable chain flop/float/whatever when dropping into the small ring from big and that the transition to big from small is often not as smooth as the more standard crank. Perhaps the grievance is people are over estimating their climbing needs and underestimating their time spent in flat or rolling terrain where the benefits are less felt but the gear change problems remain.

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The compact hasn't given me any trouble shifting between rings with a standard D.A. front derailleur. The gap from cog to cog is about the same. I gave up a little on the top end for an extra gear on the bottom.

The compact was a cost effective way to get a lower gear without an expensive trade-out to a triple or a long-cage rear derailleur and big cogset.

I used a 52/42 with a 13/24 7 cogset for years in the mountains and some studs would still be perfectly happy with that. Oh well, that's not me no mo.

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