Double chaninsets for touring- what are the cool kids using?

[Andy W]

Oops, Centaur triple on my trusty 16 year old Longstaff Compact Audax and Grx on my Genesis cdf TANK.

[Lightning Phil]

Reading the posts here. May my current 9 speed triple, rear derailleur, and friction shifters live long and prosper.

[IanDG]

Oops, Centaur triple on my trusty 16 year old Longstaff Compact Audax and Grx on my Genesis cdf TANK.

I'm not cool - Stronglight Impact triple on 3 bikes

Surly LHT - 46/34/24
Surly Cross Check - 44/34/24
Genesis Equilibrium  - 48/36/26

[100kiloKOM]

for anybody interested I run a modern(ish) 105 triple with 26/38/50, with a 105 front mech and early 90's Campag Record Ergo shifters (not specced as triple but the LH lever is effectively a ratchet so works well with a triple)

This system is out of spec and should'nt work in so many ways but with a bit of fettling it seems to work fine.  Although the shift up from 26 to 38 can be a bit clunky if I get the lever movement wrong, was much smoother when a ran a more conventional 30/40/50 set up.

[LateStarter]

I'm not cool - ..... triple on 3 bikes

Surly LHT - 46/34/24
Surly Cross Check - 44/34/24
Genesis Equilibrium  - 48/36/26

Nor I

2008 Al Cannondale Touring 2 - 9sp 48/36/26 Shimano cranks & 12-36
2013 Steel Vivente World Randonneur - 9sp 48/36/24 Sugano cranks & 12-36, Sora levers & 3x FD, RD M772

But in 2015 when specing my Lynskey Ti ultimate Audax bike I let the cool "modern doubles can have the same range as a triple" lie influence me and got 10sp 46/30 Velo Orange cranks & 11-36, I hated it from the first ride, not only did I lose a couple or three bottom gears but the ratios I used most were split across the rings requiring constant shifting (& the ultegra 2x FD wasn't all that smooth). So after a year of trying to be cool I gave up and gave it a 9sp setup just like the Vivente and loved it again , could spend much of a day just in the middle ring with occasional big or little as needed.

Having proven my uncoolness I have also mixed the LH Sora 3x lever with the original RH Ultegra 10x (with a 10sp chain & cassette of course) giving a 3 x 10 and the best bit is the RD M772 works perfectly as a 9sp or 10 sp depending on the lever pulls, magic !

The Cannondale has been repurposed as a gravel grinder as it takes bigger tires and the poor Vivente hardly ever gets out these days, should really find it a new home

So un-cool