will i be ok on a cx bike with a compact.
or would i be better with a triple.
never ridden in the pyrenees before so do not know what to expect.
going in 4 weeks can’t wait.
anyone been, is it good…

Carrying panniers? Then a triple definately. It’ll make those long climbs all the more enjoyable.

Compact will be fine – just put a 28 or 29 block on it.

Depends how heavily laden you are and the distances you plan on doing. I’ve only ever stayed around the Luchon area where A Quick Release holidays are based and from what I rode there’s nothing that would need a triple but the guides reckoned that even they needed compacts on normal road bikes for some of the mountains there…