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Kimmo
I haven't owned a triple for a long time, the only thing that really puts me off them is that it seems like you can't get sti ones that are compatible with hydraulics and for me I'd want any touring bike to have hydraulics for the purposes of braking down steep hills. I guess the way round would be to just use bar end shifters and some singlespeed hydraulic levers.
There's a guy at brixton cycles (may have since moved on) who build a midnight special up this way and he seems very happy with it. So you can get nice low gearing without needing to buy really spendy cassettes and chains over the life of the bike.
Spa actually sell quite a few 'doubles' which are literally just triple chainsets but with the big ring converted in to a guard so you can't slash your leg open.