Originally Posted by BarracksSi

shawmutt, have you ever gone jogging? Use that same cadence. I'll bet it's between 80 and 95 rpm already.

About the bike itself -- when I ride a triple, I treat it like this: granny ring = hills; middle ring = cruising; big ring = speed or downhill. Once I've picked one of those, I shift the rear to keep my cadence in check.