Originally Posted by
svtmike
That's probably because the 39 isn't any different from the middle ring of your old triple. The most common middle rings on triples these days are 39 and 42.
True...the middle ring on my triple is a 40....but yet, on the triple, I'd spend a lot of time in the 30. (Told ya I was weak!). Last few rides on my triple, in preparation for getting the standard, I'd keep it in the 40- and I wasn't able to make it up the worst climb of my ride. I figured I'd be walking the standard up it....but amazingly, come the first time I rode the standard, I mae it up that climb, with ooommph to spare.