I'm currently running a 53/39 crank and a 12-25 cassette. I don't know whether it's because I'm new to road biking (it's only been 2 months already) or because I'm a super duper weenie, but I almost EXCLUSIVELY use the smaller chainring. Seems like my legs are still weak to push the larger chainring.

So would switching to compact cranks help? I like the idea of being able to use the larger chainring for flats and then the smaller one for hills. But it's like I'm limited to only one of them now.