What does "Triple" mean in terms of Bicycles?

Question

What does "Triple" mean in terms of Bicycles?

Answer 1

the crank can be a double where it has two chainrings or a tripple where it has three.  

Answer 2

3 Gears

Answer 3

the triple refers to 3 rings on the front gear set.  the smallest called the granny gear.  some serious riders do not have it but i like having the triple for the granny gear especially on some of the hills i climb.  

Answer 4

Triple usually refers to the crankset, the chainrings by the pedals. If there are three it's a triple. Triple cranks are less common on new bikes now since the advent of compact cranks.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Three gears on the front chain ring, good for hills.