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when you first get into riding there is a lot to think about so what gear should you be in on the flat what about going up hill when should you change gear there is a lot to it right let’s take a quick look at our gears your right hand shifter will control the gears at the back of the bike and your left hand shifter will control the gears up front up here you’ve got two chain Rings usually you’ll have two sometimes you’ll have one sometimes you’ll have three and essentially the Big Chain ring is a harder gear and little chain ring in the inside of the bike is a smaller easier gear on the rear cassettes here is actually the smaller Cog which is the harder one so when you’re traveling faster you need a bigger gear to be able to match the speed you’re riding at that’s when you’re looking for those smaller cogs down the block to the right hand side the bigger Cog that is easier for easier riding when you’re traveling up climbs
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Get a cyclometer with cadence. As you get experience, you'll start to notice what cadence you most prefer. On longer rides, as fatigue starts to settle in, pay attention to your cadence and use this to shift accordingly.
As a beginner, if you have di2 you can set up sequential shifting so you do not even have to think about andvjust find the most comfortable gear up or down
still prefer mtb casettes. road casettes are just too dense in my opinion.
This video is only true if you run Shimano di2, or cable systems, btw. No SRAM electric system functions this way/
I have a singlespeed – which gear should i chose and when?
SRAM Red 1x. Not much to think about, just pedal.
So beautiful β€
Iβd recommend getting an IGH with belt drive.
Personally i find on my 26 inc MTB that has a modified 3 x 12 for long range. For High range (49 T) the 12 th ( smallest) up to the 4th smallest ( 9th speed) is ideal for either down hill or cruze control speed on straight flat highways.
The medium range ring gear may be ysed for the entire 12 speed range, howver using medium low in traffic or built up city areas are good. Using a medium low gear with the 1st speed, ( the largest cog) depends on the hill you need to climb. Also using splitshifting asending a hill that becames more inclined, then in the art of conserving your pistion rings that when pushed will use up all your energy. Using the smallest chain ring, the low gear, the 1st speed down to either 4 th or 5th is the limit.
The idea of having more gear ranges 3 x 12 is not that some ratios may overlap, or some gear combinations may be the same, its the ability to be able to splitshift gears to ease you up a hill or on a level road
Would I want to be in big cog on the front on flats? They never explained what the big vs small was for the front 2 or 3 cogs bikes have. Im assuming flats should be Small front + Small rear, but when would you ever use Big Front? π
You guys have front gear
10 speed here, 1 on the front 9/10 on the back cassette. Should I be in 6-9 on a steephill? – Sheffield has some really steep gradients
Switching gears is pretty intuitive on newer bikes. I got my first road bike in 2018 and got the gearing down within the first two weeks or so