Firstly, a beginner should familiarise themselves with the gears on their bicycle in order to understand how to use bicycle gears. As you can only change gears while pedalling, this is an important skill to practice. After this, the focus should shift to how to use bicycle gears when appro...
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How to use your gears:Choosing the correct gear for the trail ahead of you can be challenging at first; just remember to look ahead and anticipate what you will encounter. If you're approaching a climb, shift to an easier gear as you hit the base of the climb. If you see a long do...
Further reading: How to Use Bike Gears Choose the style: Mountain bike: Kids' mountain bikes usually have wider, knobbier tires and may also feature front shocks, which are designed to soften the impact of rough terrain by compressing and rebounding, and can help with overall stability. They...
gears down and your thumb to move the gears up. With a brake lever system on a road bike, use your fingers to press the lever inward (toward the stem of the handlebar) to go into an easier gear and press either the small lever located on the side of the brake hood or the lever ...
This is a comprehensive guide on how to change the gears on a road bike or a mountain bike. Road bike shifters can feel intimidating at first, but this guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to use Shimano, SRAM and Campagnolo drop-bar shifters. ...
Squish through the suspension without pedaling, do a wheelie and listen as the front wheel comes back down, try different gears. Try to isolate what you’re doing when the bike makes the noise. This will help you figure out where the noise is coming from. Then check the solutions we ...
My wife's road bike has Shimano Sora shifters with a triple front derailleur (stock). The thumb switch on the front shifter is VERY hard to use and she can't do it when she's riding. I did a full adjustment of the front derailleur but it didn't change anything. One thing that I...
Be sure to also check your brakes work, your tires don’t have any punctures and run straight when you turn them by hand (without hitting the rims of the bike), and finally the chain is clean and lubricated and the gears shift smoothly. ...
If the gears on your bike are indexed properly, each single click of the shifter will cause a single shift up or down the gears, front or rear. In this step-by-step guide, we explain how to index your front and rear derailleurs by adjusting cable tension. ...