I noticed a discussion cropping up in the "New Chain Skipping" thread that I thought it would be worthwhile to dedicate a thread to this, as I have been thinking about it a bit -
I am a relatively new bike rider, and change gears as it makes sense to me - when i feel like i need more speed, i shift, when i feel like i am not going to be able to get up the hill, i shift. But I never really learned the "right" way to do this. I have learned a little about friction shifting just from poking around (lightening up on the cranks when I am about to shift, as an example) but haven't seen a dedicated thread to this, nor have I found a good resource. I know for many of you this is intuitive basic stuff, but I never learned how to ride a bike from anyone that actually knew what they are doing. I generally stay in the middle ring on my front chainring (I have a triple) and use all of the back gears until I need more, and then I shift to either the big or small chainring. I am cognizant of cross gearing, but am probably guilty of doing it once in a while. I have consistently had problems with chains slipping, throwing chains (both off the big and granny rings) across multiple bikes, which leads me to believe I am part of the problem. So how do you ride to ensure that you are treating the bike the way it should be treated? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/YFoX6yorjLcJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
