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Anonymous Mon 10 Aug 2020 11:57:09 No.1850028 View View Reply Original Report

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I learned to ride a bike at 27 and I'm still learning. Practicing twice a week (living in a big city, have to be careful with cars and shit, no nature arround).

Now I don't understand gears. I just use the ones the guys from the shop recommended me for normal road, but sometimes the road is uphill and it seems like I have to pedal like a fucking maniac while other people just chill.
I know my legs are probably super weak but still, it's most likely because I dont understand gears.

I watched tutorials but I still don't understand SHIT. Just tell me what combination use for what please.

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Anonymous Mon 10 Aug 2020 12:12:55 No.1850033 Report

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>>1850028
>I learned to ride a bike at 27
Do you resent your parents for failing you?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 10 Aug 2020 12:16:27 No.1850037 Report

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How many gears do you have? I have a 2x8 (two gears on front, eight on the back) gravel bike and I'm pretty much always riding on large front gear - the smaller gear is only for really steep uphills. Using only rear gears (sorry, I don't know the exact english term) is very simple, you can try it out and you won't fuck your bike up. Just switch to the smaller rear gear when you are riding downhill or want to go faster and switch to the large gear when you are riding uphill. When you'll get comfortable with switching rear gears, you can start to learn how to operate with different front/rear combinations.
Just remember to use rather lighter gears and pedal faster. It's better for your gears, chain, and most important - knees.
Btw. where are you from? Not trying to be a dick, but where I'm from pretty much every kid learns how to ride bike when they're 5-10 years old, so that's just interesting for me

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Anonymous Mon 10 Aug 2020 13:15:09 No.1850058 Report

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>>1850028
>I learned to ride a bike at 27
Fucking hell. I knew some people were sheltered but holy shit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 10 Aug 2020 14:34:11 No.1850101 Report

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>>1850028
how cute! congrats on learning a new skill. one of my friends is 24 and still hasn't learned
generally switch to smaller gears if you're going up a steep hill. otherwise stick to larger. just do what's comfy

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Anonymous Mon 10 Aug 2020 14:48:45 No.1850105 Report

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>>1850028
The real trick with managing big hills is this, imo: get your speed up at higher gears, then switch to lower gears near the bottom of the hill, before pedalling gets difficult. I find if I switch too late I've already lost my momentum and that's when I need to pedal like a maniac. If you time all this right you should be able to climb hills without too much unnecessary effort.

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Anonymous Mon 10 Aug 2020 14:57:42 No.1850112 Report

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The gears are numbered on your shifters, right? The lower the number, the lower your effective speed at a constant pedaling speed. If you wanna go faster or pedal slower, shift either the front up (larger number/larger ring) or the rear up (larger number/smaller ring), if you wanna go slower or pedal faster, shift either the front down (smaller number/smaller ring) or the rear down (smaller number/larger ring).

Also avoid being in the highest (largest) gear in the front and the lowest (largest) gear in the back and vice versa, it's called cross chaining and it increases friction and therefore chain wear and decreases drivetrain efficiency.

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Anonymous Mon 10 Aug 2020 15:12:14 No.1850119 Report

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>>1850028
Alright OP, quick lesson.

Doesn't matter how many gears you have, they all work the same whether its a ten speed (2 front, 5 rear) or a 21 speed (3 front, 7 rear).

Front gears- smaller for hills. Each leg pump moves less chain which turns the rear tire slower.

Rear gear- larger for hills. Takes more chain to rotate wheel each time which means more leg pumps.

If it takes two leg pumps to rotate the tire then that is half the felt effort compared to one leg pump to rotate the tire.

Some gears "overlap".
So if you have a 21 speed (3/7) then #1 front with #3 rear might be the same ratio as #2 front and #6 rear.

Start by putting the rear set in the middle and just changing the front during your commute. Then after you've changed higher/lower and maxed out the front change the rear.
After you feel comfortable with that, leave the front alone and just cycle through the rest set.

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Anonymous Mon 10 Aug 2020 15:40:50 No.1850134 Report

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Looks like you got plenty of answers but for future reference >>>/n/ is full of bikefags and bike threads make up about half the board, the remainder being train autism lol.

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Anonymous Mon 10 Aug 2020 18:10:57 No.1850227 Report

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>>1850028
wrong board faggot >>>/n/

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Anonymous Wed 12 Aug 2020 21:15:53 No.1852275 Report

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>>1850028
>I learned to ride a bike at 27 and I'm still learning.
Based
Its never too late to pick up a new skill

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Anonymous Wed 12 Aug 2020 21:21:39 No.1852281 Report

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>>1850028
Am i the first itt to call you a nigger?

Apart from this:
>>1852275

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Anonymous Wed 12 Aug 2020 22:32:19 No.1852344 Report

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>>1850028
Just change gears up and down and see how they affect pedals. Rpm is inverse to torque. Uphill you want to pedal fast, downhill pedal slow. You always want to be pedaling slightly faster then you think you need to. Gear number is left times right (probably)

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Anonymous Thu 13 Aug 2020 04:33:21 No.1852611 Report

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>>1850028
What?
Gears are there to make it easier to pedal.
I don't get how this is not intuitive to you and don't also get how people can write essays about this.
Smaller gears for lower speeds and uphills and bigger gears for higher speeds and downhills etc.
Make sure your legs don't spin like a tornado and that you have a relatively even cadence at every speed. Whatever is comfortable for you.
Good luck!

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Anonymous Thu 13 Aug 2020 20:48:42 No.1853158 Report

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>>1850028
>level ground, no head wind
3-8
>slight incline
3-5 ish
>steep incline
1-1 to 1-3

use whatever gear feels comfortable. ignore other cyclists.

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