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Changing Gears Correctly

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southcoastclaret Aug 2012 6:28am, 22 Aug 2012 53 posts	0 southcoastclaret I read, and then put into practice that when it becomes necessary to move from the outer chainring to the inner, you should change down on the front, and immediately change up one on the cassette. It's a similar principle to Simbil (though as I've only an 8 speed cassette 2 might be too big a jump). The difference is that I change the chainring, and then the cassette - round here it is very lumpy with lots of pretty short, but steep hills. Thus it is very hard to get into the correct gear for a hill in advance - changing into a harder gear on the cassette and then moving the chainring would be very difficult once on a tough hill.
southcoastclaret Aug 2012 6:28am, 22 Aug 2012 54 posts	0 southcoastclaret I read, and then put into practice that when it becomes necessary to move from the outer chainring to the inner, you should change down on the front, and immediately change up one on the cassette. It's a similar principle to Simbil (though as I've only an 8 speed cassette 2 might be too big a jump). The difference is that I change the chainring, and then the cassette - round here it is very lumpy with lots of pretty short, but steep hills. Thus it is very hard to get into the correct gear for a hill in advance - changing into a harder gear on the cassette and then moving the chainring would be very difficult once on a tough hill.
Oysterboy Aug 2012 6:57am, 22 Aug 2012 3488 posts	0 Oysterboy You need to familiarise yourself with the rules, I've only just learnt them myself. velominati.com Basically HTFU and stay on the big ring.
Hills of Death (HOD) Aug 2012 8:12am, 22 Aug 2012 27426 posts	0 Hills of Death (HOD) I do OB On my usual course last night mainly cause my TT bike is stiff on the the change up on front. I stayed in big boy ring and pushed hard. As Tim Don says 'overgear' work. I flew
Hills of Death (HOD) Aug 2012 8:15am, 22 Aug 2012 27427 posts	0 Hills of Death (HOD) Some good rules there and some silly ones. I like the Mountain bike pedals should be left on MTB I wince when I see little spds on a road bike SPD-SL Rules
Gobi Aug 2012 11:55am, 22 Aug 2012 48436 posts	0 Gobi I said that
Hills of Death (HOD) Aug 2012 12:07pm, 22 Aug 2012 27438 posts	0 Hills of Death (HOD) What DL ?

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What is the suggested method for gear changing when you need to work thru your gears when climbing ?...

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