Originally Posted by ruhelraj
hi,
I've just taken up cycling and got myself a second-hand bike with shift gears. There is gear knob on both handles. On the left hand is numbered 1-4 and the right hand knob is numbered 1-7!
This probably sounds dumb, but which ones should I select?!
Help on this would be greatly appreciated...by the way the gear is Shimano.
thank you,
Ruhelraj
The one on the left probably is rally only numbered 1-3, right?
Think about your bike as having 3 gear ranges. One for uphills, one for flatlands, and one for downhills. The three numbers on your left shifter correspond to those three gear ranges.
Within those 3 ranges you have 7 gears on the right hand shifter for fine tuneing. If you think that your feet are pedaling too fast, shift into a higher number. If you think that it's too hard to pedal, try a lower number.