Originally Posted by
John E
No, keep pedaling while shifting, but without applying any significant torque on the crank or driving force along the chain. You should be pedaling more slowly than if you were actually propelling the bike forward. To do this on hills, one has to anticipate downshifts, changing down to a lower gear before one's crank RPMs drop too low.
In other words; shift as I normally do, not pause as the LBS in CO says is normal. Thanks for the affirmation. Guess the next step is to wait for what I find out from Adriant about just changing the large ring gear.