Woe...this is really complex now. Are you all saying that the higher the gear the faster I'll go? Doesn't how fast I go depend on how fast I pedal? I mean I can pedal faster when I'm on a lower gear so I always thought that I would be going faster because of that. I remember I shifted up to 3 once and it was more difficult to pedal fast so therefore I was going slower.

I also remember having the back gear at 2 and the front gear at 2 and my legs were burning going up a somewhat steep hill. This was on a city street.