Originally Posted by
RubeRad
That's pretty slick! Of course not necessary if you're on-the-ball enough to shift down before arriving at the stoplight, but we all forget sometimes, right? I'm going to not shift down on purpose on my way home tonight to try that out!
I got spoiled by an IGH, so needed to relearn to shift before the stop.
I've learned this little trick when riding a fixie last summer, there it's pretty necessary.