Re #342 "continuous gearing": perhaps the one you got was slightly broken. I took a free trip on Citi bike today with a gift code from Citibank . I picked the new design. The gear does click into 1, 2, 3. It turns smoothly but does click, and there is no in-between gear if the shifter is turned halfway.

I kept looking at my left hand during the ride, as if there was a mirror