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It looks like you are doing things right. He is using the gears. I can't begin to count the number of kids I have ridden with on cycling merit badge rides who refuse to use the gears even though I might be riding right behind them reminding them to shift up or down. Sometimes it is like talking to a wall. The ones who never learned rarely completed the badge because it required a 50 mile ride in 8 hours or less. The kids who wouldn't shift would get tired and drop off long before the end of the ride.