Originally Posted by
Russ Roth
...especially when you had to stop quickly and restarted resulting in grinding through your gears.
I never encountered that issue. The most annoying feature of this system was that it would clatter when the bike speed kept it in between gears. But this could be avoided rather easily by either slightly slowing or speeding up... and it didn't take much. A more concerning issue happened if you tried to power sprint the bike. The unexpected up shifts that occurred under full power would violently throw your feet off the pedals. (which were smooth and slippery) I installed BMX style pedals with pins to help combat this. But seriously, this bike was only intended for easy cruising in the park, so this, and the issue you quoted probably weren't all that common for the original buyers.