Shifting Gears
Hello to the forum,
It has been a long time since i have cycled and i just bought me and my girlfriend mountain bikes with 21 gears. To make my question simple i will talk in simple terms so forgive me if i call a part something other than waht it is. I understand how gears work but my question is how do you know what gear you are in? I have a controler on the left handle grip that has 3 positions and on the right a controler that has 7 positions. I know that it should be a straight forward understanding but my owners manual is not making it sttraight forward. for instance, if the left controler is in gear 1 then the right controler shoul be shifting throught gears 1 through 7. As you switch to gear 2 on the left controler then you should be able to shift through gears 8 through 14.
This brings me to another question. What gear would you start in on a flat level surface?
Thanks for you inputs.
Mike