I forgot about going in between gears. It didn't happen that often and since mine was really old didn't know that new ones did that. If it acted funny I'd fiddle with the adjustment till it worked right. Dad pulled an old raleigh from somewhere. The bike had been outside so much the red paint had faded to gray. I got it at about 9 years old the frame was too big for me "You'll grow into it." It lasted through delivering papers in all weather, many hours of "fender tag" in the sandy pine woods and miles of riding to activities- parents had one car and didn't believe in taxiing kids around. Do kids still play "fender tag" with their bikes in the woods? This was before mountain bikes so we used our paper delivery bikes or stingrays. Every time I see that Sturmey-Archer shifter on some beater in town it brings back memories.