Originally Posted by
Catweazle
Gear changing on a bike is way different to gear changing in a vehicle, that's for sure, and I'm not feeling 'comfortable' with that yet.
(Off-topic and tongue in cheek) Why the **** do gears get referred to in ******** fashion on bikes, with high gear on the crankset getting denoted as '1', but high gear on the rear cassette getting the high number as a high gear should?)
My wife's bike is similar to yours. "1" does not mean the same thing on the left shifter as it does on the right. I am going to put a little lable on her shift indicators that says "fast" on one side of the indicator's scale and "hill" on the other. Then she can forget the numbers and think about if she needs more power or wants more speed. Shifting eventually becomes 2nd nature, but it does not help when the visual cues contradict one another.