bike driving style
01-18-16, 08:50 PM
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bike driving style
Have you ever thought riding a road bike or other bikes with gears, is like driving a Manual transmission with a flap paddle gear box. You can pick what gear to be in and redline it or cruise at a lower Rpm.
01-18-16, 10:35 PM
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I usually don't drive my bike, but when I do I put it in the back of my hatchback. My car is a manual, and I tend to keep it about 50-60% of redline when accelerating.
01-18-16, 11:07 PM
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01-19-16, 01:01 AM
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Upshift when you want to increase pedal force. Downshift when you want to spin faster, decrease pedal force, or climb a hill.
However, perhaps it is more like a truck with a 2-speed rearend. You've got to worry about both the tranny and the rear-end gearing.
01-19-16, 04:21 AM
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I find when I imagine I am driving a car while riding a bike, cyclists tend to annoy me so I try to run myself off the road while shouting curses at myself. In retaliation I then blind myself with my 500-lumen flashing headlight. It gets confusing when I try to describe the other party for the police report.
Safer to imagine I am riding a bike when I ride.
Safer to imagine I am riding a bike when I ride.
01-19-16, 05:25 AM
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I find when I imagine I am driving a car while riding a bike, cyclists tend to annoy me so I try to run myself off the road while shouting curses at myself. In retaliation I then blind myself with my 500-lumen flashing headlight. It gets confusing when I try to describe the other party for the police report.
01-19-16, 06:04 AM
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When I ride my fixed gear, I do daydream about what a single speed transmission might mean to my car's engine. I find that I'm developing a broader power band as a result.
With a multi-geared bike, no.
With a multi-geared bike, no.
01-19-16, 06:57 AM
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Hmmm... Less thinking and more riding.
Upshift when you want to increase pedal force. Downshift when you want to spin faster, decrease pedal force, or climb a hill.
However, perhaps it is more like a truck with a 2-speed rearend. You've got to worry about both the tranny and the rear-end gearing.
Upshift when you want to increase pedal force. Downshift when you want to spin faster, decrease pedal force, or climb a hill.
However, perhaps it is more like a truck with a 2-speed rearend. You've got to worry about both the tranny and the rear-end gearing.
I like the heavy truck analogy!
01-19-16, 08:21 AM
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So this is slightly (mostly) OT, but I have a stick shift car and out of curiosity I did a search on whether regular heel-n-toe style downshifts while decelerating add extra wear and tear to a clutch or transmission.
Some internet people loudly insist that the only way to downshift correctly without additional wear is to double clutch with careful rev-matching. Didn't synchronized gearboxes eliminate the need for that sort of driving? Are they just paranoid?
Some internet people loudly insist that the only way to downshift correctly without additional wear is to double clutch with careful rev-matching. Didn't synchronized gearboxes eliminate the need for that sort of driving? Are they just paranoid?
01-19-16, 08:28 AM
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It will "drastically accelerate the wear" on your gearbox and clutch, allegedly. I bet they're the same type of folks that believe aluminum bike frames should be discarded after 8 years.
01-19-16, 08:40 AM
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No. I don't know how to drive a stick.
01-19-16, 01:22 PM
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So this is slightly (mostly) OT, but I have a stick shift car and out of curiosity I did a search on whether regular heel-n-toe style downshifts while decelerating add extra wear and tear to a clutch or transmission.
Some internet people loudly insist that the only way to downshift correctly without additional wear is to double clutch with careful rev-matching. Didn't synchronized gearboxes eliminate the need for that sort of driving? Are they just paranoid?
Some internet people loudly insist that the only way to downshift correctly without additional wear is to double clutch with careful rev-matching. Didn't synchronized gearboxes eliminate the need for that sort of driving? Are they just paranoid?
01-19-16, 01:41 PM
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Sure, but they're designed to do that, right? I'd imagine the syncros should last as long as the gears themselves under normal operation without double clutching.
01-19-16, 03:10 PM
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I can't find the clutch on my bike. I will write the manufacturer, I guess.
01-19-16, 03:54 PM
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So this is slightly (mostly) OT, but I have a stick shift car and out of curiosity I did a search on whether regular heel-n-toe style downshifts while decelerating add extra wear and tear to a clutch or transmission.
Some internet people loudly insist that the only way to downshift correctly without additional wear is to double clutch with careful rev-matching. Didn't synchronized gearboxes eliminate the need for that sort of driving? Are they just paranoid?
Some internet people loudly insist that the only way to downshift correctly without additional wear is to double clutch with careful rev-matching. Didn't synchronized gearboxes eliminate the need for that sort of driving? Are they just paranoid?
01-19-16, 06:14 PM
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So this is slightly (mostly) OT, but I have a stick shift car and out of curiosity I did a search on whether regular heel-n-toe style downshifts while decelerating add extra wear and tear to a clutch or transmission.
Some internet people loudly insist that the only way to downshift correctly without additional wear is to double clutch with careful rev-matching. Didn't synchronized gearboxes eliminate the need for that sort of driving? Are they just paranoid?
Some internet people loudly insist that the only way to downshift correctly without additional wear is to double clutch with careful rev-matching. Didn't synchronized gearboxes eliminate the need for that sort of driving? Are they just paranoid?
Regular driving there's no need to heal toe downshift.
As for wear on your clutch if your hammering into turns, downshifting to be in the right gear to accelerate out as fast as possible, you'll add much less wear to the clutch with a properly executed heal toe downshift, than just shifting into the lower gear and forcing the engine to suddenly surge up a couple thousand rpm
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