Need help please
#2
DEADBEEF

Joined: Aug 2002
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From: Catching his breath alongside a road near Seattle, WA USA
Bikes: 1999 K2 OzM, 2001 Aegis Aro Svelte
I'm assuming you have Sora shifters. When you say upshift, do you mean move to a harder gear or move to an easier gear? Generally speaking, upshifting is moving to a harder gear.
To upshift the rear, you simply push the thumb lever on the side of the right hood. One push will upshift one gear cog.
To upshift the front, you swing the left brake lever inwards (sideways) towards the centerline of the bike. Note that you can shift up to two chainrings this way depending on how far you swing the lever and of course which chainring you start from.
To downshift the rear, you swing the right brake lever inwards (sideways) towards the centerline of the bike. Note that you can shift up to three gears this way depending on how far you swing the lever and of course which gear you start from.
To downshift the front, you press the thumb lever on the left hood. One push will downshift one chainring.
These things and more should have been explained to you by the bike shop assuming you purchased the bike from a shop. If you have and they haven't, you may want to return to them and ask them to show you how to operate all the components including shifting, quick releases, brake releases, etc...
To upshift the rear, you simply push the thumb lever on the side of the right hood. One push will upshift one gear cog.
To upshift the front, you swing the left brake lever inwards (sideways) towards the centerline of the bike. Note that you can shift up to two chainrings this way depending on how far you swing the lever and of course which chainring you start from.
To downshift the rear, you swing the right brake lever inwards (sideways) towards the centerline of the bike. Note that you can shift up to three gears this way depending on how far you swing the lever and of course which gear you start from.
To downshift the front, you press the thumb lever on the left hood. One push will downshift one chainring.
These things and more should have been explained to you by the bike shop assuming you purchased the bike from a shop. If you have and they haven't, you may want to return to them and ask them to show you how to operate all the components including shifting, quick releases, brake releases, etc...
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1999 K2 OzM
2001 Aegis Aro Svelte
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1999 K2 OzM
2001 Aegis Aro Svelte"Be liberal in what you accept, and conservative in what you send." -- Jon Postel, RFC1122
#4
Senior Member
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 516
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From: Chicago
Bikes: 2002 Bianchi Veloce 2005 Gary Fisher Marlin
Originally Posted by khuon
I'm assuming you have Sora shifters. When you say upshift, do you mean move to a harder gear or move to an easier gear? Generally speaking, upshifting is moving to a harder gear.
To upshift the rear, you simply push the thumb lever on the side of the right hood.
To upshift the front, you swing the left brake lever inwards towards the centerline of the bike.
To downshift the rear, you swing the right brake lever inwards towards the centerline of the bike.
To downshift the front, you press the thumb lever on the left hood.
These things and more should have been explained to you by the bike shop assuming you purchased the bike from a shop. If you have and they haven't, you may want to return to them and ask them to show you how to operate all the components including shifting, quick releases, brake releases, etc...
To upshift the rear, you simply push the thumb lever on the side of the right hood.
To upshift the front, you swing the left brake lever inwards towards the centerline of the bike.
To downshift the rear, you swing the right brake lever inwards towards the centerline of the bike.
To downshift the front, you press the thumb lever on the left hood.
These things and more should have been explained to you by the bike shop assuming you purchased the bike from a shop. If you have and they haven't, you may want to return to them and ask them to show you how to operate all the components including shifting, quick releases, brake releases, etc...





