A Conversation for Bicycle Gearing

Bicycle gear "blindness"

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Cruithne3753

Why is it so many people on bikes seem to be completely unaware of the gears? You see them heaving and straining stupidly when climbing hills and when pulling from standstill - in the highest gear all the way.

Why don't they make their lives easier with a simple twist of a handlebar or flick of a thumb lever?


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