Help with bike gears
Grant
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I'm pretty new to cycling and only got my bike about 6 weeks ago. This is my first bike since I was about 10 years old.
Apart from dropping gear when I go uphill, I'm pretty clueless as to using the gears effectively - does anyone have any tips, hints or advice on how to use the gears properly.
Thanks
Apart from dropping gear when I go uphill, I'm pretty clueless as to using the gears effectively - does anyone have any tips, hints or advice on how to use the gears properly.
Thanks
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I'm no guru but no-one else responded so hear goes...
The gears are there to help you maintain a reasonably consistent cadence (the rpm you spin the pedals at). There are certain cadences that are more efficient than others (caveats apply!!) and there are differnent ways that you can vary the cadence to acheive different training goals.
My best suggestions would be:
1. Ride with others and see what they do.
2. Buy 220, they often run bike training articles that cover pedaling technique
3. Get a good Tri training book
Hope that helps
Im fairly new to it all too mate and found lots of good info just by doing searches on Google.
Loads of great info to be found if you can spend a few hours on the PC.
I found that my biggest mistake was trying to peddle in too higher gear at too lower RPM. When i learned to keep my rpm at around 85 and just change gear to keep this going, i made improvements and lasted longer.
All the best with it my friend[:)]