Incline Mountain Bike
How do I shift gears on my mountain bike?
My mountain bike only has small dashes on the levers you use to change gears... How do I know which are higher or lower gears? Is pushing the levers out taking them into higher gears...or vice versa? Or something else completely. Right now riding on a flat surface is easy, but at the slightest incline...it is really hard to pedal!
Can I get some help please?!?!?!
Taking advantage of your bike's gears is easy to learn. It's all about the difference in size between two gears. A small gear up front combined with a big gear in the back give you a lot of power but not much speed, good for going up hills. A big gear up front combined with a small gear in the back give you a lot of speed but not much power, good for going down hills. The right shifter lets you move the chain from one back gear to another. The left shifter lets you move the chain from one front gear to another. Try them to see which direction shifts from bigger to smaller gears. To start, put everything in the middle. Shift back gears as your terrain changes. When you run out of back gears, shift a front gear. This is a simplification, but it is enough to get you going.
HTH
Uphill Mountain Biking Tips : How to Shift Gears on an Incline
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