Bicycle Maintenance: Gears

Video Transcript

"A common question with a lot of bikes is how you would shift it and which gear is correct so we talked about before what type of shifting it is but if you were riding for example on the flats, not too much uphill and not too much downhill you would address it here in the rear end of the bike as the chain goes up the cassette it becomes easier to peddle so for example if you were riding and the terrain started to go uphill like up one of the canyons you would start shifting to an easier gear. Basically that gear I put the bike in is the easiest gear on the bike so that is your climbing gear. If you have ridden to the top of the hill and you are heading down you would start going down the cassette to make the gear harder and eventually you would put it into the big ring on the bike, big ring for down hills, small ring for your uphills so this particular bike has everything for going up, for going down and for the flats as well. Super easy to shift and with a little bit of practice, customize it to fit your needs on your own ride."