Best explanation in youtube. Explained in a layman's terms. All those other videos not getting to the point. All you need to know how to go fast and how to climb. What's the hardest and what's the easiest.
Same here. Back in the day we callled it a 10 speed with 5 in the back and two in the front. Thought my new bike was a 21 speed with 7 x 3. According to this its only a seven speed. Oh well. It’s still better than the old “10” speed. Happy riding!
I am just purchased a new bike. It has been 30 years since i last rode a bike. The bike back then had 3 gears. The new bike has 27 gears. Your TH-cam programme has helped me sort out the new gearing system. This has been a big help to me, so thank you.
Really helpful thank you!! Since my boyfriend does a lot of racing and I do a lot of hills around town running errands, I came up with a dumb way to remember this so I stop wearing myself out using the wrong gears. Here, Butt refers to the cassette in the back, and Arms refers to the gears in front. Big butt, small arms climbs hills. Small butt, big arms wins races. And now you have to think about butts!!!
Haha. Until you have mechanical shifters. Then I have to add one more: big/big, little/little, big/little, little, big. Meaning big shifter on right hand will shift to big wheel in the “butt”. Little shifter on the right hand will Shift to little ring on the “butt”. Then big shifter on left hand will shift “little” ring on the “arm”. And “little” Shifter on left hand will shift “big” ring on “arm.” .....or is it vice versa lol?!!!!
Perfect! Simple and sweet is exactly what I needed. I got a bike from Walmart and I have a suspicion it wasn't chained properly. The gears on my handlebars don't seem to match with where the chain is on the gears. But now I now how to tell. So thank you!
Industry standard for "speeds" is to multiply the number of chainrings by the number of cogs in the back. That gives you your total number of speeds. That's important because 2 chainrings and 11 cogs combined give you much more than 11 distinct gear ratios. Using your bike as an example, the industry-standard number of speeds is 22. Technically speaking, you only have 21 speeds, because being in gear combo 1,5 and gear combo 2,2 duplicate a gear ratio of 2:1. You also have near-duplication at 1,7 and 2,3...but they're distinct enough. According to industry standard, you have 22 speeds on your bicycle. Practically speaking you have like 16-17 usable speeds. That said, fewer and fewer people refer to gearing in that manner, and manufacturers are getting away from it in their marketing as well. The cat has been out of the bag for some time that more speeds doesn't necessarily = better. This is why it has become much more commonplace with MTB's to refer to it by (# of Chainrings) x (# of Cogs). You don't hear many people on the trail talking about their drivetrain as an 11 speed or an 18 speed anymore. It's usually "one by eleven" or "two by nine." When people talk in number of speeds it's usually someone with a 1x.
By far the best guide on TH-cam. A lot of information in between, but the ones I wanted to know was which is best for hills going up or down... and which gears are easiest to petal and which are hardest to Peter etc.
I'm new to riding bikes with gears and I just bought my first bike in 30 years. It has 7 gears in the rear and 3 in the front. This explanation was what I needed to get a basic understanding. I have to wonder why the largest gear at the back wheel isn't named #1 or first gear since it's the gear for low speed. It would be less confusing that way with #1 designating the slow gear on both front and back. Wouldn't it?
For me it‘s easier to rember when thinking about it this way: When the chain goes diagonally from lower left to upper right, then the gesr is hard because it resembles an uphill section. When the chain goes from upper left to lower right, the gear is easy, because it resembles a downhill section. I hope it makes sense. Just follow the chain position.
I can't see that more than 7 gears are ever needed for most people. The redundancy of some gear ratios eliminates the need for multiple similar combinations. The Saturday and Sunday morning riders on $1000-$2000 bikes make me scratch my head.
You know what makes me laugh my ass off? Yoke heads with downhill bikes in full suspension package...sunday riding in the park. Every branch, every branch in the stupid tree, they hit, and broke.
Its mostly marketing and hype. I never felt the need to "upgrade" from 7 speed because it works fine for me and if anything the chain is more durable. I can easily do 100 mile rides without any problems. You can even use cogs from 11 speed cassettes to find the perfect ratio that fits you
Finally! A video that actually makes sense and explains things in an easy-to-follow and easy-to-understand way for people like me who don't know that much about bikes. Thanks! Thumbs up!
it makes perfect sense if you think about it, its about leverage. On your crank gear you have a distance between the axis and the place in the diameter where you're applying power. On the final drive its that same variable, the distance or radius from the center of rotation to the edge of the current gear
If I have a truck with a 5 speed transmission and a 3 speed rear axle I have a total of 15 options. You having a two speed front gear and an 11 speed rear gear have an option of 22 gear ratios from which to chose. No matter what some person may chose to call it, your bike is a 22 speed.
Incorrect, while yes there are 22 different combinations available there are not 22 different gear ratios, (well there are, however at least 4 of them will be basically the same ratio however the power transference is completely different
I do not have a degree in Physics. And I think that you probably know a lot more than me on this issue. I think that this is just an issue in semantics. You may call a bull a cow, if you want. But please don't try to milk it.
The easiest way to understand is: A- When engage the biggest gear (pedal or driven) to the smallest gear on the back wheel (driver) each turn from the pedal spins the back wheel about 6 times or so, which means, more speed and less torque. B- When engage the smallest gear (pedal or driven) to the biggest gear on back wheel (driver) each turn from the pedal spins less than on A. Botton line: More speed less torque, less speed more torque. To climb hills, more torque, to go faster less torque more speed. Any car has the same mechanism we can't see inside the transmission.
@@ohcrapitsmrG 21 is the multiple of 3 and 7 (3x7 = 21) 3 are the gears on left side of your handbar while 7 are on the right side. 3 shifter changes the gears on chainring (found exactly near your paddle) 7 shifter changes gears on the back of your wheel. The number of gears/rings on the back actually determine the speed of your bike. 21 speed means bike has 7 gears/rings on the back.
@@ohcrapitsmrG 21 is the multiple of 3 and 7 (3x7 = 21) 3 are the gears on left side of your handbar while 7 are on the right side. 3 shifter changes the gears on chainring (found exactly near your paddle) 7 shifter changes gears on the back of your wheel. The number of gears/rings on the back actually determine the speed of your bike. 21 speed means bike has 7 gears on the back.
just started with cycling. Awesome explaination! I finally get it! Also, I just learned that my bike is even worse than I thought! You say 11 speed I have 7 speed....
Thanks man I just fixed up my old bike and this really helped me to learn how to properly use my bike, I don't even have a 9 speed I have an old 7 speed bike but I hope to upgrade as I start riding more.
For towpath riding i just stay on the middle crank and use 7 to 12 on my 18 speed hybrid bike but it was great watching the video and made me understand what is what with the gears 👍
This is more confusing than driving a car with manual transmission. FYI, I can drive a stick shift vehicle. Now, I understand why I always prefer to ride on a single speed bike.
Great job I just moved from my mountain bike to my new road bike. It's like moving from a bomber plane to a fighter jet. This really helped out a lot thank you! Cheers!
I don't think he said that correctly. The number of gears is actually the number of combinations you can make using the front and the back rings. So multiply the number of rings on the back times the number of rings on the front. He had 2 on the front and 11 on the back, so that makes 22 combinations or total gears.
I have a 9-speed bike (with three chain rings in the front). I'm absolutely a beginner to all this terminolgy but I'm thinking I want more gears to hit higher speeds going downhill.
It seems to me that with 10 gears in back and two in front you have 20 possibilities. That seems like a lot! Why not have 7 in back and 3 in front? That some how seems simpler and stronger to me. I remember having 5 in back and two in front and having no problems finding the right gear, I admit sometimes requiring a double sift.
By far THE MOST SIMPLEST and IN DEPTH Explanation of the Gear systems in Cycle I've seen so far. THANK YOU Bro ! Looking forward to more informative videos from you...
Thanks for sharing. very easy to understand. What is the best combination of years / is there any rules around which chain ring should be applied when in different gears on the cassette?
Oh FINALLY?!! i have watched so many vuds telling the gears but they are sooo confusing and it always ended on 90 rpm like how am i a beginner going to calculate dat ? This was sooo simple
More is not always better. I just enjoy having more gears on the crank set because I can use the extra chain rings to keep a straight chain line through a wide range of gears with a relatively small set of back gears (3X6 speed for example). With added chain rings to the middle one, I would no longer have to cross gears to go to extremes. If my gear numbers were two on the right (2/6) and two on the left (2/3) and I wanted to go a little easier, I would downshift the left to first gear and upshift the right to third gear. That way, my gear ratio is similar to the extreme low gear in that middle range of gears and my chain line stays straight. If you have a 3X6 speed bike, you should only use low first to low fourth, medium second to medium fifth, and high third to high sixth gear. That gives you twelve gears that you can still use for some big range. NEVER use low sixth gear on a 3X6. That would be very bad for the life of your chain and the the life of your gears.
I have a Marin Terra Linda which is speed . I love it and am riding more each week. This seems to have all the speeds I need, not sure why a 9 speed would be belittled.
2 questions: Is it okay to shift while pedaling? Is it okay to shift while under tension? ie while pedalling uphill you realize you should be in a lower gear so u want to down shift, is that okay? Thanks -from a noob
Only way to understand what he means by taking forever to switch gears is by riding your bike id assume. My 8 speed domane al 2 2020 took that mother out the other day when i realized my breaks are also gear shifts. I was shifting alot of my left n really anxious i broke the damn thing. But in the video you helped me a bit rationalize what was really going on. Gonna put it into focus next ride tysm
Great video ! Thank you so much for putting all the required information about the gears together for an amateur like me. It couldn’t have been put in any other simpler manner. Good job dude. 👍🏻
Remember back in the 90s when they came up with crazy 21 and 23 speed bikes? Yeah the 21 speed is just a 7 speed but it has 3 ring gears. I'm only on this video because I had a next breakpoint pro as a kid and absolutely loved it...til a neighbor dude rode it and jumped it over a stump into a deep ditch and bent the shock into an L shape...well icjust got my hands on a next tiara pro which is the female version of the breakpoint, and in my opinion the better looking of the 2, and I'm excited to get back to riding a hike. I miss the freedom of it.
Basem Mlika There are some people who are against that as it crosses your chain (bends the chain and over time can cause damage to your cassette and chain rings) Now, Idk about putting two actual chains on the drivetrain 😂 You would need to jerry rig two extra derailleurs to make this work
smh. You could. Use 2 chains with one crank set and cassette. You couldn’t have the chainrings spin at two different speeds at the same time anymore than you could have the cassette spin at 2 different speeds.
a little correction, you meant to say the inside gears are easier and slower, right? always remember, easy and slow or hard and fast, logic of bicycling
I took almost a month to understand about this gearshifting before I actually felt brave and confident enough to ride my bike.In the meantime my bike had been gathering dust.🤣🤣🤣🤣
What is a good front/rear gear to start cold with (when stopped) on a flat surface with no wind? I tend to wobble some when I start off. I have been riding with small/small cogs.
Savior!! Thank you! For keeping it to the point and simple all these other videos are like uhhh some bikes have high gears blah, blah, blah, then explains a non relating topic of the gear 🤦🏽♂️
What does 21- speed mean? Is it faster than 24- speed or is It the opposite? I saw it online and got me really confused. I just need answers. Thanks. Respect.
Three in the front multiplied by seven in the back equals twenty one speeds. Generally speaking, a twenty one speed bike is reserved for that ratio. It's the usual wankery in the bicycle world. Frankly, were it up to me, i'd make it illegal to have all those kinds of bullshit ways to bullshit people and confuse them. A bike is a bike, and these yokes are trying to make money with scammery and parlor tricks.
Im building a bikepacking setyp. What is the best granny gear I can get with a 1x12 speed? I don't really care that much about high speeds on flat terrain.
Bought my bike 3 days ago, all these years I have been riding a bike without gears and now it's really frustrating which gear to use, can someone explain to me again that which gear to use for uphill and which for downhills.
Thx for the explanation. Now I’m sad because I have an old 26 inch 8 speed hard tail mountain bike. No wonder everyone is passing me so easy on trails lol.
Best explanation in youtube. Explained in a layman's terms. All those other videos not getting to the point. All you need to know how to go fast and how to climb. What's the hardest and what's the easiest.
FINALLY AFTER ALL THE HUNDREDS OF VIDEOS I'VE BEEN WATCHING THIS IS THE ONE THAT HELPS ME
should i water my bike gears
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Same
Exactly
Yep. Just wish it had close up visuals of the gears
I’m in my 50’s and last time I have ridden bikes was when I was in my teens. And now I just got a used bike and will try to ride again.
I'm 58 & started riding only 3 weeks ago feels gre8 ...go for it👍👍
Colleen Singh Pall I was 6 when I started riding and stoped at 9 and I’m starting again at age 19
Same here. Back in the day we callled it a 10 speed with 5 in the back and two in the front. Thought my new bike was a 21 speed with 7 x 3. According to this its only a seven speed. Oh well. It’s still better than the old “10” speed. Happy riding!
I am just purchased a new bike. It has been 30 years since i last rode a bike. The bike back then had 3 gears. The new bike has 27 gears. Your TH-cam programme has helped me sort out the new gearing system. This has been a big help to me, so thank you.
Only bought my bike last week was struggling to understand gears...this is the best video I've watched...very clear..brilliant... Thnks
Really helpful thank you!!
Since my boyfriend does a lot of racing and I do a lot of hills around town running errands, I came up with a dumb way to remember this so I stop wearing myself out using the wrong gears.
Here, Butt refers to the cassette in the back, and Arms refers to the gears in front.
Big butt, small arms climbs hills.
Small butt, big arms wins races.
And now you have to think about butts!!!
Haha. Until you have mechanical shifters. Then I have to add one more: big/big, little/little, big/little, little, big. Meaning big shifter on right hand will shift to big wheel in the “butt”. Little shifter on the right hand will
Shift to little ring on the “butt”. Then big shifter on left hand will shift “little” ring on the “arm”. And “little”
Shifter on left hand will shift “big” ring on “arm.” .....or is it vice versa lol?!!!!
@@nalaqueenofthejungle sleep
Perfect! Simple and sweet is exactly what I needed. I got a bike from Walmart and I have a suspicion it wasn't chained properly. The gears on my handlebars don't seem to match with where the chain is on the gears. But now I now how to tell. So thank you!
Thanking God you made this video! I’ve never met a biker who’s been able to explain gears in a way that anyone could understand!
I want to thank you for taking your time and fully explaining how the gears on a bike work!!! I never knew what you explained. Best regards, Bob
Industry standard for "speeds" is to multiply the number of chainrings by the number of cogs in the back. That gives you your total number of speeds. That's important because 2 chainrings and 11 cogs combined give you much more than 11 distinct gear ratios. Using your bike as an example, the industry-standard number of speeds is 22. Technically speaking, you only have 21 speeds, because being in gear combo 1,5 and gear combo 2,2 duplicate a gear ratio of 2:1. You also have near-duplication at 1,7 and 2,3...but they're distinct enough. According to industry standard, you have 22 speeds on your bicycle. Practically speaking you have like 16-17 usable speeds. That said, fewer and fewer people refer to gearing in that manner, and manufacturers are getting away from it in their marketing as well. The cat has been out of the bag for some time that more speeds doesn't necessarily = better. This is why it has become much more commonplace with MTB's to refer to it by (# of Chainrings) x (# of Cogs). You don't hear many people on the trail talking about their drivetrain as an 11 speed or an 18 speed anymore. It's usually "one by eleven" or "two by nine." When people talk in number of speeds it's usually someone with a 1x.
By far the best guide on TH-cam. A lot of information in between, but the ones I wanted to know was which is best for hills going up or down... and which gears are easiest to petal and which are hardest to Peter etc.
Finally I’ve got someone who explains very nicely when to use of various gears and which type of bike to buy. Thanks so much 👍🏽
I'm new to riding bikes with gears and I just bought my first bike in 30 years. It has 7 gears in the rear and 3 in the front. This explanation was what I needed to get a basic understanding. I have to wonder why the largest gear at the back wheel isn't named #1 or first gear since it's the gear for low speed. It would be less confusing that way with #1 designating the slow gear on both front and back. Wouldn't it?
For me it‘s easier to rember when thinking about it this way:
When the chain goes diagonally from lower left to upper right, then the gesr is hard because it resembles an uphill section. When the chain goes from upper left to lower right, the gear is easy, because it resembles a downhill section. I hope it makes sense. Just follow the chain position.
I can't see that more than 7 gears are ever needed for most people. The redundancy of some gear ratios eliminates the need for multiple similar combinations. The Saturday and Sunday morning riders on $1000-$2000 bikes make me scratch my head.
You know what makes me laugh my ass off? Yoke heads with downhill bikes in full suspension package...sunday riding in the park. Every branch, every branch in the stupid tree, they hit, and broke.
Its mostly marketing and hype. I never felt the need to "upgrade" from 7 speed because it works fine for me and if anything the chain is more durable. I can easily do 100 mile rides without any problems. You can even use cogs from 11 speed cassettes to find the perfect ratio that fits you
Finally! A video that actually makes sense and explains things in an easy-to-follow and easy-to-understand way for people like me who don't know that much about bikes. Thanks! Thumbs up!
it makes perfect sense if you think about it, its about leverage. On your crank gear you have a distance between the axis and the place in the diameter where you're applying power. On the final drive its that same variable, the distance or radius from the center of rotation to the edge of the current gear
If I have a truck with a 5 speed transmission and a 3 speed rear axle I have a total of 15 options. You having a two speed front gear and an 11 speed rear gear have an option of 22 gear ratios from which to chose. No matter what some person may chose to call it, your bike is a 22 speed.
finally, someone made some sense here. :)
Incorrect, while yes there are 22 different combinations available there are not 22 different gear ratios, (well there are, however at least 4 of them will be basically the same ratio however the power transference is completely different
I do not have a degree in Physics. And I think that you probably know a lot more than me on this issue. I think that this is just an issue in semantics. You may call a bull a cow, if you want. But please don't try to milk it.
adding to that, I do realize that all the options available are not really practical.
The easiest way to understand is: A- When engage the biggest gear (pedal or driven) to the smallest gear on the back wheel (driver) each turn from the pedal spins the back wheel about 6 times or so, which means, more speed and less torque. B- When engage the smallest gear (pedal or driven) to the biggest gear on back wheel (driver) each turn from the pedal spins less than on A. Botton line: More speed less torque, less speed more torque. To climb hills, more torque, to go faster less torque more speed. Any car has the same mechanism we can't see inside the transmission.
awesome..nobody explained it this way..makes sense now that u did...great work
what is a 21 speed bike? i see it online.
ohcrapitsmrG Triple chainring on the crank (3), × a (7) gear freewheel or cassette on the rear, equals 21 speed.
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21 is the multiple of 3 and 7 (3x7 = 21)
3 are the gears on left side of your handbar while 7 are on the right side.
3 shifter changes the gears on chainring (found exactly near your paddle)
7 shifter changes gears on the back of your wheel.
The number of gears/rings on the back actually determine the speed of your bike. 21 speed means bike has 7 gears/rings on the back.
@@ohcrapitsmrG
21 is the multiple of 3 and 7 (3x7 = 21)
3 are the gears on left side of your handbar while 7 are on the right side.
3 shifter changes the gears on chainring (found exactly near your paddle)
7 shifter changes gears on the back of your wheel.
The number of gears/rings on the back actually determine the speed of your bike. 21 speed means bike has 7 gears on the back.
just started with cycling. Awesome explaination! I finally get it! Also, I just learned that my bike is even worse than I thought! You say 11 speed I have 7 speed....
Outside Gears (front and back) = hard and fast.
Inside Gears (front and back) = easy and slow
Have seen quiet of videos on cycle gears. Yours was the best explanation i have heard and understood. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for the video. I understood like 70% of it, better than other videos on the same topic.
I'm new to cycling, this explanation is excellent. Simple, to the point.
I learned more about gear ratio in this one video than a month of IT in middle school 🤦♂️
Thanks man I just fixed up my old bike and this really helped me to learn how to properly use my bike, I don't even have a 9 speed I have an old 7 speed bike but I hope to upgrade as I start riding more.
"Get at least a 10"
*Looks at my seven speed*😶
4Star Jedi EXACTLY WHAT I JUST DID 😂
Your bike has speeds?
😂
should i water my bike gears
I have 21 loser 😂😂
I have seen like 5 videos and didn't understand.. you really did a good job and it is sooooo clear . Thank you
Great explanation but I still don't understand how that applies to the little gear toggles on the handles.
For towpath riding i just stay on the middle crank and use 7 to 12 on my 18 speed hybrid bike but it was great watching the video and made me understand what is what with the gears 👍
This is more confusing than driving a car with manual transmission. FYI, I can drive a stick shift vehicle. Now, I understand why I always prefer to ride on a single speed bike.
Thank you for a great job, easy to be understood without any complications on explaining how gears work.
Hermez Moshi yes he is cool
Great job, I have watched a ton of videos trying to figure out how to use my gears. This one was the best!
Great job I just moved from my mountain bike to my new road bike. It's like moving from a bomber plane to a fighter jet. This really helped out a lot thank you! Cheers!
Great straight forward explanation with awesome editing too! Thanks.
I am now a master... 2 hours later my chain fell off while changing gears
Were you moving whilst you were switching gears?
The same happened to me the first day my chain came off...asked a passer by to help put it on...😁 I've now set it on 3rd gear comfortable 4 me..
Thanks for the explanation, so front vs rear, which one should I be adjusting most when cycling.
Thanks for explaining this in a way that's easier to understand. This is a good video to jumpstart learning about biking
Thank you. Out of all the videos and articles I have seen so far, this the best and most simple to understand.
thank you! how difficult it was for someone to say "11 speed bike is the amount of gears are on the back" of the cassette
I don't think he said that correctly. The number of gears is actually the number of combinations you can make using the front and the back rings. So multiply the number of rings on the back times the number of rings on the front. He had 2 on the front and 11 on the back, so that makes 22 combinations or total gears.
One of the best videos about this topic!
Great video and very helpful. I am a beginner and still learning about this very complex sport. Thank you!
Super simple, short and sweet. Thanks bro!
I watched your video and it all made sense!! Biking without the BS!!
Thanks! 😄😄
Just what I was looking for! Great video and crystal clear explanation. Thank you!
I have a 9-speed bike (with three chain rings in the front). I'm absolutely a beginner to all this terminolgy but I'm thinking I want more gears to hit higher speeds going downhill.
thank you for making this video i have never had the gearing explained this way before and now i get it. well done.
I've got a 3 speed Sturmey Archer......it rocks ( quite a lot actually ) 😂😂😂
That's how you explain to a newcomer. Cant get easy then this. Thanks buddy.
Video was simple and very easy to understand just got into biking with gears
Very helpful and easy to understand video! Thank you
It seems to me that with 10 gears in back and two in front you have 20 possibilities. That seems like a lot! Why not have 7 in back and 3 in front? That some how seems simpler and stronger to me. I remember having 5 in back and two in front and having no problems finding the right gear, I admit sometimes requiring a double sift.
By far THE MOST SIMPLEST and IN DEPTH Explanation of the Gear systems in Cycle I've seen so far. THANK YOU Bro ! Looking forward to more informative videos from you...
Thank you man. This video explains everything easy and quick! Thank you
Every other video was confusing compared to this one. Cheers mate
You explained everything very well and in an easy to learn way, thank you for helping me figure out my gears!
Thanks for sharing. very easy to understand.
What is the best combination of years / is there any rules around which chain ring should be applied when in different gears on the cassette?
Oh FINALLY?!! i have watched so many vuds telling the gears but they are sooo confusing and it always ended on 90 rpm like how am i a beginner going to calculate dat ? This was sooo simple
THIS WAS SO HELPFUL!!! Thank you!
Love no bullshit videos that do what they say on the tin. Kudos.
Omg u r so perfect while explaining .. I also understood!!
More is not always better. I just enjoy having more gears on the crank set because I can use the extra chain rings to keep a straight chain line through a wide range of gears with a relatively small set of back gears (3X6 speed for example). With added chain rings to the middle one, I would no longer have to cross gears to go to extremes. If my gear numbers were two on the right (2/6) and two on the left (2/3) and I wanted to go a little easier, I would downshift the left to first gear and upshift the right to third gear. That way, my gear ratio is similar to the extreme low gear in that middle range of gears and my chain line stays straight. If you have a 3X6 speed bike, you should only use low first to low fourth, medium second to medium fifth, and high third to high sixth gear. That gives you twelve gears that you can still use for some big range. NEVER use low sixth gear on a 3X6. That would be very bad for the life of your chain and the the life of your gears.
This is the best explanation on Gears. Thank you very much
Thank you so much you are the only one who summed it up right
Plain and simple! Great Video, just what I was looking for.
Fantastic explanation! Thanks a lot. 🙏🏼
I have a Marin Terra Linda which is speed . I love it and am riding more each week. This seems to have all the speeds I need, not sure why a 9 speed would be belittled.
The best no time wasting .
Briliant video what i was searching
Got it right here .thanks buddy.👍👍👍
2 questions:
Is it okay to shift while pedaling?
Is it okay to shift while under tension?
ie while pedalling uphill you realize you should be in a lower gear so u want to down shift, is that okay?
Thanks -from a noob
You should only shift while moving as you can only shift when your chain is moving and it fine to shift uphill on tension.
Only way to understand what he means by taking forever to switch gears is by riding your bike id assume.
My 8 speed domane al 2 2020 took that mother out the other day when i realized my breaks are also gear shifts. I was shifting alot of my left n really anxious i broke the damn thing. But in the video you helped me a bit rationalize what was really going on.
Gonna put it into focus next ride tysm
Great video ! Thank you so much for putting all the required information about the gears together for an amateur like me. It couldn’t have been put in any other simpler manner. Good job dude. 👍🏻
I could agree with you more ! I've ridden bikes for years, and never understood this. Now I'm old and these little hills are kicking my butt.
Wow you are the best thanks watched a lot of videos but you explain it the best.
Remember back in the 90s when they came up with crazy 21 and 23 speed bikes? Yeah the 21 speed is just a 7 speed but it has 3 ring gears. I'm only on this video because I had a next breakpoint pro as a kid and absolutely loved it...til a neighbor dude rode it and jumped it over a stump into a deep ditch and bent the shock into an L shape...well icjust got my hands on a next tiara pro which is the female version of the breakpoint, and in my opinion the better looking of the 2, and I'm excited to get back to riding a hike. I miss the freedom of it.
Best explanation so far! Thank you
Brilliant explanation. You made this gear thing easy. Thanks.
Thanks brother. Really understand how the gear works👌👍 keep up the great work
That’s the way to explain nursery class good job
If you put 2 chains one on the easiest gears to paddle and one on the faster to go , wouldn't you have both of the advantages ?
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Holy shit I hope NASA snatches you up before obesity does. You are a national treasure.
+Dr 0ctober thank you , :)
Basem Mlika There are some people who are against that as it crosses your chain (bends the chain and over time can cause damage to your cassette and chain rings)
Now, Idk about putting two actual chains on the drivetrain 😂 You would need to jerry rig two extra derailleurs to make this work
smh. You could. Use 2 chains with one crank set and cassette. You couldn’t have the chainrings spin at two different speeds at the same time anymore than you could have the cassette spin at 2 different speeds.
easier to remember inside gears easier and faster
outside gears harder and faster
a little correction, you meant to say the inside gears are easier and slower, right? always remember, easy and slow or hard and fast, logic of bicycling
Great and simple to understand on first time watching
I took almost a month to understand about this gearshifting before I actually felt brave and confident enough to ride my bike.In the meantime my bike had been gathering dust.🤣🤣🤣🤣
Sob!!! I read the front 10 spd but the back is 9!!!! Thanks for the explanation.
What is a good front/rear gear to start cold with (when stopped) on a flat surface with no wind? I tend to wobble some when I start off. I have been riding with small/small cogs.
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This is the first video I watch from this channel, already
loving it! thanks for the pearls!💃🏻
By the way there is nothing wrong with 9 speed and remember 11speed is old since the introduction of 12 and 14 speed
Very informative and self explanatory 🙏🏽
This was very helpful and well conveyed
that is what I was looking for thank you for your easy explanation
Good job man! I watched a couple of other vids on the subject and yours was the cleanest by far.
For me this.video has the best information about the bike shifting.
Thank you!! As a beginner that’s all we want to know...how do I not die going uphill!
Savior!! Thank you! For keeping it to the point and simple all these other videos are like uhhh some bikes have high gears blah, blah, blah, then explains a non relating topic of the gear 🤦🏽♂️
Thank you! This is perfect for beginners
Saw this video a few days too late. Totally bought a 9 speed and the gaps feel humungous. Also of note, I'm a new rider training for the ironman.
What does 21- speed mean? Is it faster than 24- speed or is It the opposite? I saw it online and got me really confused. I just need answers. Thanks.
Respect.
A 21 speed means that there are 3 gears in the front and 7 in the back.
Hope this helped :)
Three in the front multiplied by seven in the back equals twenty one speeds. Generally speaking, a twenty one speed bike is reserved for that ratio. It's the usual wankery in the bicycle world. Frankly, were it up to me, i'd make it illegal to have all those kinds of bullshit ways to bullshit people and confuse them. A bike is a bike, and these yokes are trying to make money with scammery and parlor tricks.
Im building a bikepacking setyp. What is the best granny gear I can get with a 1x12 speed? I don't really care that much about high speeds on flat terrain.
Bought my bike 3 days ago, all these years I have been riding a bike without gears and now it's really frustrating which gear to use, can someone explain to me again that which gear to use for uphill and which for downhills.
Thx for the explanation. Now I’m sad because I have an old 26 inch 8 speed hard tail mountain bike. No wonder everyone is passing me so easy on trails lol.
Outstanding video! Very helpful.