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I have bought a second hand bike to get some exercise and I don't know how the gears work, help please? |
The last bike I had many many years ago did not have gears so I don't understand how they work. The lever shows 1-6. I have never driven a car either so I cannot draw on that principle to comprehend them. Can someone explain them please? Also there is a similar lever on the other side with dashes between a "H" and "L", what is it? Thanks. The shifter on the left shifts you chain from one gear (chain ring) in front to another and back. The right side shift does likewise for the back 6 gears. The larger the gear in back the easier to pedal, the smaller gear in front the easier to pedal. If you can turn the bike upside down on a table. If you can reach the shifts operate them and watch what happens. If that isn't possible, have someone bold the read wheel of the bike up to do this. Finally, simply ride it and find out. That's what I did as a kid. Lower gears are for uphills, higher uses more power but creates more force Lever marked 1 - 6 is the rear gears. The 1 & 2 are the two biggest one in the back and is the easiest ones to pedal and is best for climbing hills, the 3 & 4 are the ones in the middle and are the best for riding on flat terrain. The 5 & 6 are the smallest ones in the back and are the hardest ones to pedal and is best for riding down hill. The othe lever marked with an H - L moves the chain from the smaller chainring attached to the crank. This chainring is the easiest to push and should really only be used in combination with gears 1 - 3 in the back. The larger chain ring is harder to push and should really only be used in combination with gears 4 - 6 in the back. If your crank has a third chainring in between a small one and a bigger one, use this one in combination with gears 3 & 4 in the back. This will keep you in the best gear combinations most of the time. Have fun and be safe. The previous replies have given you lots of good advice, and if you follow it you should be fine. It might also help you to place the bike on some kind of stand so that it supports itself and the back wheel is off the ground so that you can turn the pedals by hand and then change the gears "in the air", as it were, so as to get a better idea of how they work. The first thing you'll realise is that you can only change gears while pedalling. But be sure, too, not to be putting too much pressure on the pedals while the gear is changing - just enough to keep the chain moving. Make sure you get a fair idea of what to do before you actually go out on the bike, because when you're on the road is not the time to be looking down at your gears trying to work out how to operate them. Having said that though, it is a good idea to try them out for the first time in a level, traffic-free, open space, so that you can get used to them in safety. |
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