In article ,
(wle) writes:


my technical question is terminology related.

the author has twice now referred to shifting to "higher and higher gears"
when going up hills.

obviously he means what i would call "lower gears" - easier to
pedal.

is there any way that his usage can be the right?

i mean, is there any place in the world where they reverse the normal
usage?

anyway, it is a pretty good book, but i wondered about this..


Well when I started out I did the smallest hills in the lowest gear and as I
got better I shifted higher and higher. Now, I look for bigger hills.g