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First Road Bike Question
This is my first ever road bike, and I must say I am loving every minute of
it, sure beats riding the Mountain Bike. My question is with the Sti Shimano 105 gears, do I have to ease off the power when changing gears, or can I change gears as I am pedalling hard ? or will this damage the drivetrain. Also any other tips much appreciatted. Cheers, Frank |
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Frank Wrote: This is my first ever road bike, and I must say I am loving every minute of it, sure beats riding the Mountain Bike. My question is with the Sti Shimano 105 gears, do I have to ease off the power when changing gears, or can I change gears as I am pedalling hard ? or will this damage the drivetrain. Also any other tips much appreciatted. Cheers, Frank in general on any bike (despite shimano/sachs/campag claims) you are always best easing off a tad when changeing gears, but hugely so. I tend to avoid changeing gears when Im standing/stomping up a hill cos the little voice in my head says 'remember when you tried to change gears and fell base-over-apex?' but that was on older bikes/gears. The shifting ramps on cassettes these days makes shifting way better than it used to be. I have choros04 on my roadie and have been occasionally doing exactly what i say you shouldnt be doing of late on the 'BR' rides cos i hate losing momentum on a hill (i need all the help i can get!). Just take your weight/force off the pedals but keep turning at the same cadence and change away. all should be well. -- flyingdutch |
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"Frank" wrote in message ... This is my first ever road bike, and I must say I am loving every minute of it, sure beats riding the Mountain Bike. snip Judas! |
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... My question is with the Sti Shimano 105 gears, do I have to ease off the power when changing gears, or can I change gears as I am pedalling hard ? or will this damage the drivetrain. Ease off is best but if you are racing or something and maintaining speed is important.. to hell with the drivetrain! :-) The new groupsets are designed to shift under load, but personally, I don't make a habit of it. hippy |
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Frank wrote:
it, sure beats riding the Mountain Bike. Troll! My question is with the Sti Shimano 105 gears, do I have to ease off the power when changing gears, or can I change gears as I am pedalling hard ? Same as on the mountain bike. You certainly should ease off when changing the front gear, but you probably figured that out already :-) |
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