Supersuperleeds
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I thought we all jumped red lights and therefore if anything we should be changing up gears as we tear through them
Likewise with my derailleur bikes & dodgy knees but I've found I'm gravitating so much to the hub gears nowadays. MTB is going to be kept as a winter studded hack cos its worth nowt to anyone but me and I'm in the process of moving my last roadie on.I still often change down as I'm slowing, else I forget and strain my knees when I'm riding a derailleur bike.
I don't know when you learned to drive, but when I was taught, we were told to slow down using the brakes and then select first gear when stopped. That was ten years ago or so, so I expect a lot of the traffic flow you're keeping with is not changing down through the gears eitherYes I do.
Why would I not? Is not attempting to keep with the traffic flow de rigeur now?
I don't know when you learned to drive, but when I was taught, we were told to slow down using the brakes and then select first gear when stopped. That was ten years ago or so, so I expect a lot of the traffic flow you're keeping with is not changing down through the gears either
I do itI find that I can get off to a quicker start than almost everyone else when I change down before I stop and start pedaling at a low gear. But this obviously requires changing gears very often, which I'm not sure if you're meant to do?
Always, you would not pull away in 4th in your car so why do it on a bike.
They may not completely die but they are way from the most comfortable and efficient range.
Slightly different in a car in that you can change gear when stationary though rather than needing the drive wheel moving to enable the derailleur to unship and resite the chain.I don't know when you learned to drive, but when I was taught, we were told to slow down using the brakes and then select first gear when stopped. That was ten years ago or so, so I expect a lot of the traffic flow you're keeping with is not changing down through the gears either
By the number of beeps from the car behind you: no beeps, you're extremely efficient ... couple of beeps, there's room for improvement.Oh no, something else to worry about. How do I measure this?