How To Use Gears On A Bike

How to use gears on a bike.

Are you in the wrong gear? And I don't mean you should have worn that nice Ralph Lauren cardigan.. We're talking about bicycle gears this week and most important how to shift gears on a bike effectively.

Learn how to change gears on a bike and what happens when you do. Oh yes, and ditch that cardigan. It never suited you anyway.

00:00 - Start
00:07 - Introduction
00:21 - Why are there gears on a bike
00:43 - Left and right gear shifters
01:09 - Higher and lower gears
01:54 - How to shift the gears
03:24 - Why to use derailleur gears only while cycling
03:40 - What gear should I be riding in?
04:00 - Outro

Thanks for watching our video on how to use gears on a bike, we hope it was helpful. To learn more about bicycle gears, changing gear and more head over to our website:

[sup]

This is the most simplified explanation of gear changing, thank you😇

[neilclay]

Thanks. Haven't ridden a bike for 30 years and suddenly presented with a modern mountain bike lol. Useful video!

[mudikyon]

"... And remember that no one else knows how you are feeling." Well said. Thanks 👍🏽

[anawithonen]

When my brother gave me his bike, he told me how they worked. I didnt really understand (and i biked with it the day after lol). But this video really helped my understand. This weekend im gonna ride my bike and see how it works going to work and back. I really want to start biking to work

Thank you!!

[j.d.mcintosh]

I know this video is a little dated but this is the most thorough gear shifting video that i have seen. I was able to follow it with no problems. I'm a new ebike owner and have both gears, for the front and back. I needed to be taught on how to shift because i haven't rode a bike in over 35 years. So when i was coming up there were only 1 set of gear shifting, particularly located in the back. Thank you for this informative video and you now have a new subscriber.

[geriatricyclist]

Top deck video. I've been riding for many years but my gear work has been reflex. I've never been able to teach anyone else. Now I have a series of steps which are clearly explained that has cleared my thinking and which I can use for teaching others. Wunderbar. Thank you.

[MrMan]

Glad i found this video with your easy to understand explanation. Haven't ridden for 35years and bikes seem overly complicated and fragile. Found myself getting annoyed. I thought the gear shifters were set up wrong on my new bike because the left buttons do the opposite thing to the right but glad your video explained this.

[aidand]

Excellent easy to understand video. Brand new first time bike owner with dual front/back gear shifters. Easily answered all my questions about how to shift gears on a bike with front and back gear shifting. Especially the part about not shifting unless peddling.

[Smstr]

I had found a manual bike a few days ago and was too scared to ride it. Since I was worried I would break something. Took me a while but I finally found the perfect tutorial for me 😅

[katiefitter]

This video had exactly the information I wanted. It kind of feels like there's an expectation that you should know everything about bikes the second you get one and that's asinine. Thank you!

[jettsmith]

FINALLY a video on shifting gears that makes sense to me. Thank you for your clarity.

[updownftw]

Literally the best video I've seen. I saw a lot of videos from bigger channels with mathematics, this was the easiest to understand. Thank you

[DGTA_Guy]

This is the easiest explanation video that I'm looking for, thank you so much. 🙂

[LikeTheVik]

this is the best video on bike gears on youtube. thank you!!!!

[TVComercialProducer]

thank u so much, it started cycling for the first time in 20 years, had no idea how those trigger shifters work, thanks!!

[hemapatel]

Great, clear explanation. Simple & clear words & visuals. Really appreciate this. Thank you.

[afreminine]

This helped a lot! Thank you so much for this video!

[andrewdass]

Excellent video. Very well explained. Thanks alot

[slimdude]

This was informative to me because, I haven't bought a new bike since the early 80s. Yesterday, just purchased a Jamis Citizen 2, and I needed to learn and get familiar with the new gear shifting and such.

[prasantht]

Thank you sooo much❤
You explained it in the most simple way possible😊