Hey everyone,
I just bought my first road bike a week ago and took it out twice this week. I never had a bike where shifting was sooo important. Going up even the slightest of hills is an immensly hard task. ( I realize even being in the right gear isn't going to make it "easy" but i'm pretty sure I have no idea what I'm doing! )
Also going downhill, when I pedal I'm not getting any pressure on the pedals and therefore not generating any extra speed, again I'm definitely not in the correct gear.
I have three gears in the front and eight in back.
Any help would be immensly appreciated!!! (Putting technical terms in your reply will probably only confuse me further, so feel free to use terms such as "small gear", "large gear", etc.)
Thanks in advance,
Kyle
I just bought my first road bike a week ago and took it out twice this week. I never had a bike where shifting was sooo important. Going up even the slightest of hills is an immensly hard task. ( I realize even being in the right gear isn't going to make it "easy" but i'm pretty sure I have no idea what I'm doing! )
Also going downhill, when I pedal I'm not getting any pressure on the pedals and therefore not generating any extra speed, again I'm definitely not in the correct gear.
I have three gears in the front and eight in back.
Any help would be immensly appreciated!!! (Putting technical terms in your reply will probably only confuse me further, so feel free to use terms such as "small gear", "large gear", etc.)
Thanks in advance,
Kyle