How To: Shift a Road Bike

[@leonidays898]

FINALLY!!! It’s properly explained in a detailed and concise manner with simultaneous videos of the crank and shifters. I just saw three different videos before that took 2-3x longer to explained these tips with only one camera angle. For a noob like me this video cleared up any confusion I had. Thank you!

[@weekendpartier]

you needed an explanation? Ive been riding bikes since I was 6! never needed any explanation!

[@kubek555]

@@weekendpartier nobody cares

[@thepeacesage]

Same here

[@philippvolkemer3846]

Thank you! After 3000km without shifting I finally know how to do it! Already thought I bought a fixie

[@ian3525]

For real though ???

[@philippvolkemer3846]

Wahyu Brillian no it’s a joke xD

[@ian3525]

Haha you got me 😁

[@sainsdotcom9977]

😂 🤣 😂 🤣 😂 This is funny!

[@adambrawijaya]

my dumbass did that for 126 km LMAO

[@pepsundar]

I try to remember this way: 1. For shifting. Big levers shift to big cogs and small lever shifts to small cogs. 2. Front cogs: Big/hard/fast and small/easy/slow 3. Rear cogs: Big/easy/slow and small/hard/faster

[@reczebb4353]

Big levers to big cogs. so simple. thanks.

[@GregJC]

I’ve watched a few videos on this topic and this was by far the most clear and concise. Thanks!

[@garettreid8729]

hahaha....when I first started riding I went straight from MTB to a Tri-bike. When I first got on a road I realized I had no idea how to shift because I always used the end bar shifters on my Tri-bike. I also didn't want to ask anyone cause I had been riding for a while so I had to come home and watch a video like this

[@Victor-yh1ek]

My brother just gave me a trek bike with these kinds of shifters,and I'm so happy that you were the first video that came up on the KZbin channel and thank you for helping a lot of people like me that we are still Learning about road bikes and Salutations from Sunny San Diego.

[@PayMeNoMind]

Lol... Guess I should've asked some questions before leaving the bike shop with my first road bike today!!! 😂 Luckily I just rode around the block! I upgraded from an FX... I got down the road and realized I didn't know how the hell to get through my gears!!!!!! Very helpful video!

[@maryhohulin5245]

Me too!

[@bethwert259]

Excellent video. I have inherited my son's Specialized bike for the weekend and I am so excited to get on it & RIDE NOW THAT I know how to shift the bloody gears!

[@yeimyespinozaarias1104]

I just bought my bike and I didn't know how to go back to the gears. This video was absolutely useful, thank you.

[@BrazAnaz]

Just switched from an mtb to a roadbike, i struggled to shift until i found this. Thanks!

[@jerrypyle836]

Best video on gear shifting for total beginners!

[@BigFudge87]

I was very confused on how to shift on my roadbike. I somewhere read the advice and found it very helpful: I now use the big ring for flats and downhil until the 3rd biggest cog on the rear. Once it gets too hard to maintain my cadence I switch to the small "Moutain Chainring" on the front. I replaced my front chainring for a 46 and my rear cassette is 11-34. wich gives me all the nice little gear changes in a speedrange, i actually ride (im not a strong rider and not racing at all. just recreational riding). I never saw the sense in having 2/3 of my gears wasted in speeds above 40km/h. When I reach that speed I usually roll down a hill.

[@kimberlyrawlins5731]

The easiest video to understand! Thank you!

[@DharmS]

I just booked Trek Domane AL 3 and I didn’t know how to shift gears in cycle so I know in super bikes but new to cycling with especially gears one so this is really easy to understand and thank you so much for making this video and it’s very helpful for all of us so appreciate your help and support trek ❤👍🤝🙏😁

[@brekdakbanchamek6454]

My God!!! i Love how Direct to the Point this Tutorial on Gear Shifting on Road Bikes!!! Thanks a Lot Trek!!! GOD BLESS US ALL!!!😊🌄😇💖💯

[@fannyleibiger6666]

Thank you! This helped me a lot! I've recently changed from my old bike where I shifted intuitively and can't read the numbers on the shifters anymore and my new bike only says high and low and has completely different shifters, so I needed some help to understand what actually happens down there.

[@dinahmack]

Good video - Concise yet informative.

[@barefootcontessamessa7245]

As a very new rider this was SO helpful!! I feel like a gear just clicked in my brain! Haha

[@UnseenSpirit]

Good video for me. However it should state its for Shimano.

[@MrJoshuaGray]

I bought my first Trek, an FX 2. This video was helpful. Thanks!!

[@BitsyBee]

Short and sweet (easy to understand). Thank you!

[@mqaisarzahoor]

This video is awesome. Helped me a lot to understand very basics. Great job mate.

[@andrewmcc6935]

Best explanation I've found so far!

[@thelegendarykevininsales7589]

Is there a way to tell when you’re cross-chained😊? I’m still learning gear shifts.

[@tonyhuang431]

Thx, very informative. Which combanation of gears is best on a bumpy road with grass?

[@durianriders]

What about gripshift? 🤔

[@Marshal_6]

What about commonsense?? ;)

[@honeybadger3599]

Don’t buy trek bikes

[@dalezapple2493]

The durianrider... Woot

[@gilbertoramirez9956]

Could you tell me where to purchase the bike and gear furniture in the back ground. Very nice, I think my wife would not mind my bike and gear storage indoors if it was in a nice unit like the one shown here. Would appreciate letting me know where to find, thanks.

[@soissesglaubsmir292]

the last time i used such a bike (and i still use it on the roll), the shifting was still on the descend frame pole :D

[@stevegarrett6198]

Excellent Concise and listenable !😉👏🤙😃🎉

[@suzy5166]

The best video for gear changing 👍👍👍

[@sunsydd]

Thank you For the Great Video! Is double click on left shifts the Front Derailleur in all road bikes? Or is it only one click? Please let me know coz mine is set up as Two clicks for shifting.

[@shvonned.burkemsncrnpagpcn619]

OMG THANK YOU!!! Best part is seeing the hand movements with the shifting. I’m gonna watch like eight more times but 👍🏽 Whole lever= up to bigger chainring OR cassette (hard or easy); small baby lever, opposite 👌🏽

[@YOtuamigoelpuma]

thank you , finally someone who explains it in american english

[@josecampos8243]

For anyone reading this that knows...Two Questions - 1. Should you ease off the pedals or stop pedaling for shifting on an eTap drivetrain? 2. Does Biggest front ring and smallest rear ring have some rubbing on the metal piece? i feel like i hear some rubbing. is that normal?

[@jagannatharai9556]

Most clear and precise ,thanks a lot ❤

[@brown2666]

Hey guys. I’m hoping somebody can help me. I get that cross chaining should be avoided at all costs, but my question is can I be in the hardest gear in 1 and the 2nd easiest gear on the other?. So basically just shifting 1 gear before the extreme. Is this safe to do?

[@yongling9825]

Not 100% OK, I personally avoid using the last two cogs.

[@JAnn319]

WOW! THANK YOU. I'm new to cycling 🎉

[@wyomingadventures]

Wish I could get an answer to my question about what Women's Trek bike has a triple gear ring up front? My bike from 2006 had one plus it was my favorite color. Unfortunately someone stolen it. Looking to buy a new road bike. I live in mountain country.

[@johndaryllim582]

how many gears are there for left and right shifters?

[@trekbikes]

This varies by the bike's drivetrain!

[@friedrichs.8004]

Perfect explanation

[@SV-kb1lu]

Love this video. Really helpful!

[@nobodynowhere8061]

Thank you!! I couldn’t understand why my chain would make a noise sometimes but now i get it, never cross chain 😂

[@JuCarlos-ex8ip]

Gracias , great review 👏

[@kamandevlin4747]

Great, informative video guys. Good job.

[@simplysh4ns]

A very good guide.

[@JWKEL88]

Hi, for the cross chaining, means that easy gear at the front and hard gears at the rear?

[@trekbikes]

Yep, basically opposites of each other. Big to small or small to big for the cogs the chain sits on which creates a hard angle for your chain.

[@JWKEL88]

Trek Bicycle thank you so much. Awesome video!

[@A1000Truths]

Thank you! This was helpful.

[@maris6843]

Such a helpful video. Thanks.

[@journeyquest1]

Only road bikes i have ridden have gear levers on frame or gooseneck.

[@jonesnax]

Well explained. Thank you !

[@Ioraek]

Doesn't the footage at 1:08 show somebody crosschaining?

[@ocubex]

I'ld like to think of it as big and small... the big lever moves to the bigger cogs and the small lever moves to the smaller cogs.

[@Zook025]

Super helpful and clear, thanks!

[@davicious8904]

Much needed explanation!

[@robbanbuz3147]

Is it difficult to write that it's for shimano in the heading?

[@quicktrips]

I just got a brand new bike…. Changed the left hand gear to the middle gear, 2, and a horrible noise started immediately

[@BeeSauced]

There is a lot of good Info here

[@ФилипГеоргиев-ц5ж]

That's what i looked for! Thank you!

[@ASMREnigmaX]

Very helpful! Thank you !!

[@fabianrichburgh6517]

Best video out

[@chamroeun4826]

Thanks. I was only looking for 0:40-0:45.

[@janioquadros3484]

Very useful advice.

[@-_______________________.___]

So cadence is like my RPM. Cool

[@pctechusa0505]

Great short and sweet video :)

[@zobayer1]

Don't pedal backwards when shifting....

[@jesusenriqueriveratellez531]

That’s for shimano, for sram and campagnolo is different

[@박지환-w1m]

Jesus Enrique Rivera Tellez I used shimano until changing my gear shimano to sram, Sram is completely hard to adjust about controling

[@jesusenriqueriveratellez531]

박지환 thanks for the tip.

[@yongling9825]

@@박지환-w1m The last time I used a pair of SRAM DoubleTap levers (note: It's also my first rodeo using a pair), no problems at all. Still haven't fully understood its mechanism though.

[@ZeroColdx911]

Same idea, campy uses the button and SRAM just goes back and forward

[@CycleOpsPowerCycling]

Awesome video!

[@ElFamosoArt]

My shifters are on the bottom rail

[@masonallansten]

Thanks!

[@alvinmalinao5445]

I wish I have a road bike this x mas🥺🥺🥺

[@gloriaa0214]

Wow thank you so much for this video so clear and concise amazing video

[@team-mh7fb]

※これはSHIMANOのシフターでの場合です。 SRAMやCampagnoloとは変速の仕方が異なります。

[@dgontar]

These gear systems with the shifters on the brakes are clearly inferior to the ones preceding them. It's rare that technology regresses, but in this case it not only regressed it made a giant regression.

[@Meinungsmacher]

Title and description in German? But Video is in EN?! what happend?

[@いる-y9k]

日本人いいね

[@野球チャンネルカトユの]

日本でござる

[@いる-y9k]

日本語訳あればいいんだけどね

[@野球チャンネルカトユの]

くとりあ 確かに

[@Springmach123]

字幕日本語にしたら出るよ

[@いる-y9k]

Spring Mach ほんとだwありがとうございます

[@grape00jellly]

I prefer bottom tube shifter levers, they feel more reliable and easier to shift

[@WhatIsThereTo]

Are you fucking kidding me?

[@Givi_and_Wolf]

For six years I was like a sick child. It was as if I looked out the window like other children playing with the ball but could not go with them. They invited me, but I pretended that it was more interesting for me to draw. This pain Smart Matrix. But these guys from Trek cured me. They got my legs back. I don't just play with everyone. Now the guys rolling the ball under my windows, watching on TV as I score! Want to score? Buy Trek!

[@ajchaskar]

Who are you?

[@staccatoglock]

🖕🏼TREK🖕🏼

[@weekendpartier]

SPEED baby, SPEED - all I want is SPEED!

[@reisinmedia3810]

i'm using sram

[@danielsunil9282]

super thank u so much

[@katricerivera320]

Shifting gears for beginners

[@moneyhikes2729]

NOW IT'S TIME FOR A GIVEAWAY 😃

[@upsidedown260]

At 1:09 you show and explain the opposite at 2:00

[@tommelom2]

He must be Bruce campbell´s son!:D

[@pulganabike1648]

Video top.....

[@faresalf]

Nice video and informative, but please try to turn down music volume se I can hear you better. Thanks

[@kjaydubz]

I’m such an idiot. No matter how many times I watch this video I just don’t understand. Too many things to remember. I’m getting discouraged. Why tf can’t I grasp this concept.

[@engineerskitchen8964]

Audio

[@SG-dg6oi]

Man i miss levers

[@うえしん]

It will be a study.

[@jck_dnls]

I want trek roadbike, that is my dream:((

[@watdafuk21]

The best explanation out there, thank you

[@MUNDO36546]

JAI HIND 🇮🇳🇺🇳

[@paulmahony4467]

ngl your man looks like woody from toy story

[@marcotz522]

thank you now i wont semplang any more

[@joanalexi19]

I know how to shift but i don't have a bike

[@Cristian-fh7jo]

Teach me, I have a bike but don't know how to shift

[@zigza_g2020]

U are hiding with your hand...can u do more graphic for beginners

[@attybong]

pros always cross-chain

[@michaelanderson3609]

0:10 fixed gear riders: 😡

[@quantumhelium]

Who the fuck needs a KZbin video on this?