I go from stop to start in first gear. All is nice. I then shift up and my bike roars. This is because I’m in neutral instead of second gear.

Does anyone else struggle with this? I’m new. Any tips or is it just a matter of getting good?

  • Weirdfish@lemmy.world
    9·
    26 days ago

    On most bikes, neutral is a “half click” above first, where you have to be pretty deliberate to find it.

    On mine I sometimes struggle to find neutral when i want it.

    Try being firm when you shift into second, and if that doesn’t work, you’ll just have to learn the feel of getting past into second.

    All bikes are a bit different, so it’s less about getting good, and more about learning the machine.

      • Weirdfish@lemmy.world
        4·
        26 days ago

        Again depends on the bike. I have big feet, so it’s really nothing more than a flick of the ankle to change up, and changing down is a tap similar to tapping your foot to a drum beat.

        You never want to take your foot off the pegs / floor boards when operating the controls.