Change Rapid Fire Shifters

Shimano's Rapid Fire shifters provide simplicity of use, accurate shifting performance and ideal flexibility. This shifting system places levers at the thumbs and tips of the fingers, killing the necessity to move both hands into uncomfortable positions to change gears. Get the most from your ride a bike, by learning make use of the Rapid Fire change system.

Instructions

1. Bring your bicycle for your local bike shop and request a auto technician to check on within the change mechanism. A maladjusted shifter won't ever change properly regardless of how it's done, so make sure your shifters have been in good condition before learning for their services.

2. Pedal forward within an open practice area, inside your front yard, or in your favorite multi-use path. Most bike riders will pedal to 70 or 80 revoltions per minute before shifting.

3. Whenever you feel that you're pedaling too quickly to maintain the bicycle's movement, pull the finger lever around the right shifter to change right into a greater gear. A single click will change one gear.

4. Whenever you no more have sufficient gear range to carry on attaining speed, press the thumb lever around the left shifter. This can change the bike right into a much greater selection of gears, to provide you with a lift in speed at the fee for effort. You may want to change lower around the right shifter using the thumb lever to combat this change.

5. When visiting an end, or slowing down lower, continue pedaling gently rather than simply coasting to some stop. While you achieve the point where you're pedaling not fast enough, press the thumb lever from the right shifter to change to some lower gear. As needed, change to a more compact gear range around the bike by tugging the finger lever from the left shifter.