when do you downshift?

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do you downshift when you are coming to a stop by a red light that is
unsafe to blow thru without stopping or do you just stand on the
pedals
when the light goes green?

I downshift with my right hand while braking with the left. I can also
drop a ring with my left thumb while braking, thanks to my Campy Ergos.

Quoted message said:

do you downshift when you are coming to a stop by a red light that is
unsafe to blow thru without stopping or do you just stand on the
pedals
when the light goes green?

And I remember to blip the throttle while passing through neutral,
too. --D-y

Quoted message said:

do you downshift when you are coming to a stop by a red light that is
unsafe to blow thru without stopping or do you just stand on the
pedals
when the light goes green?

I try to remember to downshift, cause I've been caught a few times
trying to accelerate across an intersection and I'm in a really high gear.

Quoted message said:

do you downshift when you are coming to a stop...

Yes.

Quoted message said:

... by a red light that is unsafe to blow thru without stopping ...

I stop for red lights.

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...or do you just stand on the pedals when the light goes green?

I also stand on the pedals when starting from a stop.

My downshifting is to a "middle gear" - usually, about 60 gear
inches. This gives me my best compromise for starting: low enough to
accelerate quickly, high enough to make it through the intersection
without having to upshift.

- Frank Krygowski

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Quoted message said:

do you downshift when you are coming to a stop by a red light that is
unsafe to blow thru without stopping or do you just stand on the
pedals when the light goes green?

Sometimes I downshift, sometimes I don't. If I'm in a 53 x 12, I
definitely downshift but that's very rare as I get older and stopped
racing. If I'm in a middle gear- say 70" or so- I don't downshift. In
fact there are days I'll go out on a 50 mile ride and never shift more
than two or three times. It's not that hilly around here, and taking
off in a tall gear from a stop isn't that bad, unless it's a silly-tall
gear.

quote=''On Dec 6 said:

do you downshift when you are coming to a stop by a red light that is
unsafe to blow thru without stopping or do you just stand on the
pedals
when the light goes green?

And I remember to blip the throttle while passing through neutral,
too. --D-y[/QUOTE]

Do ya double clutch too? 😄

Dan Burkhart said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

do you downshift when you are coming to a stop by a red light that

is

Quoted message said:

unsafe to blow thru without stopping or do you just stand on the
pedals
when the light goes green?

And I remember to blip the throttle while passing through neutral,
too. --D-y

Do ya double clutch too? 😄

Well, duh, of course.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
"Localized intense suction such as tornadoes is created when temperature
differences are high enough between meeting air masses, and can impart
excessive energy onto a cyclist." - Randy Schlitter

On Dec 6, 8:11 pm, Dan Burkhart <Dan.Burkhart.317...@no-

mx.forums.cyclingforums.com said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

do you downshift when you are coming to a stop by a red light that

is

Quoted message said:

unsafe to blow thru without stopping or do you just stand on the
pedals
when the light goes green?

Quoted message said:

And I remember to blip the throttle while passing through neutral,
too. --D-y

Do ya double clutch too? 😄

Yup, both hands on the bars, not too tight.

I don't "blow" stop lights, either <g>.

One of the worst PR moves cyclists make. --D-y

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Quoted message said:

do you downshift when you are coming to a stop by a red light that is
unsafe to blow thru without stopping or do you just stand on the
pedals
when the light goes green?

The latter. In city traffic stay in one biggish gear.
Getting going from a dead stop is much easier
than you may think. Clip in to one pedal at its
top, push off a bit with the other leg, stand on
the pedal, and with little enough effort you are
moving right along.

--
Michael Press

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

do you downshift when you are coming to a stop...

Yes.

Quoted message said:

... by a red light that is unsafe to blow thru without stopping ...

I stop for red lights.

Quoted message said:

...or do you just stand on the pedals when the light goes green?

I also stand on the pedals when starting from a stop.

My downshifting is to a "middle gear" - usually, about 60 gear
inches. This gives me my best compromise for starting: low enough to
accelerate quickly, high enough to make it through the intersection
without having to upshift.

I do all my city riding in a 75-80 inch gear.
No worries about shifting, more attention on
traffic. I started doing it when simulating
a single speed bicycle as an experiment.

--
Michael Press

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I don't "blow" stop lights, either <g>.

One of the worst PR moves cyclists make. --D-y

Them and BMW drivers - except the latter revel in their arrogant
reputation.

still just me said:

On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 20:37:45 -0800 (PST), "[email hidden]"

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I don't "blow" stop lights, either <g>.

Quoted message said:

One of the worst PR moves cyclists make. --D-y

Them and BMW drivers - except the latter revel in their arrogant
reputation.

The bicycle sign blowers revel all right, and let those law-abiders
(cyclists, that is) let them know of their contempt.

IOW, an [censored] is an [censored] no matter what kind of vehicle they're
operating. --D-y

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IOW, an [censored] is an [censored] no matter what kind of vehicle they're
operating. --D-y

Until you find one in a bumper car.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7203216249883205032&q=bumper+car&total=1327&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0
-tom