Bacini?

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I've inherited a BACINI 15VDK. Anyone know anything about it?

Never heard of it. Try www.google.com.

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It has Shimano gears - is there anywhere you can read about how to use

them?

Are the gear shift levers on the down tube (the long angled tube going from top to bottom) or are
the shifters on the handlebars?

hippy

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"Bear" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I've inherited a BACINI 15VDK. Anyone know anything about it?

Never heard of it. Try www.google.com.

Quoted message said:

It has Shimano gears - is there anywhere you can read about how to use

them?

Are the gear shift levers on the down tube (the long angled tube going from top to bottom) or are
the shifters on the handlebars?

hippy

The levers are on the handlebars, one on the left I think, controls the front gear wheels (3) on the
pedals and the right hand one the rear 5 ..... Does that sound right? I was just wondering how I use
them in combination.

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The levers are on the handlebars, one on the left I think, controls the front gear wheels (3) on
the pedals and the right hand one the rear 5

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Does that sound right? I was just wondering how I use them in combination.

Yep, that sounds right. Well, you know bigger gear on the front and smaller gear on the back makes
it harder to pedal, but you go faster and vice versa. I guess you could remember "small lever small
sprocket". The small left lever will shift into a smaller chainring (front sprocket - making it
easier to pedal) and the small right lever will shift into a smaller rear sprocket (harder to
pedal). The big left and right levers (basically the whole brake lever) will do the opposite. The
best thing to do is ride it and mess around with the gears - if tuned ok it's pretty hard to mess
them up. Just get into a gear where you can pedal "easily" and aren't putting loads of pressure on
your knees (spinning the pedals at 80-90rpm is a good idea but don't worry about this if you're just
starting out). If you can keep the gears (and your knees :-) ) from making horrible grinding noises
you are probably doing fine.

have fun! hippy