Gary's Gears Clinic: Learn About Gears, Shifting, & Basic Body on Bike Geometry

Let's do this one more time now that people are actually out and riding their bikes. This will NOT be repeated.

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Gary's Gears Clinic:
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• NAME: Learn About Gears, Shifting, & Basic Body on Bike Geometry
• WHEN: Monday May 19th
• WHERE: Shirlington Library, inside in the large meeting room.
• ARRIVE: 5:45pm
• CLASS BEGINS: Promptly @ 6:00pm
• CLASS FINISHES: 7:45pm (library closes at 8pm)
• NOTE 1: You may want to bring a notebook and pen to write stuff down.
• NOTE 2: If you wear clips, you might want to bring your bike shoes.
• Attendance is free.
• Ride after the Ride is at Samuel Beckett's @ 8:00pm.

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Topics:
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1. Crankset (front) to Cassette (rear) Gear Ratio Definition: What the heck is this?
2. Gear Ratios: Which one is best one for which situation?
3. Derailleurs: Shifting gears and seeing what the derailleurs actually do.
4. Cross Chaining: What the heck is this?
5. Shifting gears under load: Why does my chain fall off?
6. Anticipating hill situations: Gearing accordingly if you're going UP or DOWN.
7. Gear Maintenance: Simple chain and gear maintenance.
8. Bike Shoes: Cleat fitting instructions.
9. Body on Bike: Basic fitting instructions.

• NOTE 1: You may want to bring a notebook and pen to write stuff down.
• NOTE 2: If you wear clips, you might want to bring your bike shoes.

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The Class Detail
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Every season I get asked a number of times about the mechanics of bicycle gears and how to use them. For this class you DON'T have to bring your bicycle as I will have two bikes with me to use for demonstration purposes (one hybrid and one road bike).

I will put two bikes on trainers so you can see how the gears and derailleurs work in real time as well as use that setup to explain some other gear concepts (as listed in the TOPICS section above) and answer any additional questions you may have.

I will also explain the proper placement of your clips onto your bike shoes as well as go over very basic "how your body should fit on your bicycle" geometry rules of thumb.

• NOTE 1: You may want to bring a notebook and pen to write stuff down.
• NOTE 2: If you wear clips, you might want to bring your bike shoes.

See you there!

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The Meeting Spot:
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Shirlington Library
4200 Campbell Ave
Arlington, VA 22206
GPS: https://goo.gl/maps/y1K7iBorEgsTWBpaA
Inside in the large meeting room.

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The Ride After The Ride:
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Samuel Beckett's
2800 S Randolph St #110
Arlington, VA 22206
GPS: https://goo.gl/maps/rHx2PvqFicpFRrDZ8