Haven't dropped by mtbr in ages (since the days of the old style boards), been busy moving around, changing jobs, not mountain biking, and rock crawling my truck, who knew I could thrash an '03 in record time... Have been shopping around for parts lately to get the Blizz up and running again: cables, derailleur, new fork, etc... Am set to start skateboarding again at the advanced age of 29, we've got a good concrete park in my current city, and North America's biggest concrete park in my next.
See a lot of names I recognize, and a few that I was disappointed not to see. Here's a rundown of what I've been up to lately for those who remember me/can feign interest:
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/maynardx/webpage/main.html
What it doesn't include is a nearing move to Calgary, pretty stoked about that. I'm sick of the extreme north and its boring terrain, plus my liver is growing tired of the 'social life'.
Anyways, the reason I'm posting is because I have absolutely NO clue how to teach my gf, via email or phone, how to shift gears efficiently. She's commuting to work and it's totally wiping her out. Gear shifting has become so intuitive to me that I don't know how to explain it to a rookie rider who is forced to commute up and down steep grades daily. I can visualize what she should be doing in my head, but can't express it. Anyone know of any write ups/tutorials that don't dumb it down TOO much?
Rob.
See a lot of names I recognize, and a few that I was disappointed not to see. Here's a rundown of what I've been up to lately for those who remember me/can feign interest:
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/maynardx/webpage/main.html
What it doesn't include is a nearing move to Calgary, pretty stoked about that. I'm sick of the extreme north and its boring terrain, plus my liver is growing tired of the 'social life'.
Anyways, the reason I'm posting is because I have absolutely NO clue how to teach my gf, via email or phone, how to shift gears efficiently. She's commuting to work and it's totally wiping her out. Gear shifting has become so intuitive to me that I don't know how to explain it to a rookie rider who is forced to commute up and down steep grades daily. I can visualize what she should be doing in my head, but can't express it. Anyone know of any write ups/tutorials that don't dumb it down TOO much?
Rob.