Gord Hobbis
05/01/2008

Less is More

When is eight more than twenty four? That is when my loving wife tells me so. This lesson was learned on a recent bicycle excursion that exposed this new math to me. My wife’s bike is a regular 24 speed hybrid style bike, with two shifters on the handlebars, three chain rings on the front and 8 sprockets on the rear. Now I know that’s a lot of math and sometimes all those levers and cogs makes gear shifting intimidating for some riders. When my wife tried a bike that was an eight speed with only one shifter she was able to use the whole range of gears. (read whole story...)