Peep Jousters: The Original Peep Warriors (Page 47)

Oh Dear Lyssa. The game's up. I can't get the pics in a PM. I'll have to put them on here for all to see.

Sorry for those guys who already know but we all have to learn sometime.

Gear shifters. A lot different to yours. Shimano levers~

Pull the silver lever towards you to brake. You should be able to choose if you want right hand front brake or left hand. I'm right handed & prefer to have right hand rear braking, as in an emergency my right will react first. Rear will skid rather than me go arse over t.i.t (Ha! Won't let me put that in without the stops~periods to you. To me a period is something women have & I don't want to talk about them).

To change gear push silver lever inwards. On both my bike's rear gears you can change 1,2 or 3 gears at a time depending on how far you push the lever.

To change gear in the opposite direction push the smaller black lever situated directly behind the silver one. This changes one gear at a time.

Instead of this black lever, on my Sora shifter there is a black button that you press. This is also how the other maufacturer Campagnolo operate theirs.

Move the silver lever as the first bike.

Put you off? Hope not. I had them shown to me before I bought my first bike as I hadn't a clue. They take some getting used to & even now at the end of a long ride, when my brain is starved of oxygen or through lack of concentration, I am known to change into the wrong gear. It's no problem on the flat, quick swear, change into the correct gear & no harm done. The problems arise when you are in a middleish gear & you hit a climb. When I started riding I lost count of the number of times I changed into a harder gear rather than the easier one. The bike just comes to a grinding halt & I've had to jump off more than once!

Once again hope this helps.

Karen ~ how are you getting on with your Dolce? Don't know if that was your first bike with shifters.

4everblue - 2008-04-01 2:46 PM Karen, as in life the more you practise the better you get!!!!

Martin is very thorough. His wife must be happy about that!!

chikopiakomak - 2008-04-01 7:18 PM OK - i just "popped in" to see what was up with my peeps! - lots of peep eating going on - WOW - you guys were cracking me up. Leslie - LOVE that one!! Not surprised Martin and Chris found those lovely "ladies of the peep" pics... Ditto on the getting trouble at work - going to be hard to focus on financial statements and contracts now - - -

erm.. Martin found them, if you don't mind... lol

Gear shifters. A lot different to yours. Shimano levers~

Pull the silver lever towards you to brake. You should be able to choose if you want right hand front brake or left hand. I'm right handed & prefer to have right hand rear braking, as in an emergency my right will react first. Rear will skid rather than me go arse over t.i.t (Ha! Won't let me put that in without the stops~periods to you. To me a period is something women have & I don't want to talk about them).

To change gear push silver lever inwards. On both my bike's rear gears you can change 1,2 or 3 gears at a time depending on how far you push the lever.

To change gear in the opposite direction push the smaller black lever situated directly behind the silver one. This changes one gear at a time.

Instead of this black lever, on my Sora shifter there is a black button that you press. This is also how the other maufacturer Campagnolo operate theirs.

Move the silver lever as the first bike.

Put you off? Hope not. I had them shown to me before I bought my first bike as I hadn't a clue. They take some getting used to & even now at the end of a long ride, when my brain is starved of oxygen or through lack of concentration, I am known to change into the wrong gear. It's no problem on the flat, quick swear, change into the correct gear & no harm done. The problems arise when you are in a middleish gear & you hit a climb. When I started riding I lost count of the number of times I changed into a harder gear rather than the easier one. The bike just comes to a grinding halt & I've had to jump off more than once!

Once again hope this helps.

Karen ~ how are you getting on with your Dolce? Don't know if that was your first bike with shifters.

I can't wait to get my teeth into that pink peep. I SAID PEEP!

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Looks like we came in 6th... is there a positive in that???

Sure! We weren't last!!!