Tips and theory of gear shifting in a race and on road, along with a visual aid to shift gears perfectly.
When you change up a gear before it is needed, it can be termed as a Short Shift. In other words, before using up the previous gear, you change up to a higher gear. Why and when do you want to do this? This question is really valid because short shift almost always mean to [...]
Gear shifting the rightway: A Visual Aid While shifting from the top of the box to the bottom, form an open cup with your palm, and place over the shift knob with the inside of your fingers and the palm of your hand making contact. Guide the lever quickly with your fingers, but don’t strong [...]
Many may be thinking shifting is a no-brainer function, but in a race/sport where the difference of winning a position is may be 1/100th of a second, every detail counts. This discussion is to point out how to use the gear shifter, and here we are assuming the use of a typical H-box shifter gear [...]