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Not looking for a overly technical answer here just a very simplistic one I quess.. When switching gears is it best to try and keep both front and rear gears either high or low (Depending) I mean we wouldn't want say front low and rear high or other way around would we ?

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Mike T
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  • That is a true statement, and is known as cross-chain shifting. It's harder on the components and can cause mis-shifts. – CardMechanic May 18 '17 at 18:54
  • Mike - this is a reasonable question and certainly one that occurs to many riders as they get a bit more serious. However it has already been asked and answered, so this question will likely be closed as a duplicate. Don't take this closure in any bad way, its not meant to offend. There's a decent corpus of questions on the site, so browse around. I'm still learning things. – Criggie May 19 '17 at 06:45

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On most bikes you typically just need to avoid the two most extreme cross-chaining scenarios: (A) the largest front chainring and the largest rear cog and (B) the smallest front chainring and the smallest rear cog.

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