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Quote Originally Posted by TigerMom View Post
I think that the class needs to be separated into 2-3 classes depending on ability.

The ones that CANNOT ride a bike at all. The ones that can ride a bike but do not understand gears. The ones that are fit and know how to ride a bike but want to advance faster (I don't know if you have any that belongs in the 3rd group).
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Absolutely. That's one of the reasons we want to be at least 3 instructors, so that we can split the group up according to prior skills.



We will only have three speeds on these bikes. But before I knew this I made the same suggestion - keep the rear gear somewhere in the middle, and only shift the front. Ideally I'd mark them "easy - medium - hard", or even "uphill - flat - downhill"... :-) I still have no idea what number gear I'm in, I go by looks.
My hybrid had numbers on the gear reader. It would be great if you could mark the bikes for hill, flat, down.